LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  April 11, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Rene Oliveira, Chair            IN RE:  House Bill No. 1640
          Committee on Economic Development                              By: Raymond
          House
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB1640 ( Relating 
to adult education programs.) this office has detemined the 
following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB1640-As Introduced
         
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

This bill 
would implement the Texas Performance Review recommendation 
WF3 in Disturbing the Peace:  The Challenge of Change in Texas 
Government.  These activities would not require additional staff 
or resources from either the Texas Education Agency (TEA) or 
the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC).  TEA already receives 
funds for developing the management information system to measure 
student data.  Work on the individual assessment instrument 
has been ongoing since 1994, and funding for the continued development 
should come from existing discretionary and workforce program 
evaluation funds at TWC, TEA, and the Texas Council on Workforce 
and Economic Competitiveness.

No new funding would be required 
to accomplish these changes.  The assessment and evaluation 
of programs and individuals should already be an integral part 
of the adult education program.  Transfer of the program would 
not result in any savings nor in any additional costs. 
         

         
 
          
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
          
   Source:            Agencies:   304   Comptroller of Public Accounts
                                         320   Texas Workforce Commission
                                         
                      LBB Staff:   JK ,TH ,JA