130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
LD 2041 LR 2726(03)
An Act To Correct Errors in Recently Enacted Legislation
Fiscal Note for Senate Amendment " " to Original Bill
Sponsor: Sen. Bailey of York
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
             
Fiscal Note
FY 2021-22 FY 2022-23 Projections  FY 2023-24 Projections  FY 2024-25
Net Cost (Savings)
General Fund $500,000 $0 $0 $0
Appropriations/Allocations
Other Special Revenue Funds $0 $500,000 $0 $0
Transfers
General Fund ($500,000) $0 $0 $0
Other Special Revenue Funds $0 $0 $0 $0
Fiscal Detail and Notes
This amendment provides for free breakfast and lunch for those eligible students that attend a private school approved for tuition purposes that enrolls 60% or more publicly funded students that has opted to participate in the National School Lunch Program that are ineligible for a free or reduced-priced breakfast or lunch beginning in the 2022-2023 school year.
This amendment repeals the requirement in Title 5, section 157, subsection 2 that the State Controller transfer any funds remaining in the Loan Guarantee Program Fund within the Office of the Treasurer to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund on June 30, 2022 and instead requires the State Controller to transfer the remaining funds to a newly created Meals for Publicly Funded Students at Private Academies, Other Special Revenue Funds account within the Department of Education on June 30, 2022 to support the cost of the free meals. The current balance in the Loan Guarantee Program Fund is $500,000 and this fiscal note assumes that amount will be transferred. The amendment includes a one-time Other Special Revenue Funds allocation of $500,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 to authorize expenditures for the program.