129th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 185		LR 832(02)
	An Act To Provide a Method for a Student To Be Excused from Standardized Testing
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
	Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
Contigent language avoids potential loss of Title I funding Minor cost increase - General Fund
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	The federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) of 2015 requires a standardized assessment each year of "not less than 95 percent of all students, and 95 percent of all students in each sub-group of students, who are enrolled in public schools".  Because this legislation provides that a student shall be excused from standardized testing only if doing so would not result in a school administrative unit being out of compliance with the ESSA, there is no potential loss of federal Title I funds.
	Additional costs to the Department of Education to submit the required report can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources.