122nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 423		LR 0053(02)
	An Act To Allow Food Service Workers for Public Schools To Collect Unemployment Benefits
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
	Committee: Labor
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
			Minority Report
Fiscal Note
Exempted State Mandate
State Mandate
	New or Expanded Activity				Unit Affected	Costs
	Providing unemployment benefits to food service workers employed in public schools between academic years is a mandate to local school administrative units, a majority of which are direct reimbursement employers.  The Department of Labor has determined that approximately 2,700 food service workers were employed by educational establishments as of September 2004.  Assuming that all of the 2,700 food service workers were employed by local school administrative units, and the weekly unemployment benefit was $171.00, the total cost to the local units would be $3,700,000.  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	Significant