122nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1785		LR 2628(08)
	An Act To Promote Economic Development by Enhancing Educational Opportunities
	Fiscal Note for Senate Amendment "   " to Committee Amendment "   "
	Sponsor: Sen. Rotundo
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
					Projections	Projections
			2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		($700,000)	$395,000	$395,000	$395,000
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		($700,000)	$395,000	$395,000	$395,000
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	This amendment adds an emergency preamble, strikes the provisions of the bill that funded one Education Specialist III position and related All Other to support the continuation of 7 college transition pilot projects and provides ongoing funding for the general operating costs of the University of Maine System and the Maine Community College System beginning in fiscal year 2006-07.
	As amended, this bill includes a one-time General Fund deappropriation of $700,000 in fiscal year 2005-06 to the Debt Service - Governmental Facilities Authority program within the Department of Administrative and Financial Services and a deappropriation of $5,100,000 in fiscal year 2006-07 to the Homestead Property Tax Exemption Reimbursement program within DAFS.  This bill, as amended, includes ongoing General Fund appropriations totaling $5,800,000 to the University of Maine System ($4.2 million) and the Maine Community College System ($1.6 million) for general operating costs.
	As amended, the additional costs to the Department of Education, the Maine Community College System and the University of Maine System to work with others to establish criteria for selecting sites, to expand the number of college transition programs in an adult education setting and to prepare the required progress report can be absorbed utilizing existing budgeted resources.