An Act To Promote Social and Emotional Leaming and Development for Young Children
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 0997
Committee Amendment CA_A_S191 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "I~ " to S.P. 287, L.D. 997, Bill, "An Act To 
Promote Social and Emotional Leaming and Development for Young Children" 
Amend the bill in section 1 by striking out all of subsection 20 (page 1, lines 3 to 14 
in L.D.) and inserting in its place the following: 
'20. 
Statewide voluntary early childhood consultation program. 
Beginning 
September 1, 2020, the commissioner shall implement a statewide voluntary early 
childhood consultation program to provide support, guidance and training to improve the 
abilities and skills of early care and education teachers and providers working in public 
elementary schools, child care facilities as defined in Title 22, section 8301-A, subsection 
1-A, paragraph B, family child care settings and Head Start programs serving infants and 
children who are 8 years of age or younger who are experiencing challenging behaviors 
that put the infants or children at risk of learning difficulties and removal from early 
learning and education settings, and to improve the abilities and skills of families and 
foster parents with infants or children who are 8 years of age or younger in the home who 
are experiencing challenging behaviors that put the infants or children at risk of learning 
difficulties and removal from early learning and education settings. Any record about a 
child created as a result of a consultation under this subsection must be made available to 
the parents or guardians of that child and may not become part of that child's education 
record. 
A. 
Fifty percent of the costs related to the program implemented under this 
subsection must be paid from funds provided to the Department of Health and Human 
Services under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant available 
under Title IV-A of the United States Social Security Act or transferred to the 
Department of Health and Human Services from that block grant authorized under 
Title XX of the United States Social Security Act. 
B. 
The funds under paragraph A must be transferred to the department by the 
Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to a schedule agreed upon by the 
department and the Department of Health and Human Services, in consultation with 
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the State Controller, and based on documentation of costs incurred by the department 
in implementing the program under this subsection.' 
Amend the bill by adding after section 4 the fol.lowing: 
'Sec. 5. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Early Childhood Consultation Program N323 
Initiative: Provides ongoing funds for one Regional Education Representative position 
and one Office Associate II position and related All Other funding necessary to design 
O 
and implement a statewide voluntary early childhood consultation program beginning 
September 1, 2020. 
GENERAL FUND 
2019-20 
2020-21 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
2.000 
2.000 
Personal Services 
$109,446 
$182,876 
All Other 
$314,594 
$257,465 
GENERAL FUND TOT AL 
$424,040 
$440,341 
Early Childhood Consultation Program N323 
Initiative: Allocates funds necessary to design and implement a statewide voluntary early 
childhood consultation program beginning September 1, 2020. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
SU1Vll\'1ARY 
2019-20 
$424,040 
$424,040 
2019-20 
$424,040 
$424,040 
$848,080 
2020-21 
$440,341 
$440,341 
2020-21 
$440,341 
$440,341 
$880,682 
This amendment, which is the majority report, provides that any record about a child 
created as a result of an early childhood consultation program must be made available to 
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the parents or guardians of that child and may not become part of the child's education 
record. 
The amendment also stipulates that 50% of the costs of the early childhood 
consultation program established under the bill is to be funded using funds transferred to 
the Department of Education by the Department of Health and Human Services that are 
provided to the Department of Health and Human Services under the Temporary 
Assistance for Needy Families block grant that are available under Title IV-A of the 
United States Social Security Act or that are transferred to the Department of Health and 
Human Services from that block grant authorized under Title XX of the United States 
Social Security Act. 
The amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
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Approved: 05/21/19 feac. 
LD997 
LR 108(02) 
An Act To Promote Social and Emotional Learning and Development for Young Children 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment Tt" ( ·~: r11") 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/ Allocations 
General Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Revenue 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Federal Block Grant Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2019-20 
$424,040 
$424,040 
$424,040 
$424,040 
($424,040) 
FY 2020-21 
$440,341 
$440,341 
$440,341 
$440,341 
($440,341) 
Projections 
FY 2021-22 
$446,741 
$446,741 
$446,741 
$446,741 
($446,741) 
Projections 
FY 2022-23 
$453,366 
$453,366 
$453,36 
$453,366 
($453,366) 
This bill establishes an early childhood consultation program within the Department of Education (DOE) to provide 
support, guidance and training to families, early care and education teachers and providers working in public 
elementary schools, child care facilities, family child care settings and Head Start programs serving certain at-risk 
children and requires the DOE to design and implement the program by September 1, 2020. The DOE estimates the 
total cost of this proposal to be $848,080 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $880,682 in fiscal year 2020-21. This bill 
requires fifty percent of the costs associated with the program to be paid for through a transfer of Temporary 
Assistance for Needy Families block grant funds within the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to the 
DOE. 
The bill includes General Fund appropriations of $424~040 in fiscal year 2019-20 and $440,341 in fiscal year 2020-
21, representing fifty percent of the total cost, to a newly created Early Childhood Consultation Program within the 
DOE for one Regional Education Representative position and one Office Associate position and related All Other 
costs, including funding for contracted consultants as well as technology, training, travel and meeting costs. 
The bill also includes Other Special Revenue Funds allocations to the Early Childhood Consultation Program of the 
same amounts for the remaining fifty percent of the costs to be paid for by the transfer ofTANF funds from the 
DHHS to the DOE. 
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