125th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1779		LR 2566(01)
	An Act To Update the Career and Technical Education Laws
	Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement for Original Bill
	Sponsor: Sen. Langley of Hancock
	Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement
Potential State Mandate - Unfunded
State Mandates
	Required Activity				Unit Affected	Local Cost
	Requires all career and technical education programs to be based on national industry standards, or state level standards if national industry standards are not available or applicable.				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 establish an industry stakeholder group and/or stakeholder groups to adopt or create national or state industry standards for all career and technical education programs can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources.
	Additional costs to local school administrative units can not be determined at this time and will depend on the industry standards accepted by the commissioner.