Special Meeting
RSU #74 Board of
Directors
May 31, 2017
6:00 p.m.
at
Carrabec High School
RSU #74 District Budget
Meeting
AGENDA
1.)
To elect a Moderator to preside at
the meeting
2.)
The Superintendent will administer
the Oath of Office to Moderator.
3.)
The Moderator will administer the
Oath of Office to the Ballot Clerks.
WARRANT WILL BE DISCUSSED BY ARTICLE
Adjournment
WARRANT TO CALL
Maine School
Administrative District No. 74
BUDGET MEETING
(20-A M.R.S. § 1485)
TO: Scott
Lehay, a resident of Maine School Administrative District No. 74 (the “District”)
composed of the Towns of Anson, Embden, New Portland, and Solon, State of
Maine.
In the name of the State of Maine, you are hereby required to
notify the voters of each of the municipalities within the District, namely, the
Towns of Anson, Embden, New Portland, and Solon, that a District Budget Meeting
will be held at Carrabec High School, 160 North Main Street, North Anson, Maine
at 6:00 p.m. on May 31, 2017 for the purpose of determining the Budget Meeting
articles for the 2017-2018 fiscal year set forth below.
Articles 1
Through 11 Authorize Expenditures in Cost
Center
Categories
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ARTICLE 1:
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To see what sum the Regional School Unit will be authorized to expend
for Regular Instruction.
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School
Board Recommends $
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3,564,028
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ARTICLE 2:
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To see what sum the Regional School Unit will be authorized to expend
for Special Education.
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School
Board Recommends $
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1,587,117
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ARTICLE 3:
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To see what sum the Regional School Unit will be authorized to expend
for Career and Technical Education.
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School
Board Recommends $
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32,366
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ARTICLE 4:
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To see what sum the Regional School Unit will be authorized to expend
for Other Instruction.
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School
Board Recommends $
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269,906
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ARTICLE 5:
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To see what sum the Regional School Unit will be authorized to expend
for Student and Staff Support.
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School
Board Recommends $
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856,516
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ARTICLE 6:
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To see what sum the Regional School Unit will be authorized to expend
for System Administration.
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School Board
Recommends $
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362,978
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ARTICLE 7:
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To see what sum the Regional School Unit will be authorized to expend
for School Administration.
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School
Board Recommends $
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548,716
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ARTICLE
8:
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To see what sum the Regional School Unit will be authorized to expend
for Transportation and Buses.
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School
Board Recommends $
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747,235
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ARTICLE
9:
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To see what sum the Regional School Unit will be authorized to expend
for Facilities Maintenance.
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School Board Recommends $
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1,581,525
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ARTICLE 10:
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To see
what sum the Regional School Unit will be authorized to expend for Debt
Service and Other Commitments.
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School Board Recommends $
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477,543
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ARTICLE
11:
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To see what sum the Regional School Unit will be authorized to expend
for All Other Expenditures.
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School
Board Recommends $
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30,575
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ARTICLES 12 THROUGH 14 RAISE FUNDS
FOR THE
PROPOSED SCHOOL BUDGET
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ARTICLE
12:
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To see what sum the Regional School Unit will appropriate for the total cost of
funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 as described in the Essential Programs and Services Funding
Act and to see what sum the Regional School Unit will raise and assess as
each municipality’s contribution to the total cost of funding public
education from kindergarten to grade 12 as described in the Essential Programs
and Services Funding Act in accordance with the Maine Revised Statutes, Title
20-A, section 15688.
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Recommends
Amounts set forth below:
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Total
Appropriated (by municipality):
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Total
raised (and Regional School Unit assessments by municipality):
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Town of:
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Town of:
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Anson:
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$
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4,245,050.23
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Anson:
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$
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1,037,355.33
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Embden:
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$
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1,366,073.88
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Embden:
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$
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1,338,760.73
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New
Portland:
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$
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679,792.11
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New
Portland:
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$
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576,707.67
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Solon:
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$
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1,821,161.43
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Solon:
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$
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750,659.50
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Total Appropriated
(Sum of above)
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$
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8,112,077.65
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Total Raised:
(Sum of above)
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$
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3,703,483.23
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Explanation: The Regional School Unit’s contribution to
the total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 as
described in the Essential Programs and Services Funding Act is the amount of
money determined by state law to be the minimum amount that the Regional School
Unit must raise and assess in order to receive the full amount of state
dollars.
ARTICLE 13: (Written
ballot required). To see what sum
the Regional School Unit will raise and appropriate in additional local funds (Recommend
$1,491,428), which exceeds the State’s Essential Programs and Services
allocation model by (Recommend $1,271,790) as required to fund the
budget recommended by the School Board.
The School Board recommends $1,491,428 for additional local funds
and gives the following reasons for exceeding the State’s Essential Programs
and Services funding model by $1,271,790:
This amount is needed to cover costs of the Regional School Unit schools
that the state’s funding model does not recognize including the following: 1)
costs of maintaining student-teacher ratios, 2) costs of special education
programming, 3) costs of extra-curricular and co-curricular programs, 4)
transportation costs, and 5) food service costs.
Explanation: The additional local funds are those locally
raised funds over and above the Regional School Unit’s local contribution to
the total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 as
described in the Essential Programs and Services Funding Act and local amounts
raised for the annual payment on non-state funded debt service that will help
achieve the Regional School Unit budget for educational programs.
ARTICLE 14
Summarizes the Proposed School Budget
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ARTICLE
14:
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To see what sum the Regional School Unit will authorize the School
Board to expend for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017 and ending June
30, 2018 from the Regional School Unit’s contribution to the total cost of
funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 as described in the
Essential Programs and Services Funding Act, non-state-funded school
construction projects, additional local funds for school purposes under the
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 15690, unexpended balances, tuition
receipts, state subsidy and other receipts for the support of schools.
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School
Board Recommends $
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10,058,505
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ARTICLE 15 AUTHORIZES THE DISPOSITION OF ANY
ADDITIONAL STATE SUBSIDY RECEIVED
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ARTICLE
15:
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In the event that the District receives more state
education subsidy than the amount included in its budget, shall the School
Board be authorized to use all or part of the additional state subsidy to decrease the local cost share
expectation, as defined in Title 20-A, section 15671‑A(1)(B), for local property
taxpayers for funding public education as approved by the School Board?
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School
Board Recommends a “Yes” Vote
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ARTICLE 16
AUTHORIZES EXPENDITURE OF GRANTS AND OTHER RECEIPTS
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ARTICLE
16:
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In addition to amounts approved
in the preceding articles, shall the School Board be authorized to expend
such other sums as may be received from federal or state grants or programs
or other sources during the fiscal year for school purposes, provided that
such grants, programs or other sources do not require the expenditure of
other funds not previously appropriated?
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ARTICLE 17 AUTHORIZES THE ADULT
EDUCATION PROGRAM AND RAISES THE LOCAL SHARE
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ARTICLE
17:
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To see if Regional School Unit
No. 74 will appropriate $10,000 for adult education and raise $5,000
as the local share; with authorization to expend any additional, incidental,
or miscellaneous receipts in the interest and for the well-being of the adult
education program.
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