123rd MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 20		LR 607(01)
	Resolve, Prohibiting the Use of Carpeting in Schools
	Fiscal Note for Original Bill
	Sponsor: Rep. Beaudoin of Biddeford
	Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
State Mandate - Unfunded
State Mandates					Unit Affected	Costs
	Prohibiting carpeting as flooring in newly constructed school facilities and requiring that all renovations of existing school facilities replace floor coverings with flooring other than carpeting represents a state mandate pursuant to the Constitution of Maine.  The additional local costs can not be determined at this time and will depend on the cost of the alternative flooring versus the cost of the carpeting.  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, the local school units may not be required to implement these changes.				School	Significant
Fiscal Detail and Notes
	Additional costs to the Department of Education associated with rulemaking can be absorbed utilizing existing budgeted resources.