130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 238		LR 252(01)
	An Act Concerning Civics Instruction
	Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement for Original Bill
	Sponsor: Rep. Bailey of Gorham
	Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement
Potential State Mandate - Unfunded
			FY 2021-22	FY 2022-23	Projections  FY 2023-24	Projections  FY 2024-25
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$9,000	$0	$0	$0
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$9,000	$0	$0	$0
State Mandates
	Required Activity				Unit Affected	Local Cost
	Requires the histories of religious and racial minorities, women and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people be taught in schools as part of the minimum requirements for a high school diploma.				School	Moderate statewide
	The required local activities in this bill may represent a state mandate pursuant to the Constitution of Maine. If the bill does require a local unit of government to expand or modify its activities so as to necessitate additional expenditures from local revenue, the state mandate provisions of the Constitution of Maine require either: (1) General Fund appropriations be provided to fund at least 90% of any additional necessitated local costs of the mandate; or (2) a Mandate Preamble be added to the bill and two-thirds of the members of each House vote to exempt the mandate from the funding requirement. If the bill does represent a state mandate and neither one of these actions occurs, the local units of government will not be required to implement the mandated activities.
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	The Learning Systems Teams program within the Department of Education will require a one-time General Fund appropriation of $9,000 in fiscal year 2021-22 for the costs associated with holding meetings with stakeholders to revise the social studies standards.