An Act To Improve Access to Career and Technical Schools
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §5401, sub-§9, ¶C is enacted to read:
C. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this subsection or any expenditure reimbursement limitations placed on school administrative units under chapter 606-B, the State shall reimburse a sending school administrative unit that is eligible for an isolated small school adjustment in accordance with section 15683, subsection 1, paragraph F for the actual transportation costs expended by the school administrative unit for transporting students to and from a career and technical education center or a career and technical education region. A sending school administrative unit that is eligible under this paragraph shall report to the commissioner the actual cost incurred in a fiscal year in accordance with this paragraph, and that amount must be added to the state share provided to the school administrative unit pursuant to chapter 606-B in the following fiscal year.
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This bill provides for the reimbursement by the State of the actual transportation costs for career and technical education students who reside in a school administrative unit that is determined to be an isolated small unit pursuant to the provisions of the Essential Programs and Services Funding Act. Isolated small units must be reimbursed in the following fiscal year for the actual transportation costs for career and technical education students that are incurred in a fiscal year.