125th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 971		LR 958(01)
	An Act To Improve the Health of Maine Students
	Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement for Original Bill
	Sponsor: Rep. Cornell du Houx of Brunswick
	Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement
State Mandate - Unfunded
State Mandates
	Required Activity				Unit Affected	Local Cost
	Requires school administrative units to provide for all students in grades 1 to 8 at least 20 minutes of daily physical activity.				School	Insignificant 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
	The provision in this legislation that assesses a 20% reduction in state subsidy for education on any school administrative unit that does not comply with the requirement to provide all students in grades 1 to 8 with at least 20 minutes of daily physical activity may result in a significant increase in the local cost of K-12 public education for non-compliant school administrative units.  The impact to individual school administrative units can not be determined at this time.