131st MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 204		LR 982(01)
	An Act to Ensure Safe Access to Schools by Implementing Interlocking Door Controller Technology
	Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement for Original Bill
	Sponsor: Sen. Stewart of Aroostook
	Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement
State Mandate - Funded
			FY 2023-24	FY 2024-25	Projections  FY 2025-26	Projections  FY 2026-27
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$20,000,000	$0	$0	$0
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$20,000,000	$0	$0	$0
State Mandates
	Required Activity				Unit Affected	Local Cost
	Requires school administrative units to install interlocking door controller technology in every elementary and secondary school in every unit.				Unknown	$20,000,000
	The required local activities in this bill may represent a state mandate pursuant to the Constitution of Maine. If the bill does require a local unit of government to expand or modify its activities so as to necessitate additional expenditures from local revenue, the state mandate provisions of the Constitution of Maine require either: (1) General Fund appropriations be provided to fund at least 90% of any additional necessitated local costs of the mandate; or (2) a Mandate Preamble be added to the bill and two-thirds of the members of each House vote to exempt the mandate from the funding requirement. If the bill does represent a state mandate and neither one of these actions occurs, the local units of government will not be required to implement the mandated activities.
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	The School Finance and Operations program within the Department of Education will require a one-time General Fund appropriation of $20,000,000 in fiscal year 2023-24 to fund 100% of the cost to local school administrative units to install interlocking door controller technology in every elementary and secondary school in every unit. This estimate assumes an interlocking door system would need to be installed in 5 doors in each of the 611 elementary and secondary school buildings in the State at an average cost of $6,250 per door.