| 122nd MAINE LEGISLATURE | |||||||||
| LD 1381 | LR 1263(03) | ||||||||
| An Act To Update Teachers' Minimum Salaries | |||||||||
| Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " " | |||||||||
| Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs | |||||||||
| Fiscal Note Required: Yes | |||||||||
| Minority Report | |||||||||
| Fiscal Note | |||||||||
| Current Cost - State Mandate | |||||||||
| Projections | Projections | ||||||||
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | ||||||
| Net Cost (Savings) | |||||||||
| General Fund | $0 | $3,110,809 | $0 | $0 | |||||
| Appropriations/Allocations | |||||||||
| General Fund | $0 | $3,110,809 | $0 | $0 | |||||
| State Mandate | |||||||||
| New or Expanded Activity | Unit Affected | Costs | |||||||
| Requiring certain "qualifying schools" where a teacher bargaining agent exists and a contact is in effect to reopen negotiations to determine the use of the funds provided in fiscal year 2006-07 for salary adjustments is a mandate. Unless General Fund appropriations are provided to fund at least 90% of the additional costs or a Mandate Preamble is amended to the bill and two-thirds of the members of each House vote to exempt this mandate from the funding requirement, the affected school administrative units may not be required to implement this measure. | School | Significant | |||||||
| Fiscal Detail and Notes | |||||||||
| This legislation provides teacher salary adjustments for certain qualifying school administrative units and provides $3,789,808 in funding for the total cost of this measure. | |||||||||
| This bill includes General Fund appropriations totaling $3,110,809 in fiscal year 2006-07 for the Department of Education for the costs associated with providing the one-time teacher salary adjustment to eligible school administrative units. Of that amount, $2,894,943 is provided to the General Purpose Aid for Local Schools program (GPA) and $215,866 is provided to the Teacher Retirement program to increase the employer contributions of the normal cost component of the Maine State Retirement System as a result of the teacher salary adjustment. | |||||||||
| Public Law 2005, Chapter 519, the 2006-2007 Supplemental Budget, eliminated the proposal to establish a minimum salary of $30,000 for certified teachers for the school year starting after June 30, 2006. Of the $3.6 million that had been available within the fiscal year 2006-07 GPA program to support the increase in teacher salaries, $2.9 million was used to fund transition adjustments for certain eligible school administrative units, leaving approximately $0.7 million remaining to fund the teacher salary adjustment. With only $0.7 million available within the GPA funding, additional General Fund appropriations are required for the balance. | |||||||||