An Act To Establish the Maine Farm and Fish to School Program
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 1446
Committee Amendment CA_A_H488 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "H" to H.P. 1060, L.D. 1446, Bill, "An Act To 
Establish the Maine Farm and Fish to School Program" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, To Develop and Implement a Farm and Fish to School Pilot Program' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and 
inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 
Pilot program to examine the benefits of promoting the 
purchasing of food grown or raised and fish raised or caught by Maine food 
producers for use in primary and secondary school meal programs. 
Resolved: 
That the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources, the 
Department of Education and the Department of Marine Resources, referred to 
collectively in this resolve as "the departments," shall, within existing resources, support 
or otherwise assist one or more cooperating nonprofit organizations in the development 
and implementation of a pilot program to examine the benefits of promoting the 
purchasing of food grown or raised and fish raised or caught by Maine food producers for 
use in primary and secondary school meal programs. If grant or other funding is obtained 
to support the pilot program: 
1. Up to 2 schools agreed upon by the departments may choose to participate, one of 
which must be in an urban area and one of which must be in a rural area; 
2. The program may provide to each participating school for up to 2 years up to 6¢ 
per meal served by the school to promote purchasing food grown or raised and fish raised 
or caught by Maine food producers for use in the school's meal program; and 
3. The departments shall, within existing resources and in coordinating with each 
cooperating nonprofit organization and each participating school, monitor and receive 
information generated by the pilot program with respect to the economic impacts, 
benefits to farmers and producers and impacts on student eating habits and participation 
in the school's meal program. 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" R" to H.P. 1060, L.D. 1446 
The departments shall submit a report to the joint standing committee of the 
Legislature having jurisdiction over education matters by January 1, 2013 on the pilot 
program, including information generated by the pilot program regarding economic 
impacts, benefits to farmers and producers and impacts on student eating habits and 
participation in school meal programs.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill and makes it a resolve. This amendment directs the 
Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources, the Department of Education and 
the Department of Marine Resources to, within existing resources, support or otherwise 
assist one or more cooperating nonprofit organizations in the development and 
implementation of a pilot program to examine the benefits of promoting the purchasing of 
food grown or raised and fish raised or caught by Maine food producers for use in 
primary and secondary school meal programs. 
FISCAL NOn: RE(lURED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Approved: 06/02/11 
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LD 1446 
LR 585(02) 
An Act To Establish the Maine Farm and Fish to School Program 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "a" 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Additional costs to the Department of Education, to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention in the 
Department of Health and Human Services and to the Department of Agriculture can be absorbed within existing 
budgeted resources. 
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