LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          March 28, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Bill Ratliff, Chair          IN RE:  Senate Bill No. 944
         Committee on Education                         By: Harris, Chris
         Senate
         Austin, Texas






FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
944 (Relating to an exemption from certain testing and remedial
coursework for a student with dyslexia or a related disorder who
enters a public institution of higher education.) this office has
determined the following:

The bill would exempt students with dyslexia and related
disorders from having to retake the Texas Academic Skills Program
test after completing the remedial program prescribed by an
institution of higher education.  Data indicate that an average
of 117 students per year diagnosed with dyslexia and related
disorders take the test each year. Of those students,
approximately 50 percent pass the test on the first attempt and
are not required to take remedial courses.   Approximately 35
percent of the students who attempt the test after required
remediation pass on their subsequent attempt.  Therefore, only 18
students per year would be effected by the bill.  The small
number of students effected by the bill represent some minor
savings to the state, but not a significant amount.


No significant fiscal implication to the State or units of local
government is anticipated.




Source:   Higher Education Coordinating Board
          LBB Staff: JK, MK, DF