125th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 18		LR 191(02)
	An Act To Extend the School Year
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "   "
	Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
State Mandate - Unfunded
			FY 2011-12	FY 2012-13	Projections  FY 2013-14	Projections  FY 2014-15
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$0	$6,242,360	$12,699,456	$16,147,359
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$0	$6,242,360	$12,699,456	$16,147,359
State Mandates
	Required Activity				Unit Affected	Local Cost
	Increases the number of days in the school year from 180 days to 185 days by extending the school year by one day per year over the five year period between the 2012-13 school year and the 2016-17 school year.				School	Significant statewide
	The required local activities in this bill may represent a State mandate pursuant to the Constitution of Maine.  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, municipalities may not be required to implement these changes.
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	Extending the school year from 180 days to 185 days by increasing the number of days by 1 day per year over the 5 year period between the 2012-13 school year and the 2016-17 school year is estimated to increase the total state and local cost of K-12 public education by $11,349,745 in fiscal year 2012-13, $23,089,920 in fiscal year 2013-14 and $29,358,834 in fiscal year 2014-15.  The General Purpose Aid for Local Schools program within the Department of Education will require additional General Fund appropriations of $6,242,360 in fiscal year 2012-13, $12,699,456 in fiscal year 2013-14 and $16,147,359 in fiscal year 2014-15 to fund the State's required 55% share.  These amounts are reflected in the suggested appropriations above.
	In order to fully fund 90% of the additional cost of increasing the number of days in a school year by 5 days, the General Purpose Aid for Local Schools program will require additional General Fund appropriations of  $10,214,770 in fiscal year 2012-13, $20,780,928 in fiscal year 2013-14 and $26,422,950 in fisca year 2014-15.  These amounts are not reflected in the suggested appropriations above as the option exists to add the exempting mandate preamble.
				Fiscal Year	Fiscal Year	Fiscal Year
				2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
	State and Local expenditures 1			$ 2,042,954,033	$ 2,078,092,842	$ 2,113,836,039
	Current number of school days			180	180	180
	Estimated expenditures per instructional day			$     11,349,745	$     11,544,960	$     11,743,534
	Estimated expenditures per teacher in-service day (50.84%)			$       5,769,923	$       5,772,480	$       5,871,767
	Proposed increase in number of instructional days			1	2	2
	Proposed increase in number of teacher in-service days			0	0	1
	Increase to total cost of K-12 Education (instructional days)			$     11,349,745	$     23,089,920	$     23,487,067
	Increase to total cost of K-12 Education (in-service days)			$                  -	$                  -	$       5,871,767
	Transition %			100%	100%	100%
	Total cost adjusted for transition %			$     11,349,745	$     23,089,920	$     29,358,834
	State share  (%)			55%	55%	55%
	State share ($)			$       6,242,360	$     12,699,456	$     16,147,359
	Local share ($)			$       5,107,385	$     10,390,464	$     13,211,475
	Total General Fund cost to fund 90% of requirement			$     10,214,770	$     20,780,928	$     26,422,951
	Additional GF appropriation required			$       3,972,411	$       8,081,472	$     10,275,592
	Local share @ 10%			$       1,134,974	$       2,308,992	$       2,935,883
Notes:
	1  Based on fiscal year 2009-10 actual expenditures, excluding debt service, increased by Real Personal Income growth of 1.72% per year per Title 20-A, §15671.