| 122nd MAINE LEGISLATURE | |||||||||
| LD 1649 | LR 2347(01) | ||||||||
| An Act To Amend the Maximum Allowable Tuition for Students | |||||||||
| Fiscal Note for Original Bill | |||||||||
| Sponsor: Rep. Saviello of Wilton | |||||||||
| Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs | |||||||||
| Fiscal Note Required: Yes | |||||||||
| Fiscal Note | |||||||||
| No State fiscal impact | |||||||||
| Fiscal Detail and Notes | |||||||||
| Because tuition rates are not a component in the calculation of the total cost of funding K-12 public education in the Essential Programs and Services model, this legislation will not impact the amount of funds appropriated for the General Purpose Aid for Local Schools program within the Department of Education. This legislation will increase the tuition costs for those school administrative units that send students to another school administration unit and increase the amount of funds received by those local school administrative units that receive tuition students. The impact to individual school administrative units can not be determined at this time. The Department of Education estimates the annual statewide impact to be approximately $6,000,000. | |||||||||
| The Education in the Unorganized Territories program within the Department of Education will incur additional General Fund expenditures beginning in fiscal year 2005-06 for the additional tuition costs for students attending school administrative units where the tuition rate is higher than the statewide average. The General Fund would be fully reimbursed for these costs by higher collections made through the Municipal Cost Component program. | |||||||||