Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 106 Part 4.djvu/420

 106 STAT. 3156 PUBLIC LAW 102-494—OCT. 24, 1992 "(5) Subject to the foregoing, provision may be made for the election of one or more members at large. "d. The grades for which the interstate school district shall be responsible. "e. The specific properties of member districts to be acquired initially by the interstate school district and the general location of any proposed new schools to be initially established or constructed by the interstate school district. "f. The method of apportioning the operating expenses of the interstate school district among the several member districts, and the time and manner of payments of such shares. "g. The indebtedness of any member district which the interstate district is to assume. "h. The method of apportioning the capital expenses of the interstate school district among the several member districts, which need not be the same as the method of apportioning operating expenses, and the time and manner of payment of such shares. Capital expenses shall include the cost of acquiring land and buildings tor school purposes; the construction, furnishing and equipping of school buildings and facilities; and the payment of the principal and interest of any indebtedness which is incurred to pay for the same. "i. The manner in which state aid, available under the laws of either New Hampshire or Maine, shall be allocated, unless otherwise expressly provided in this compact or by the laws making such aid availaole. "j. The method by which the articles or agreement may be amended, which amendments may include the annexation of territory, or an increase or decrease in the number of grades for which the interstate district shall be responsible, provided that no amendment shall be effective until approved by both state boards in the same manner as required for approval of the original articles of agreement. "k. The date of operating responsibility of the proposed interstate school district and a proposed program for the assumption of operating responsibility for education by the proposed interstate school district, and any school construction; which the interstate school district shall have the power to vary by vote as circumstances may require. "1. Any other matters, not incompatible with law, which the interstate school district planning committee may consider appropriate to include in the articles of agreement, including, without limitation: "(1) The method of allocating the cost of transportation between the interstate district and member districts; (2) The nomination of individual school directors to serve until the first annual meeting of the interstate school district. "E. HEARINGS.— If the planning committee recommends the formation of an interstate school district, it shall hold at least one public hearing on its report and the proposed articles of agreement within the proposed interstate school district in Maine, and at least one public hearing thereon within the proposed interstate school district in New Hampshire. The planning committee shall give such notice thereof as it may determine to be reasonable, provided that such notice shall include at least one publication in a newspaper of general circulation within the proposed interstate

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