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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE |
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LD 318 |
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LR 1718(03) |
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Resolve,
Directing the Maine Education Policy Research Institute and the Department of
Education to Recommend Changes to the Essential Programs and Services Funding
Formula |
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Fiscal Note for
Bill as Engrossed with:
C "A" (H-610) |
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Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs |
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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 identify
updated cost model parameters to be used by the Department of Education in
simulating projected impacts on school funding and to solicit stakeholder
input on the results of the simulations.
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. 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 budget for fiscal year
2025-26 and enacted in Public Law 2025, chapter 2 and that the cost of the
review will not exceed the $250,000 already appropriated for fiscal year
2025-26. 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 conduct the required simulations can be
absorbed within existing budgeted resources. |
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