125th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1865		LR 2776(03)
	An Act To Enhance Career and Technical Education
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "   "
	Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
State Mandate - Unfunded
State Mandates
	Required Activity				Unit Affected	Local Cost
	Reduces from 9 to 5 the allowable number of instructional days that school calendars of school administrative units (SAU's) affiliated with a career and technical education center or within a career and technical education region are not aligned with the regional school calendar effective with the 2013-2014 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 Maine Community College System to establish the required process can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources.
	Additional costs to the University of Maine System and the Maine Maritime Academy to establish the required process through a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Education can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources.