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LD1087 • 2025

An Act to Increase the State's Share of Major Capital School Construction Costs

An Act to Increase the State's Share of Major Capital School Construction Costs

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Sponsor
Representative Michelle Boyer
Last action
2025-06-05
Official status
Reports Read On motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED in concurrence. Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Effective date
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An Act to Increase the State's Share of Major Capital School Construction Costs

An Act to Increase the State's Share of Major Capital School Construction Costs Sponsor: Representative Michelle Boyer Reference committee: Education and Cultural Affairs Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Increase the State's Share of Major Capital School Construction Costs Sponsor: Representative Michelle Boyer Reference committee: Education and Cultural Affairs Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

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Filed

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR0815(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR0815(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 1087 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Clerk of the House.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-05 Senate

    Reports Read On motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED in concurrence. Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  2. 2025-06-04 House

    Reports READ . On motion of Representative MURPHY of Scarborough, the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. 2025-06-03 Committee

    Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

  4. 2025-05-12 Committee

    Work Session Held

  5. 2025-05-12 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  6. 2025-03-14 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Increase the State's Share of Major Capital School Construction Costs
Sponsor:
Representative Michelle Boyer
Reference committee:
Education and Cultural Affairs
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1087
H.P. 709 House of Representatives, March 18, 2025
An Act to Increase the State's Share of Major Capital School
Construction Costs
Received by the Clerk of the House on March 14, 2025. Referred to the Committee on
Education and Cultural Affairs pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to
Joint Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative BOYER of Cape Elizabeth.
Cosponsored by Representatives: MCCABE of Lewiston, MITCHELL of Cumberland,
Senators: CARNEY of Cumberland, PIERCE of Cumberland.

Page 1 - 132LR0815(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §15907-A is enacted to read:
3§15907-A. State share of school construction costs on or after July 1, 2026
4 Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, beginning July 1, 2026, the
5 State's share of the total cost of a school construction project must be calculated in
6 accordance with this section.
71. State's share. The State's share of the total cost of a school construction project for
8 a school administrative unit is the greater of:
9 A. Twenty-five percent of the total cost of the school construction project; and
10 B. A percentage equal to the state share percentage of the school administrative unit's
11 total cost of education as determined under section 15688. For the purposes of this
12 paragraph, "state share percentage" has the same meaning as in section 15672,
13 subsection 31.
142. Rulemaking. The state board may adopt or amend rules related to the State's share
15 of the total cost of a school construction project as necessary to implement this section.
16 Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are major substantive rules pursuant to Title 5,
17 chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.
18SUMMARY
19 This bill provides that, beginning July 1, 2026, the State's share of the total cost of a
20 school construction project is either 25% of the total cost of the school construction project
21 or a percentage equal to the state share percentage of the school administrative unit's total
22 cost of education as determined in the essential programs and services funding formula,
23 whichever is greater. The bill also allows the State Board of Education to adopt or amend
24 rules related to the State's share of the total cost of a school construction project.
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