An Act to Establish the Hope and Inclusion Scholarship Program
Maine Legislature, Session 131, LD 1841
Committee Amendment CA_A_H424 (House)

CO:MJv.1ITTEE AMEND1\1ENT ,A," to HP 1173, L D 1841, "An Act to Establish 
the Hope and Inclusion Scholarship Program" 
Amend the bill by msertmg after sect10n 3 the followmg 
'Sec. 4o 
Appropriations and allocat1ons. The followmg appropriations and 
allocations are made 
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
Hope and Inclusion Scholarsh1p Program N457 
Imtiatlve Provides base allocations to authorize the expenditure of funds received as a 
result of90% of the state subsidy and 90% of a local school admllllstrative unit's requrred 
local contribution attributable to a qualified student for whom a hope account 1s established 
bemg deposited mto the fund 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
Hope and Inclusion Scholarship Program N457 
2023-24 
$500 
$500 
2024-25 
$500 
$500 
Imt1ative. Provides ongomg funds for one Management Analyst II position and related All 
Other costs to admmister the Hope and Inclus10n Scholarship Program 
GENERAL FOND 
2023-24 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
000 
Personal Services 
$68,466 
All Other 
$7,058 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
$75,524 
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
2024-25 
1000 
$98,331 
$8,860 
$107,191 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT )4. "to HP 1173, L D 1841 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
GENERAL FUND 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
DEPARTMENTTOTAL~ALLFUNDS 
2023-24 
$75,524 
$500 
$76,024 
2024-25 
$107,191 
$500 
$107,691 
Amend the bill by relettermg or renumbermg any nonconsecutive Part letter or section 
number to read consecutively 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which 1s the mmor1ty report of the comnnttee, adds an appropriations 
and allocations section 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
App1oved 06/05/23 :tPae.. 
LD 1841 
LR 958(02) 
An Act to Establish the Hope and Inclusion Scholarship Program 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 'JI" /j;- t./ Jl Lj) 
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs 
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Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Reduction 111 state subsidy - local school admm1strat1ve umts 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/ Allocations 
Genet al Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
FY 2023-24 
$75,524 
$75,524 
$500 
FY 2024-25 
$107,191 
$107,191 
$500 
Projections 
FY 2025-26 
$110,731 
$110,731 
$500 
ProJ ections 
FY 2026-27 
$114,398 
$500 
This bill establishes the Hope and Inclusion Scholarship Program to be administered by the Hope and Jnclus1011 
Scholarship Board with the assistance of the Department of Education It creates mdividual hope accounts wh1ch may 
be used by parents or legal guardians of qualtfied students to pay for the education of those students enrolled 111 
private schools Tots bill mcludes ongomg General Fund appropnat1ons of $75,524 m fiscal year 2023-24 and 
$107,191 m fiscal yeai 2024-25 to the Hope and Inclus10n Scholarship Program w1thm the Department ofEducat10n 
for one Management Analyst II posit10n and related All Othet cost associated with assisting the board with 
adm1mstermg the program The bill provides that the board may receive up to 3% of the state subsidy attributable to 
the qualified student for whom a hope account ts established to pay for the ongoing costs of admimstermg the 
p1ogram The amount to be received by the board each year will depend on the number of students that participate m 
the program To the extent that the amount offundmg received by the board from the 3% of state subsidy for each 
student for which a hope account is established is sufficient to covet the cost of the posit10n w1thm the department, 
General Fund appropriations may not be required 
LR0958(02) - Fiscal Note - Page 1 of 2 
The bill requires the Department of Education to deposit 90% of the state subsidy for each child approved for a hope 
account that would otherwise be paid to the child's local school admimstrat1ve umt (SAU) mto an account established 
for that child The SAU of the child approved for the program is required to deposit 90% of its required local 
contnbut1on attributable to that child mto the child's hope account The impact to mdividual SAUs affected by th1 1 
requirement will depend on the number of students m each SAU that participate m the program each year The 
Department ofEducat10n will iequue ongomg Other Special Revenue Funds base allocations of $500 per year 
begmning m fiscal year 2023-24 to the Hope and Inclusion Scholarship Program to authorize the expenditure of funds 
received from the deposit of the state subsidy and the required local contnbut10n Expenditures include the 
estabhshment of ind1v1dual hope accounts for eligible students and the ongmng costs to adm1mster the program 
Add1t1onal costs to the Department of Education, the University of Mame System, the Pennanent Commiss10n on the 
Status of Racial, Indigenous and Tnbal Populat10ns, the Office of the Attorney General, the Office of the State 
Auditor and the Office of the State Treasurer associated with serving on the Hope and Inclus10n Scholarship Board are 
expected to be minor and can be absot bed w1thm ex1stmg budgeted resources 
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