124th MAINE LEGISLATURE
LD 285 LR 233(01)
An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Consolidation of School Administrative Units To Delay All Penalties for 2 Years
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement for Original Bill
Sponsor: Rep. Schatz of Blue Hill
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
             
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement
No State fiscal impact
Fiscal Detail and Notes
Delaying the date that penalties for nonconforming school administrative units becomes effective until July 1, 2011 will not impact the total state and local cost of funding K-12 public education or the State's share of that cost.  However, the delay will impact the distribution of State subsidy among school administrative units through fiscal year 2010-11 with those nonconforming units receiving more State subsidy than they would have received had the penalty provision been in effect and those conforming school administrative units receiving less.  The impact to individual school administrative units can not be determined at this time.