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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050">Priority Notice from the Maine Department of Education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:22.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050">PRIORITY NOTICE: Preliminary FY26 ED 279 Reports Now Available</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050"><br>
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Dear Champions of Education,<br>
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The fiscal year 2025-2026 preliminary ED 279 subsidy reports are now available. <a href="https://maine.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a582edd6473e477ef6307c769&id=1099b7fda7&e=d89fcd9d0f">
<span style="color:#336699">You may view them here</span></a>.<br>
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The subsidy reports provided are based on the $1.506 billion in General Purpose Aid funding recommended for FY 2025-2026 by Governor Janet Mills in her 2025-2027 biennial budget. This amount reflects the Governor’s commitment to the State’s share of 55% of
the total cost of education funding, even in this especially challenging budget year, and provides a maximum mill rate of 6.10 – a historic low.<br>
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The ED 279 subsidy reports are calculated using the Essential Programs and Services (EPS) Funding Formula, per
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<span style="color:#336699">Title 20-A, Chapter 606-B</span></a>. The formula is based on years of research and information, designed to respond to student needs and to direct resources to the communities with the most need. That said, the Maine Department
of Education (DOE) understands that the formula is not responsive to every need a school administrative unit (SAU) may have, especially given the different priorities in schools and communities throughout the state.<br>
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The chart below reflects the preliminary estimated total cost of education using the EPS Funding Formula and the preliminary State and local required contributions:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Local contribution: 45% (6.10 mill rate cap)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">State appropriation: $1,506,035,654</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Local required contribution: $1,232,210,988</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Total Cost of Education FY26 EPS Calculation: $2,738,246,642</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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Points to consider when reviewing the FY 2025-2026 ED 279: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Public Law 2024 Chapter 643 – Part G (Minimum Wage for Hourly Public School Staff) requires that the EPS Funding Formula include an update to the salary matrices used in Section
1 of the ED 279 reports to reflect any increase in the minimum hourly wage of educational technicians and other support staff in accordance with
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<span style="color:#336699">§4016</span></a>, subsection 3. (<a href="https://maine.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a582edd6473e477ef6307c769&id=e8bef70e71&e=d89fcd9d0f"><span style="color:#336699">Title 20-A, §15677</span></a>, subsection 2.C.)
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<span style="color:#336699">Click here for the 2025-2026 EPS staff salary matrices</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">An increase or decrease in student enrollment, disadvantaged student population, special education costs, and other key factors in the formula have a major impact on funding for
each SAU, as the EPS Funding Formula is a student-centered funding model.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">SAUs that have either paid off or have begun to pay principal or interest payments for State-approved new school construction will realize changes in funding if either a payment
no longer needs to be made or if a new payment has begun.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050">Additional guidance for reviewing and comparing prior fiscal year ED 279 to the preliminary FY 2025-2026 ED 279 can be
found at the following links: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sent January 27, 2025</span></em><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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