131st MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1326		LR 1872(02)
	An Act to Increase School Security Through Design and Protocol
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
	Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
Potential State Mandate - Unfunded
Correctional and Judicial Impact Statements
	Establishes new Class E crimes. The additional workload associated with the minimal number of new cases filed in the court system does not require additional funding at this time. The collection of additional fine revenue will increase General Fund and dedicated revenue by minor amounts.
State Mandates
	Required Activity				Unit Affected	Local Cost
	Requires that, beginning January 1, 2024, schools must include design features that implement best practices to defend against active shooters entering the building and that teachers and staff be trained on these features.				School	Significant 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.