126th MAINE LEGISLATURE
		LD 1503		LR 2099(02)
	An Act To Ensure Student Access to Postsecondary Military Options
	Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
	Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
	Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
State Mandate - Unfunded
State Mandates
	Required Activity				Unit Affected	Local Cost
	Requires school boards of publicly supported secondary schools to adopt and implement a policy that ensures uniformed recruiters for the United State Armed Forces or the Maine National Guard the same access and opportunity to meet with secondary students as other postsecondary and career recruiters.				School	Insignificant 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.