131st MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1389		LR 84(06)
	An Act to Establish a Mobile Learning Lab
	Fiscal Note for Senate Amendment " " to Committee Amendment "A"
	Sponsor: Pres. Jackson of Aroostook
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
			FY 2023-24	FY 2024-25	Projections  FY 2025-26	Projections  FY 2026-27
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		($400,000)	($400,000)	($400,000)	($400,000)
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$0	$0	($400,000)	($400,000)
Transfers
	General Fund		$400,000	$400,000	$0	$0
	Other Special Revenue Funds		($400,000)	($400,000)	$0	$0
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	This amendment eliminates the ongoing General Fund appropriations totaling $400,000 per year beginning in fiscal year 2023-24 included in the bill to the Office of Innovation program within the Department of Education for the establishment of a mobile learning lab for science, technology, engineering and mathematics and instead provides one-time General Fund appropriations totaling $400,000 in fiscal years 2023-24 and 2024-25 only to the same program within the department to be used for the same purpose.
	The amendment also requires the State Controller to transfer $400,000 per year in both fiscal year 2023-24 and fiscal year 2024-25 from the Department of Audit, Unorganized Territory Education and Services, Other Special Revenue Funds account to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to offset the General Fund appropriations in those years.
	As amended, this bill includes one-time General Fund appropriations of $250,000 in fiscal year 2023-24 and fiscal year 2024-25 for a mobile learning lab to allow for students in all areas of the State to engage in hands-on learning and one-time General Fund appropriations of $150,000 in fiscal year 2023-24 and fiscal year 2024-25 for contracted staffing services to support the mobile learning lab.