125th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1865		LR 2776(12)
	An Act To Enhance Career and Technical Education
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Engrossed with: C "A" (S-518) H "A" (H-896) to C "A" (S-518) S "A" (S-530) S "B" (S-605) to C "A" (S-518)
	Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
Fiscal Note
State Mandate - Exempted
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
	Pursuant to the Mandate Preamble, the two-thirds vote of all members elected to each House exempts the state from the constitutional requirement to fund 90% of the additional costs.
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	Providing exceptions to, or waivers for, the requirement that there not be more than 5 instructional days that school calendars of SAU's affiliated with a career technical education center or within a career and technical education region are not aligned with the regional school calendar may result in a minor reduction in the state mandated costs.
	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.