125th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1873		LR 2849(04)
	An Act To Direct the Commissioner of Education To Adopt a Model Policy Regarding Management of Head Injuries in School Activities and Athletics
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Engrossed with: S "A" (S-606)
	Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
Fiscal Note
State Mandate - Exempted
State Mandates
	Required Activity				Unit Affected	Local Cost
	Requires all public schools and those private schools enrolling more than 60% of their students at public expense to adopt and implement a policy on management of concussive and other head injuries in school activities, athletic practices and games that is consistent with the model policy proposed by the Commissioner of Education beginning January 1, 2013.				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
	To the extent that the requirements included in this bill are already in place, the impact of this legislation on school administrative units is not expected to be significant.  The impact to those school administrative units that have not put the requirements of this legislation into place may be more tangible but are still not expected to be significant.
	Additional costs to the Department of Education to work with stakeholders and interested parties to develop the required model policy can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources.