130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1010		LR 402(01)
	An Act To Establish the Maine Service Fellows Program
	Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement for Original Bill
	Sponsor: Rep. Rielly of Westbrook
	Committee: State and Local Government
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement
			FY 2021-22	FY 2022-23	Projections  FY 2023-24	Projections  FY 2024-25
Appropriations/Allocations
	Federal Expenditures Fund		$500	$500	$500	$500
	Other Special Revenue Funds		$500	$500	$500	$500
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	The Maine Commission for Community Services has estimated the cost of funding 10 program fellows as part of the Maine Service Fellows Program to be $350,000 in fiscal year 2021-22 and $353,501 in fiscal year 2022-23.  Of that amount, $336,319 and $339,683 in fiscal years 2021-22 and 2022-23, respectively, is for stipends, health insurance allowances, personal liability insurance, workers' compensation insurance for the program fellows as well as the educational loan payment to be provided as a program completion bonus.  The commission has also estimated the cost for a program manager to administer the program to be $13,681 in fiscal year 2021-22 and $13,818 in fiscal year 2022-23.  This bill requires the commission to establish the first class of 10 program fellows within 180 days following the effective date of this legislation to the extent funds are available.  Absent General Fund appropriations, it is unclear whether this can be accomplished.
	The Department of Education, Maine Commission for Community Service, will require Other Special Revenue Funds allocations and Federal Expenditures Funds allocations of $500 per year beginning in fiscal year 2021 to authorize expenditures for the program in the event that funds are received from private or federal sources.