WARRANT FOR
DISTRICT BUDGET MEETING
OF
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT NO. 4
To Michael
Dexter, a resident of School Administrative District No. 4 in the Counties of
Piscataquis and
ELECTION
OF MODERATOR:
ARTICLE I - To elect a moderator to
preside at said meeting.
TUITION
STUDENTS:
ARTICLE II – To see whether the Board
of Directors shall be authorized to accept students on a tuition basis.
SAD
#4 CONTRIBUTION TO TOTAL COST OF FUNDING PUBLIC EDUCATION FROM KINDERGARTEN TO
GRADE 12 [as required by Maine Revised Statues, Title 20-A, §156901 (1A)]:
ARTICLE III - To see what sum the District 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 district 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:
Total appropriated by town: Total
raised for district assessments by town:
Abbot 781,110.15 Abbot 386,508.00
Parkman 1,077,844.73 Parkman 281,232.00
Sangerville 1,382,060.02 Sangerville 453,096.00
School District Total Appropriated $6,233,919.79
Recommend $2,343,600.00
M.S.A.D. #4’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 district must raise and assess in order to receive the full amount of state dollars.
APPROPRIATION FOR ADDITIONAL LOCAL FUNDS [as
required by Maine Revised Statues, Title 20-A, §15690 (3A)].
ARTICLE IV – Shall MSAD #4 raise and
appropriate $328,274.99 in additional local funds, which exceeds the State’s
Essential Programs and Services allocation model by $69,970.53 as required to
fund the budget recommended by the Board of Directors?
The Board of Directors recommends $328,274.99 for
additional local funds and gives the following reasons for exceeding the
State’s Essential Programs and Services funding model by $69,970.53: To
provide programming that is not adequately recognized through the State’s
Essential Programs and Services formula in the areas of co-curricular,
technology, administration, clerical and teaching staff.
Recommend $328,274.99
The additional local funds are those locally raised funds over and above the school administrative 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 district budget for educational programs.
TOTAL BUDGET ARTICLE [as required by Maine Revised
Statues, Title 20-A, §15690 (4A)].
ARTICLE V - To see what sum the
District will authorize the Board of
Directors to expend for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007 and ending June
30, 2008 from the District’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.
A
school administrative unit must include a summary article indicating the total
annual budget for funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 in the
school administrative unit. The amount
recommended must be the gross budget of the school system. This article does not provide money unless the
other articles are approved.
Recommend $7,034,603.37
RESERVE
FUND:
ARTICLE VI - To see what sum the
District will appropriate from the ending balance of school general operating
funds for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006 and ending June 30, 2007 to
establish a reserve for the purpose of building renovations, repairs and
replacements.
Recommend $100,000
ARTICLE VII - To see what sum the
District will authorize the Board of Directors to expend for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2007 and ending June 30, 2008 from the reserve already
established for the purpose of building
renovations, repairs and replacements.
Recommend (up
to) $100,000
ADDITIONAL
STATE SUBSIDY:
ARTICLE VIII - To see if the District will reduce the additional local appropriation pursuant to Maine Revised Statues, Title 20-A, § 15690(3) for public schooling by the amount of any unanticipated state general purpose aid received for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007 and ending June 30, 2008.
ADULT
EDUCATION:
ARTICLE IX - To see what sum the
District will appropriate for the Piscataquis Valley Adult Education
Cooperative (Recommend $28,750) and to see what sum the District will raise as
the local share.
Recommend $28,750.00
The total budget for the
As per M.R.S.A 20-A, Section
15693, Subsection (1) (c)…”This budget does not include the estimated
amount of $652,360.10 in employer share of teacher retirement costs that is
paid by the State.”
Given under
our hand this 8th day of May 2007 A.D.
James
Bell Shelly
Bennett David
Bridges John
Cartwright
Adam
Cookson Patricia
Davis Ralph
Eastman Pamela
Goulette
Nancy
Hall Cinthia
Hoak Patricia
Izbicki Anita Kain
Donna
Littlefield George
Nuite Donna
Runnels Amy Tracy
Michelle
Ward Charles
Woodmancy
Board of
Directors of School Administrative District No. 4
A True Copy of
the Warrant Attest: ______________________________
A Resident of School Administrative District
No. 4