124th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1658		LR 2251(02)
	An Act To Increase Maine's High School Graduation Rates
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "   "
	Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
State Mandate - Unfunded
State Mandates
	Required Activity				Unit Affected	Local Cost
	Requires secondary schools that have not attained an 80% graduation rate by the end of the 2012-2013 school year to provide the Commissioner of Education with a copy of an action plan developed pursuant to Title 20-A, section 5103, subsection 5 by December 31, 2013.				School	Insignificant statewide
	The required local activities in this bill may represent a State mandate pursuant to the Constitution of Maine.  Unless General Fund appropriations are provided to fund at least 90% of the additional costs or a Mandate Preamble is amended to the bill and two-thirds of the members of each House vote to exempt this mandate from the funding requirement, municipalities may not be required to implement these changes.
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	Additional costs to the Department of Education to 1) provide the required technical assistance; 2) adopt the required rules; 3) establish the required stakeholder group to develop the required methodologies and recommendations; and 4) prepare the required report can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources.