131st MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1389		LR 84(08)
	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)	$0	($400,000)	($400,000)
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$0	$0	($400,000)	($400,000)
Transfers
	General Fund		$400,000	$0	$0	$0
	Other Special Revenue Funds		($400,000)	$0	$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 in fiscal year 2023-24 from the Department of Audit, Unorganized Territory Education and Services - Audit, Other Special Revenue Funds account to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to offset the General Fund appropriations in that year.
	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.