132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 660		LR 1876(01)
	An Act to Provide Transparency and Public Access to Public School Curricula
	Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement for Original Bill
	Sponsor: Rep. Caruso of Caratunk
	Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement
Potential State Mandate - Unfunded
			FY 2025-26	FY 2026-27	Projections  FY 2027-28	Projections  FY 2028-29
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$584,176	$126,659	$130,845	$135,194
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$584,176	$126,659	$130,845	$135,194
State Mandates
	Required Activity				Unit Affected	Local Cost
	Requires local school administrative units to: 1) create an online portal to act as the single source for all student information and data that can be accessed by 3rd-party contractors; 2) adopt policies and procedures to ensure the approved curriculum presented is implemented in the classroom without change; 3) post at least 3 years of data regarding certain student enrollment and performance; 4) make audio and video recordings of professional development and instructional programs offered to schools and make the recordings accessible to the public free of charge for at least 3 years after the event date; and 5) maintain a list showing the date of attendance of each professional development and instructional program, name and position of attendee, program name and description for the prior 3 years and make the list free of charge to residents of the State.				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.
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	The Department of Education will require ongoing General Fund appropriations of $584,176 in fiscal year 2025-26 and $126,659 in fiscal year 2026-27 for the cost of one Management Analyst II position and related All Other costs to develop, update and maintain data and information related to all administrator, teacher and staff professional development and instructional programs offered to schools that are paid for with state funds and make the data available on the department's publicly accessible website.