128th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1130		LR 198(02)
	An Act To Provide Traffic Safety Education in Schools
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
	Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
Potential State Mandate - Funded
			FY 2017-18	FY 2018-19	Projections  FY 2019-20	Projections  FY 2020-21
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$62,914	$0	$0	$0
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$62,914	$0	$0	$0
State Mandates
	Required Activity				Unit Affected	Local Cost
	Requires school administrative units to implement and annually provide a minimum of one hour of age-appropriate traffic safety education to students in 4 different grade levels between kindergarten and grade 12.				School	$62,914
	This bill includes a one-time General Fund appropriation of $62,914 in fiscal year 2017-18 to the Learning Systems program within the Department of Education for 90% of the cost to school administrative units to implement and annually provide age-appropriate traffic safety education to students in at least 4 different grade levels between kindergarten and grade 12.
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	This fiscal note makes the following assumptions:
	1)  Each kindergarten to grade 8 school will develop age-appropriate curriculum for traffic education safety for students in a grade lower than grade 4
	2)  One-half of kindergarten to grade 8 schools will obtain age-appropriate curriculum for 2 grade levels between grade 4 and grade 8 that meets the requirements of this legislation at no cost and will devote one hour acclimating themselves to the curriculum.  The remaining schools will have a presenter come into the school to present the traffic and safety education program at no cost to the school.
	3) One-half of the public high schools in the State will obtain age-appropriate curriculum for 1 grade level between 9th and 12th grade that meets the requirements of this legislation at no cost and will devote one hour acclimating themselves to the curriculum.  The remaining high schools will have a presenter come into the school to present the traffic and safety education program at no cost to the school.