LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
74th Regular Session
April 24, 1995
TO: Honorable Paul Sadler, Chair IN RE: House Bill No. 334
Committee on Public Education By: Uher
House of Representatives
Austin, Texas
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
334 (Relating to the state's official marine education center and
calculating the average daily attendance of public school
students who visit the center) this office has determined the
following:
The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal
basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions
of the bill.
The bill would designate the marine education center in Palacios,
Matagorda County, as the state's official marine education
center. Students attending the center and completing the course
work required by the center would be counted in the average daily
attendance of Palacios Independent School District and the
district the student regularly attends.
An average of 6,800 students from districts outside Palacios
attend the marine education center for approximately one school
day each year. This would increase the average daily attendance
for Palacios ISD by an estimated 38 students. Because Palacios
ISD is a Chapter 36 district, the overall amount recaptured from
the district in the form of payments to a partner district would
be reduced by $153,000 due to the additional 38 students.
Because recaptured funds are used to finance the Foundation
School Program, this reduction would be a cost to the State.
The probable fiscal implication of implementing the provisions of
the bill during each of the first five years following passage
is estimated as follows:
Fiscal Probable Cost Out
Year of General
Revenue Fund 001
1996 $153,000
1997 153,000
1998 153,000
1999 153,000
2000 153,000
Similar fiscal implications would continue as long as the
provisions of the bill are in effect.
Source: Central Education Agency - Administration
LBB Staff: JK, DH, NF, WRR