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131st MAINE LEGISLATURE |
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LD 2286 |
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LR 3115(01) |
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Resolve,
Directing the Maine Education Policy Research Institute to Review Certain
Components of General Purpose Aid for Local Schools and the Essential
Programs and Services Funding Formula |
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Fiscal Note for
Original Bill |
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Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs |
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Fiscal Note Required: Yes |
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| Fiscal Note |
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| Review to be completed within budgeted resources |
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| Fiscal Detail
and Notes |
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This legislation
requires the Maine Education Policy Research Institute (MEPRI) to conduct a
review of certain components of general purpose aid and the essential
programs and services (EPS) funding formula in conjunction with the
Department of Education. Maine Revised
Statutes Annotated, Title 20-A, section 10 established the Education Research
Institute to collect and analyze education information and perform targeted
education research for the Legislature.
The Legislature contracts with the University of Maine System to
maintain the institute and ongoing General Fund appropriations of $250,000
per year are included in the Learning Systems Team program account within the
Department of Education to support the work of the institute. The Department of Education also contracts
with MEPRI for updating of the essential programs and services components and
ongoing funding of $250,000 per year is included in the annual appropriation
for the General Purpose Aid for Local Schools (GPA) program. This fiscal note
assumes that the work required in this bill to be performed by MEPRI will be
paid for with the funding included in the Learning Systems Team or GPA budget
for fiscal year 2024-25 and enacted in Public Law 2023, chapter 17 and that
the cost of the review will not exceed the $500,000 already appropriated for
fiscal year 2024-25. Given these assumptions,
no General Fund appropriations for the cost to MEPRI to conduct the required
review are included in this bill. |
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Additional costs
to the Department of Education to work in conjunction with MEPRI on the
review can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. |
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