An Act To Build a Child Care System by Recruiting and Retaining Maine's Early Childhood Educators Workforce
Maine Legislature, Session 130, LD 1652
Committee Amendment CA_B_H855 (House)
Amends: 20-A MRSA §15688-A, 22 MRSA §3737-A

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "D" to H.P. 1223, L.D. 1652, "An Act To Build a 
Child Care System by Recruiting and Retaining Maine's Early Childhood Educators 
Workforce" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §15688-A, sub-§10 is enacted to read: 
10. 
Career and technical education; early childhood education program 
expansion support. Beginning in fiscal year 2022-23, the commissioner may expend and 
disburse funds to career and technical education centers and career and technical education 
regions for the purpose of expanding or developing early childhood education programs. 
Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §3737-A is enacted to read: 
§3737-A. Early childhood educator workforce salary supplements 
The department shall develop and implement a system to provide sala1y supplements 
to child care providers and early childhood educators who provide direct services to 
children in a child care facility licensed under section 8301-A, subsection 2 or who are 
family child care providers licensed under section 8301-A, subsection 3. Any salary 
supplement funding provided by the department under this section to a child care facility 
or family child care provider must be paid by that child care facility or family child care 
provider in order to increase wages for any child care provider or early childhood educator 
who provides direct services to children. 
Until June 30, 2023, a child care facility or family child care provider shall distribute 
salary supplements received under this section in the same amount to any child care 
provider or early childhood educator who provides direct services to children employed by 
the facility or provider. Beginning July 1, 2023, the department shall establish by rule and 
shall implement a tiered system for salary supplements under this section. The rules must 
provide, at a minimum. 3 tiers based on the education and experience levels of child care 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "b' to H.P. 1223, L.D. 1652 
providers and early childhood educators. The 2nd tier must provide a salary supplement 
that is at least 50% greater than the first tier and the 3rd tier must provide a salary 
supplement that is at least 50% greater than the 2nd tier. Rules adopted under this section 
are routine technical rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. 
Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
General Purpose Aid for Local Schools 0308 
Initiative: Provides ongoing funds in the amount of $100,000 to support the expansion of 
career and technical education early childhood programs. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 
Child Care Services 0563 
2021-22 
$0 
$0 
2021-22 
$0 
$0 
2022-23 
$100,000 
$100,000 
2022-23 
$100,000 
$100,000 
Initiative: Establishes one Social Services Manager I position and one Management 
Analyst II position funded 100% General Fund within the Child Care Services program. 
This initiative also provides funding for related All Other costs and salary supplements 
awarded to individuals who provide child care or who are early childhood educators. 
GENERAL FUND 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
Personal Services 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 
DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
2021-22 
2022-23 
0.000 
2.000 
$0 
$191,663 
$0 
$11,929,806 
$0 
$12,121,469 
2021-22 
2022-23 
$0 
$12,121,469 
$0 
$12,121,469 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" 8 to H.P. 1223, L.D. 1652 
SECTION TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS 
2021-22 
$0 
$0 
2022-23 
$12,221,469 
$12,221,469 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section 
number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill. The amendment provides $100,000 for the 
Commissioner of Education to expend and disburse to career and technical education 
centers and career and technical education regions for the purpose of expanding or 
developing early childhood education programs. The amendment also directs the 
Department of Health and Human Services to implement a system of salary supplements 
for child care providers and early childhood educators. The amendment provides for 
funding for 2 positions within the child care services division of the department and funding 
for the salary supplements, which represents 9 months of salary supplements. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 03/21/22 ;:'b,::rae.. 
LD 1652 
LR514(05) 
An Act To Build a Child Care System by Recruiting and Retaining Maine's Early Childhood 
Educators Workforce 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment {J, { fl 1 s~) 
Committee: Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/ Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2021-22 
FY 2022-23 
$0 
$12,221,469 
$0 
$12,221,469 
Projections 
FY2023-24 
$12,227,602 
$12,227,602 
Projections 
FY 2024-25 
$12,233,932 
$12,233,~ 
This bill includes General Fund appropriations totaling $12,221,469 in fiscal year 2022-23 for early childhood 
educator workforce salary supplements and for the expansion of career and technical early childhood education 
programs. 
Of this amount, a General Fund appropriation to the Department of Health and Human Services of $12,121,469 in 
fiscal year 2022-23 is provided for one Social Services Manager I position, one Management Analyst II position and 
for salary supplements awarded to individuals who provide child care or who are early childhood educators. 
Additionally, a General Fund appropriation of $100,000 per year beginning in fiscal year 2022-23 to the General 
Purpose Aid for Local Schools program within the Department of Education is included to support the expansion of 
career and technical education early childhood programs. 
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