123rd MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1931		LR 2721(02)
	An Act To Protect Employee Choice of Collective Bargaining Agents in the Educational Unit Consolidation Process
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "     "
	Committee: Labor
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
No State fiscal impact
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	Allowing existing bargaining units, collection bargaining agents and existing collective bargaining obligations to remain intact after the merger of school administrative units into regional school units until August 31, 2012 will not affect the total state and local cost of funding K-12 public education based on the essential programs and services funding model or the State's share of that cost.  The impact to regional school units can not be determined at this time.