DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $0 ($316,436)

HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF

Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147

Initiative: Appropriates funds in fiscal year 2004-05 for the provision of services to MaineCare-eligible children who are currently receiving free, appropriate public education services through the Child Development Services System and whose parents choose not to enroll them in kindergarten until the start of the following school year.

General Fund 2003-04 2004-05

All Other $0 $223,119

__________ __________

General Fund Total $0 $223,119

Federal Expenditures Fund 2003-04 2004-05

All Other $0 $421,184

__________ __________

Federal Expenditures Fund Total $0 $421,184

HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF

DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2003-04 2004-05

General Fund $0 $223,119

Federal Expenditures Fund 0 421,184

__________ __________

DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $0 $644,303

SECTION TOTALS 2003-04 2004-05

General Fund $0 ($93,317)

Federal Expenditures Fund 0 421,184

__________ __________

SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS $0 $327,867

SUMMARY

This bill is reported out by the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs pursuant to Joint Order 2003, S.P. 680. The bill amends applicable statutes and instructs the Department of Human Services and the Department of Education to amend rules to clarify that a child who is already receiving free, appropriate public education services through the Child Development Services System and who reaches 5 years of age