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127th MAINE LEGISLATURE |
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LD 1386 |
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LR 745(01) |
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An Act To Amend
the Laws Governing High School Graduation Requirements |
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Preliminary Fiscal
Impact Statement for Original Bill |
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Sponsor: Rep. Kornfield of Bangor |
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Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs |
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Fiscal Note Required: Yes |
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| Preliminary
Fiscal Impact Statement |
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State Mandate - Unfunded
Current biennium cost increase - General Fund |
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| State Mandates |
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Required Activity |
Unit Affected |
Local Cost |
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Requires school
administrative units to include a plan for transitioning to a blended system
of graduation requirements in their comprehensive plans and requires school
boards to adopt policies to phase-in the blended system of graduation
requirements by the 2016-2017 school
year. |
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Significant statewide |
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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. |
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| Fiscal Detail
and Notes |
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The Department of
Education has indicated that it does not have the resources available to
support local school administrative units with the transition to a blended
system of graduation requirements. The
ability of the department to implement the requirements of this legislation
without impacting other programs and services it already provides can not be
determined at this time. |
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