Approved: 08/07/23
LD 1183 LR 1044(05)
FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25
Projections
FY 2025-26
Projections
FY 2026-27
Net Cost (Savings)
General Fund $0 $0 $0 $0
Appropriations/Allocations
General Fund $343,781 $0 $0 $0
Federal Expenditures Fund $500 $500 $500 $500
Transfers
General Fund $343,781 $0 $0 $0
Other Special Revenue Funds ($343,781) $0 $0 $0
Fiscal Detail and Notes
This bill includes a one-time General Fund appropriation of $343,781 in fiscal year 2023-24 to a newly established
School Meal Equipment and Program Improvement Fund within the Department of Education for grants to eligible
school administrative units to purchase school kitchen and cafeteria equipment, improve food safety in school
kitchens and cafeterias, reimburse food costs related to medically necessary dietary restrictions of students and to
support the maintenance and expansion of the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program
within the school administrative unit. The bill also includes Federal Expenditures Fund base allocations of $500 per
year beginning in fiscal year 2023-24 to authorize the expenditure of funds in the event money is received from
federal grants.
The bill also requires the State Controller to lapse $343,781 in unencumbered balances in the Alternative Breakfast
Delivery Service Program, General Fund account to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund no later than June
30, 2024.
131st MAINE LEGISLATURE
An Act to Establish the School Meal Equipment and Program Improvement Fund
Fiscal Note for Bill as Engrossed with:
C "A" (H-272)
S "A"
(S-473) to C "A" (H-272)
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
Fiscal Note
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