Committee weighs variable mill-rate options that tie local contribution to poverty Department staff showed three distribution models — 90/10, 75/25 and 50/50 property/poverty mixes — and explained how variable mill-rate expectations would raise or lower local mill targets, producing redistributions that could produce winners and losers even after the regional-index correction.

Maine's education funding could dramatically shift as new poverty measures challenge traditional property-based contributions, revealing potential winners and losers among districts.

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