125th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 18		LR 191(01)
	An Act To Extend the School Year
	Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement for Original Bill
	Sponsor: Rep. Edgecomb of Caribou
	Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement
State Mandate - Unfunded
			FY 2011-12	FY 2012-13	Projections  FY 2013-14	Projections  FY 2014-15
Net Cost (Savings)
	General Fund		$30,684,032	$31,211,798	$31,748,641	$32,294,717
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$30,684,032	$31,211,798	$31,748,641	$32,294,717
State Mandates
	Required Activity				Unit Affected	Local Cost
	Increase the number of days in the school year by 5 days.				School	Significant 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
	Extending the school year by 5 days is estimated to increase the total state and local cost of K-12 public education by $55,789,150 in fiscal year 2011-12 and $56,748,723 in fiscal year 2012-13.  The General Purpose Aid for Local Schools program within the Department of Education will require additional General Fund appropriations of $30,684,032 and $31,211,798 in fiscal years 2011-12 and 2012-13, respectively, to fund the State's required 55% share.  These amounts are reflected in the suggested appropriations above.
	In order to fully fund 90% of additional cost of increasing the number of days in a school year by 5 days, the General Purpose Aid for Local Schools program will require additional General Fund appropriations of  $19,526,202 in fiscal year 2011-12 and $19,862,053 in fiscal year 2012-13.  These amounts are not reflected in the suggested appropriations above as the option exists to add the exempting mandate preamble.
				Fiscal Year		Fiscal Year
				2011-12		2012-13
	State and Local expenditures 1			$ 2,008,409,391		$ 2,042,954,033
	Current number of school days			180		180
	Estimated expenditures per school day			$     11,157,830		$     11,349,745
	Proposed increase in number of school days			5		5
	Increase to total cost of K-12 Education:			$     55,789,150		$     56,748,723
	Transition %			100%		100%
	Total cost adjusted for transition %			$     55,789,150		$     56,748,723
	State share  (%)			55%		55%
	State share ($)			$     30,684,032		$     31,211,798
	Local share ($)			$     25,105,117		$     25,536,925
	Total General Fund cost to fund 90% of requirement			$     50,210,235		$     51,073,851
	Additional GF appropriation required			$     19,526,202		$     19,862,053
	Local share @ 10%			$       5,578,915		$       5,674,872
Notes:
	1  Based on fiscal year 2009-10 actual expenditures, excluding debt service, increased by Real Personal Income growth of 1.72% per year per Title 20-A, §15671.