An Act to Establish a Mobile Learning Lab
Maine Legislature, Session 131, LD 1389
Committee Amendment CA_A_SA_C_S510 (Senate)

SENATE AMENDMENT "^ " to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 554,
L.D. 1389, "An Act to Establish a Mobile Learning Lab"
Amend the amendment by striking out all of section 2 and inserting the following:
'See. 2. Transfer from Unorganized Territory Education and Services
Fund; General Fund unappropriated surplus; fiscal year 2023-24.
Notwithstandmg any provision of law to the contrary, the State Controller shall transfer
$400,000 from the Department of Audit, Unorganized Territory Education and Services
Fund - Audit, Other Special Revenue Funds account established in the Maine Revised
Statutes, Title 36, section 1605 to the General Fund unappropriated surplus by June 30,
2024.
Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and
allocations are made.
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF
Office of Innovation Z333
Initiative: Provides one-time funds in fiscal years 2023-24 and 2024-25 only for contracted
staffing services to support a mobile learning lab for science, technology, engineering and
mathematics to allow students in all areas of the State to engage in hands-on learning.
GENERAL FUND 2023-24 2024-25
AllOther $150,000 $150,000
GENERAL FUND TOTAL $150,000 $150,000
Office of Innovation Z333
Initiative: Provides one-time funds in fiscal years 2023-24 and 2024-25 only for a mobile
learning lab for science, technology, engineering and mathematics to allow students in all
areas of the State to engage m hands-on learning.
GENERAL FUND 2023-24 2024-25
AllOther $250,000 $250,000
GENERAL FUND TOTAL $250,000 $250,000
SENATE AMENDMENT
SENATE AMENDMENT "f J ;' to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 554, L.D. 1389
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2023-24 2024-25
GENERAL FUND $400,000 $400,000
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS $400,000 $400,000
Amend the amendment by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or
section number to read consecutively.
SUMMARY
This amendment incorporates the provisions of Senate Amendment "A" to Committee
Amendment "A", which provides funds of $400,000 in fiscal year 2024-25, and requires
the one-time transfer of $400,000 from the Unorganized Territory Education and Services
Fund to the General Fund unappropriated surplus by June 30, 2024 to provide funds in
fiscal year 2023-24.
SPONSORED BY:
(President JACKSON^T^
COUNTY: Aroostook
(3RBSCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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SENATE AMENDMENT
Approved: 07/25/23 ^%^c*-
LD 1389 LR 84(08)
An Act to Establish a IVtobile Learning Lab
Fiscal Note for Senate Amendment '^i" to Committee Amendment "A"
Sponsor: Pres. Jackson ofAroostook
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
Projections Projections
FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 FY 2025-26 FY 2026-27
Net Cost (Savings)
General Fund ($400,000) $0 ($400,000) ($400,000)
Appropriations/AHocations
General Fund $0 $0 ($400,000) ($400,000)
Transfers
General Fund $400,000 $0 $0 $0
Other Special Revenue Funds ($400,000) $0 $0 $0
Fiscal Detail and Notes
This amendment eliminates the ongoing General Fund appropriations totaling $400,000 per year beginning in fiscal
year 2023-24 included in the bill to the Office of Innovation program within the Department of Education for the
establishment of a mobile learning lab for science, technology, engineering and mathematics and instead provides one-
time General Fund appropriations totaling $400,000 in fiscal years 2023-24 and 2024-25 only to the same program
within the department to be used for the same purpose,
The amendment also requires the State Controller to transfer $400,000 in fiscal year 2023-24 from the Department of
Audit, Unorganized Territory Education and Services - Audit, Other Special Revenue Funds account to the
unappropriated surplus of the General Fund to offset the General Fund appropriations in that year.
As amended, this bill includes one-time General Fund appropriations of $250,000 in fiscal year 2023-24 and fiscal
year 2024-25 for a mobile learning lab to allow for students in all areas of the State to engage in hands-on learning and
I one-time General Fund appropriations of $150,000 in fiscal year 2023-24 and fiscal year 2024-25 for contracted
staffing services to support the mobile learning lab.
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