125th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 498		LR 1148(01)
	An Act To Extend the Length of the School Day
	Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement for Original Bill
	Sponsor: Rep. Dow of Waldoboro
	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		$0	$0	$171,442,659	$174,391,473
Appropriations/Allocations
	General Fund		$0	$0	$171,442,659	$174,391,473
State Mandates
	Required Activity				Unit Affected	Local Cost
	Requires that a school instructional day must be at least 5 hours and 45 minutes.				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 day to 5 hours and 45 minutes is estimated to increase the total state and local cost of K-12 public education by $311,713,926 in fiscal year 2013-14 and $317,075,406 in fiscal year 2014-15.  The General Purpose Aid for Local Schools program within the Department of Education will require additional General Fund appropriations of $171,442,659 and $174,391,473 in fiscal years 2013-14 and 2014-15, 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 extending the school day to 5 hours and 45 minutes, the General Purpose Aid for Local Schools program will require additional General Fund appropriations of  $199,099,874 in fiscal year 2011-12 and $110,976,392 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
				2013-14		2014-15
	State and Local expenditures 1			$ 2,078,092,842		$ 2,113,836,039
	Current number of school days			180		180
	Estimated expenditures per school day			$     11,544,960		$     11,743,534
	Estimated # of hours in a current school day			5		5
	Estimated expenditures per hour in current school day			2,308,992		2,348,707
	Proposed increase in school day (45 minutes)			0.75		0.75
	Number of days per week			5		5
	Number of weeks per year			36		36
	Increase to total cost of K-12 Education:			$    311,713,926		$    317,075,406
	Transition %			100%		100%
	Total cost adjusted for transition %			$    311,713,926		$    317,075,406
	State share  (%)			55%		55%
	State share ($)			$    171,442,659		$    174,391,473
	Local share ($)			$    140,271,267		$    142,683,933
	Total General Fund cost to fund 90% of requirement			$    280,542,534		$    285,367,865
	Additional GF appropriation required			$    109,099,874		$    110,976,392
	Local share @ 10%			$     31,171,393		$     31,707,541
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.