121st Maine Legislature
		Office of Fiscal and Program Review
		LD 541
		An Act to Ensure Timely Responses to Requests for School Administrative District Reapportionments
		LR 1447(02)
		Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
		Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
		Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
Exempt State Mandate
State Mandate
	New or Expanded Activity				Unit Affected	Costs
	Requiring school superintendents to notify municipal officers in each municipality of the district and the school board to create a reapportionment committee is a State mandate.  Pursuant to the Mandate Preamble, the two-thirds vote of all members elected to each House exempts the State from the constitutional requirement to fund 90% of the additional local costs.				School	Insignificant
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	Shifting the responsibility for notifying municipal officers in each municipality of a school district, and that district's school board, to create a reapportionment committee will result in General Fund savings to the Department of Education.  The amount will not be significant.