125th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1770		LR 2607(01)
	An Act To Encourage Parental Involvement in Education
	Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement for Original Bill
	Sponsor: Sen. Alfond of Cumberland
	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 a school board to develop a parental involvement plan in consultation with parents, teachers and administrators beginning with the 2013-2014 school year.				School	Moderate statewide
	~  Requires a school board to annually consult with parents, teachers and administrators to review the school administrative unit's performance in implementing the parental involvement plan beginning with the 2014-2015 school year.				School	Moderate 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
	Additional costs to the Department of Education to post the required information on its publicly accessible website can be absorbed within exisitng budgeted resources.