Approved: 05/12/23
LD 1608 LR 661(02)
FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25
Projections
FY 2025-26
Projections
FY 2026-27
Net Cost (Savings)
General Fund $0 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000
Appropriations/Allocations
General Fund $0 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000
Fiscal Detail and Notes
The bill requires the Maine Education Policy Research Institute to study the development of career ladders for
educators and report its findings and recommendations to the Legislature by December 6, 2023. Maine Revised
Statutes Annotated, Title 20-A, section 10 established the Education Research Institute to collect and analyze
education information and perform targeted education research for the Legislature. The Legislature contracts with the
University of Maine System to maintain the institute and ongoing General Fund appropriations of $250,000 per year
are included in the Learning Systems Team program account within the Department of Education to support the work
of the institute. This fiscal note assumes that the intent is that the study be paid for with the funding included in the
Learning Systems Team budget for fiscal year 2023-24 and enacted in Public Law 2023, chapter 17 and that the cost
of the study will not exceed the $250,000 already appropriated for fiscal year 2023-24. Given these assumptions, no
additional General Fund appropriations are included in this bill for this purpose.
This bill includes ongoing General Fund appropriations of $1,000,000 per year beginning in fiscal year 2024-25 to the
Educational and General Activities program within the University of Maine System to support the Maine Teacher
Residency Program at the University of Southern Maine.
Fiscal Note
131st MAINE LEGISLATURE
An Act to Address Teacher Shortages Through Financial Assistance and Career Advancement
Opportunities
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment " "
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
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