| 122nd MAINE LEGISLATURE | |||||||||
| LD 796 | LR 0681(01) | ||||||||
| An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Commission To Study Public Health That Concern Schools, Children and Nutrition | |||||||||
| Fiscal Note for Original Bill | |||||||||
| Sponsor: Sen. Martin of Aroostook | |||||||||
| Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs | |||||||||
| Fiscal Note Required: Yes | |||||||||
| Fiscal Note | |||||||||
| Current Cost - State Mandate | |||||||||
| Projections | Projections | ||||||||
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | ||||||
| Net Cost (Savings) | |||||||||
| General Fund | $50,391 | $72,080 | $77,126 | $82,524 | |||||
| Appropriations/Allocations | |||||||||
| General Fund | $50,391 | $72,080 | $77,126 | $82,524 | |||||
| State Mandate | |||||||||
| New or Expanded Activity | Unit Affected | Costs | |||||||
| Placing certain requirements on school administrative units is a State mandate. These requirements include: | School | Significant | |||||||
| - Providing nutrition education for students, teachers and staff and must include an outreach component to parents | |||||||||
| - Providing that food service programs post certain nutritional information for menu items after August 31, 2007. | |||||||||
| - Providing a report to parents of students who participated in the Body Mass Index assessment with the results. | |||||||||
| - Establishing the number of minutes of physical activity that students must participate in per week. | |||||||||
| - Including a provision in future collective bargaining agreements that allows teachers and students no less than a 20 minute lunch period each school day. | |||||||||
| To the extent that school administrative units already fulfill these requirements through existing health programs, the additional cost of these measures may be mitigated. | |||||||||
| Fiscal Detail and Notes | |||||||||
| The Learning Systems program within the Department of Education will require additional General Fund appropriations of $50,391 in fiscal year 2005-06 and $72,080 in fiscal year 2006-07 to establish a Physical Education Consultant position effective October 1, 2005. The Governor's proposed supplemental, "Part 2", budget includes a General Fund request of $67,913 in fiscal year 2005-06 and $73,124 in fiscal year 2006-07 to establish one Education Specialist III position in the Learning Systems program to serve as a Physical Education Consultant. This estimate of the fiscal impact may need to be adjusted based on final legislative actions on the "Part 2" budget. | |||||||||
| Any additional costs to the Department of Health and Human Services, the Attorney General and the Department of Agriculture can be absorbed utilizing existing budgeted resources. | |||||||||