Approved: 04/07/25
LD 217 LR 115(01)
State Mandates
Unit Affected Local Cost
School Moderate
statewide
Fiscal Detail and Notes
132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
Actual costs to local school administrative units will depend on the number of condoms dispensed to students in
grades 9 to 12 through the school nurse and the price of the condoms. For example, assuming 50% of sexually active
students in grades 9 to 12 (based on a 2023 Maine Intergrated Youth Health Survey) access 2 condoms per month for
each of the 9 school months at a cost of $0.12 per condom, the cost per year would be $18,300. The cost for the state
to fund 90% of the mandate would be $16,470 annually.
An Act to Require Schools to Provide Access to Free Condoms for Students in Grades 9 to 12 in the
School Nurse's Office
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement for Original Bill
Sponsor: Rep. Dodge of Belfast
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Preliminary Fiscal Impact Statement
Potential State Mandate - Unfunded
Required Activity
Requires schools to provide access to condoms free of charge to all students enrolled
in grades 9 to 12.
The required local activities in this bill may represent a state mandate pursuant to the Constitution of Maine. If the bill
does require a local unit of government to expand or modify its activities so as to necessitate additional expenditures
from local revenue, the state mandate provisions of the Constitution of Maine require either: (1) General Fund
appropriations be provided to fund at least 90% of any additional necessitated local costs of the mandate; or (2) a
Mandate Preamble be added to the bill and two-thirds of the members of each House vote to exempt the mandate from
the funding requirement. If the bill does represent a state mandate and neither one of these actions occurs, the local
units of government will not be required to implement the mandated activities.LR0115(01) - Fiscal Note - Page 1 of 1