An Act To Create Education Savings Accounts for Maine Students
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1131
Committee Amendment CA_A_H395 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "f/,, to H.P. 794, L.D. 1131, Bill, "An Act To 
Create Education Savings Accounts for Maine Students" 
Amend the bill by inserting after section 2 the following: 
'Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. 
The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308 
Initiative: Provides one-time funds for the cost of making programming chang~s to the 
essential programs and services system. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
2017-18 
$51,666 
$51,666 
2017-18 
$51,666 
$51,666 
2018-19 
$0 
$0 
2018-19 
$0 
$0 
TREASURER OF STATE, OFFICE OF 
Administration - Treasury 0022 
Initiative: Provides funding for one Management Analyst I position and related costs to 
establish and administer education savings accounts. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
R. of S. 
COMMITJ'EE AMENDMENT,/{ to H.P. 794, L.D. 1131 
GENERAL FUND 
POSITIONS -LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
Personal Services 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
TREASURER OF STATE, OFFICE OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
SECTION TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
SUMMARY 
2017-18 
1.000 
$52,559 
$3,600 
$56,159 
2017-18 
$56,159 
$56,159 
2017-18 
$107,825 
$107,825 
2018-19 
1.000 
$54,135 
$3,600 
$57,735 
2018-19 
$57,735 
$57,735 
2018-19 
$57,735 
$57,735 
This amendment is the minority report of the committee. It adds an appropriations 
and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Approved: 05/25/17 .:tPac 
LD 1131 
LR 1201(02) 
An Act To Create Education Savings Accounts for Maine Students 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ,r(/t(f/ ~31'S) 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Reduction in state subsidy - local school administrative units 
FY 2017-18 
FY 2018-19 
$107,825 
$57,735 
Projections 
FY2019-20 
$59,360 
Projections 
FY 2020-21 
$61,033 
Appropriations/ Allocations 
General Fund 
$107,825 
$57,735 
$59,360 
$61,033 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
This bill includes a one-time General Fund appropriation of $51,666 in fiscal year 2017-18 to the General Purpose 
Aid for Local Schools program within the Department of Education for the cost of making necessary changes to its 
essential programs and services system in order to implement the requirements of this legislation. 
This bill requires the Department of Education to deposit 90% of the state subsidy for each child approved for an 
education savings account that would othe1wise be paid to the child's local school administrative unit (SAU) into a 
savings account established for that child. This bill also requires the SAU of the child approved for the education 
savings account to deposit 90% of its required local contribution attributable to that child into the child's education 
savings account. The impact to individual SAU's affected by this requirement will depend on the number of students 
in each SAU that participate in the program each year. 
The bill also includes General Fund appropriations of $56, 159 in fiscal year 2017-18 and $57, 73 5 in fiscal year 2018-
to the State Treasurer for one Management Analyst I position and related costs to establish and administer 
education savings accounts. 
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