An Act To Extend the Length ofthe School Day
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 0498
Committee Amendment CA_A_H90 (House)
Amends: Title 20-A, Section 15671

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 391, L.D. 498, Bill, "An Act To 
Extend the Length ofthe School Day" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, To Direct the State Board of Education To Extend the Length of the 
School Day' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and 
inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. State Board of Education rulemaking. Resolved: That the State 
Board of Education shall amend its rules in Chapter 125, Section 6, subsection 6.02, 
paragraph B to increase the length of the average instructional day to 5 hours and 45 
minutes by January 1,2012; and be it further 
Sec. 2. 
Appropriations and allocations. 
Resolved: 
That the following 
appropriations and allocations are made. 
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308 
Initiative: Provides funding for the State's share of the total cost of increasing the number 
of hours in a school day to 5 hours and 45 minutes. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
2011-12 
2012-13 
$0 
$168,543,708 
$0 
$168,543,708 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,A" to H.P. 391, L.D. 498 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the minority report of the Joint Standing Committee on Education 
and Cultural Affairs and directs the State Board of Education to amend its rules in 
Chapter 125, Section 6, subsection 6.02, paragraph B to increase the length ofthe average 
instructional day from 5 hours to 5 hours and 45 minutes by January 1, 2012. The 
amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 04/06111 
Mac 
LD 498 
LR 1148(02) 
An Act To Extend the Length of the School Day 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 'A" 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
State Mandate - Unfunded 
Projections FY Projections FY 
FY 2011-12 
FY 2012-13 
2013-14 
2014-15 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
State Mandates 
Required Activity 
$0 
$168,543,708 
$0 
$168,543,708 
Requires that a school instructional day must be at least 5 hours and 45 minutes. 
$17l ,442,659 
$171,442,659 
Unit Affected 
School 
$174,391,473 
$174,391,473 
Local Cost 
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 $306,443,1 05 in fiscal year 2012-13, $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 receive 
additional General Fund appropliations of $168,543,708, $17l,442,659 and $174,391,473 in fiscal years 2012-13, 2013-
and 2014-15, respectively, to fund the State's required 55% share. These amounts are reflected in the appropriations 
above. 
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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 $107,255,087 in fiscal 
year 2012-13, $109,099,874 in fiscal year 2012-13 and $110,976,392 in fiscal year 2014-15. These amounts are not 
reflected in the appropriations above but would be needed to fund the mandate. 
State and Local expenditures 1 
Current number of school days 
Estimated expenditures per school day 
Estimated # of houts in a current school day 
Estimated expenditures per hour in current school day 
Proposed increase in school day (45 minutes) 
Number of days per week 
Number of weeks per year 
Increase to total cost ofK-12 Education: 
Transition % 
Total cost adjusted for transition % 
State share (%) 
State share ($) 
Local share ($) 
Total General Fund cost to fund 90% of requirement 
Additional GF appropriation required 
Local share @ 10% 
Notes: 
Fiscal Year 
2012-13 
$ 2,042,954,033 
$ 
$ 
$ 
$ 
$ 
$ 
$ 
$ 
$ 
11,349,745 
$ 
2,269,949 
0.75 
306,443,105 
$ 
100% 
306,443,105 
$ 
55% 
168,543,708 
$ 
137,899,397 
$ 
275,798,794 
$ 
107,255,087 
$ 
30,644,310 
$ 
Fiscal Year 
Fiscal Year 
2013-14 
2014-15 
2,078,092,842 
$ 2,113,836,039 
11,544,960 
$ 
2,308,992 
0.75 
311,713,926 
$ 
100% 
311,713,926 
$ 
55% 
171,442,659 
$ 
140,271,267 
$ 
280,542,534 
$ 
109,099,874 $ 
31,171,393 
$ 
11,743,534 
2,348,707 
0.75 
317,075,406 
100% 
317,075,406 
55% 
174,391,473 
142,683,933 
285,367,865 
110,976,392 
31,707,541 
( 
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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. 
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