121st Maine Legislature
		Office of Fiscal and Program Review
		LD 653
		An Act to Repeal the Fingerprinting Requirement for Teachers and School Employees
		LR 0508(01)
		Fiscal Note for Original Bill
		Sponsor: Rep. Davis of Falmouth
		Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
		Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
					Projections	Projections
			2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Net Cost (Savings):
	General Fund		($294,000)	($392,000)	($392,000)	($392,000)
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		($294,000)	($392,000)	($392,000)	($392,000)
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	The repeal of the fingerprinting requirement for teachers and school employees will result in the deappropriation of General Fund monies provided to the Department of Public Safety for this purpose; the amounts that will be deappropriated will be $294,000 and $392,000 in fiscal years 2003-04 and 2004-05, respectively.
	Repealing the law requiring background checks and fingerprinting of school employees will result in minor savings to the Department of Education.