125th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1779		LR 2566(05)
	An Act To Update the Career and Technical Education Laws
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Engrossed with: C "A" (S-416) S "A" (S-604) to C "A" (S-416)
	Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
Fiscal Note
Potential State Mandate - Exempted
State Mandates
	Required Activity				Unit Affected	Local Cost
	Requires all career and technical education programs to be based on national industry standards, or state level standards if national industry standards are not available or applicable.				School	Moderate limited scope
	Pursuant to the Mandate Preamble, the two-thirds vote of all members elected to each House exempts the state from the constitutional requirement to fund 90% of the additional costs.
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	Additional costs to the Department of Education to establish an industry stakeholder group and/or stakeholder groups to adopt or create national or state industry standards for all career and technical education programs can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources.
	Additional costs to local school administrative units can not be determined at this time and will depend on the industry standards accepted by the commissioner.