127th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 856		LR 867(03)
	An Act To Amend the Competitive Skills Scholarship Program To Allow for Participation in Early College and Career and Technical Education Programs
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Engrossed with: C "A" (S-224)
	Committee: Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development
Fiscal Note
			FY 2015-16	FY 2016-17	Projections  FY 2017-18	Projections  FY 2018-19
Appropriations/Allocations
	Competitive Skills Scholarship Fund		$99,861	$292,196	$297,040	$302,077
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	This bill includes Other Funds allocations of $99,861 in fiscal year 2015-16 and $292,196 in fiscal year 2016-17 to the Competitive Skills Scholarship Program within the Department of Labor for one CareerCenter Consultant position in fiscal year 2015-16 and an additional CareerCenter Consultant position in fiscal year 2016-17 and related all other costs, including tuition, to support the expansion of the Competitive Skills Scholarship Program to eligible secondary students in public secondary schools.
	This legislation caps annual expenditures, including tuition, administrative and other allowable costs and case management related to this provision at no more than 15% of the annual revenue deposited into the Competitive Skills Scholarship Fund.  Had this legislation been in place during fiscal year 2013-14 the cap on expenditures would have been approximately $500,000.