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129th MAINE LEGISLATURE |
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LD 151 |
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LR 628(01) |
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An Act To Align
State Law with Current Practice Regarding Required School Attendance |
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Preliminary
Fiscal Impact Statement for Original Bill |
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Sponsor: Sen. Millett of Cumberland |
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Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs |
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Fiscal Note Required: Yes |
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| Preliminary
Fiscal Impact Statement |
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| Undetermined current biennium cost increase - General Fund |
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| Fiscal Detail
and Notes |
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Changing the age
at which children are required to begin attending school from 7 years of age
to 6 years of age may result in increased costs to local school
administrative units (SAU's) beginning in the 2019-2020 school year due to
the potential for an increase in enrollment.
The impact to individual local SAU's can not be determined and will
depend on the number of 6 year-olds that enroll in school as a result of this
legislation versus the number that would have enrolled absent this bill. School administrative units will begin
receiving state subsidy for these students in the year following their
enrollment in school based on the state contribution percentage for that year. If the total state funding is not increased
to cover the additional cost, existing subsidy will be redistributed, with
some SAU's receiving more funding than would have been received if this
requirement had not been in place and some SAU's receiving less. |
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