LD933 • 2025

An Act to Increase to 100 Percent the State Share of Funding for Special Education Costs of All School Administrative Units

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Sponsor: Representative James Dill
Last action: 2025-05-21
Official status: Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act to Increase to 100 Percent the State Share of Funding for Special Education Costs of All School Administrative Units

An Act to Increase to 100 Percent the State Share of Funding for Special Education Costs of All School Administrative Units Sponsor: Representative James Dill Reference committee: Education and Cultural Affairs Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

What This Bill Does

An Act to Increase to 100 Percent the State Share of Funding for Special Education Costs of All School Administrative Units Sponsor: Representative James Dill Reference committee: Education and Cultural Affairs Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

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Bill History

2025-05-21 Senate
Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
2025-05-20 Committee
Reported Out; ONTP
2025-05-16 Committee
Work Session Held
2025-05-16 Committee
Voted; ONTP
2025-03-21 House
Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
2025-03-05 Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Increase to 100 Percent the State Share of Funding for Special Education Costs of All School Administrative Units
Sponsor:
Representative James Dill
Reference committee:
Education and Cultural Affairs
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP

Current Bill Text

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Printed on recycled paper
132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 933
H.P. 598 House of Representatives, March 11, 2025
An Act to Increase to 100 Percent the State Share of Funding for
Special Education Costs of All School Administrative Units
Received by the Clerk of the House on March 5, 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 DILL of Old Town.
Cosponsored by Representatives: BRIDGEO of Augusta, DODGE of Belfast, HEPLER of
Woolwich.

Page 1 - 132LR1009(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §15689, sub-§1, ¶B, as amended by PL 2017, c. 284, Pt. C,
3 §50, is further amended by amending subparagraph (15) to read:
4 (15) In fiscal year 2019-20, 45%; and
5Sec. 2. 20-A MRSA §15689, sub-§1, ¶B, as amended by PL 2017, c. 284, Pt. C,
6 §50, is further amended by amending subparagraph (16) to read:
7 (16) In fiscal year 2020-21 and succeeding years in each succeeding fiscal year
8 prior to fiscal year 2026-27, 50% .; and
9Sec. 3. 20-A MRSA §15689, sub-§1, ¶B, as amended by PL 2017, c. 284, Pt. C,
10 §50, is further amended by enacting a new subparagraph (17) to read:
11 (17) In fiscal year 2026-27 and in succeeding fiscal years, 100%.
12SUMMARY
13 This bill provides that, beginning in fiscal year 2026-27, the minimum state share of a
14 school administrative unit's special education costs under the essential programs and
15 services school funding formula must be 100%.
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