LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  January 22, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable David Sibley, Chair            IN RE:  Senate Bill No. 70
          Committee on Economic Development                              By: Haywood
          Senate
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
         In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on SB70 ( Relating to the eligibility of
substitute teachers for unemployment compensation benefits.) this office has detemined the
following:
         
             Biennial Net Inpact to General Revenue Funds by SB70-1 As Introduced
         
             No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
         
         
         
 
          
             The fiscal implication to units of local government are as follows:

The bill modifies the Labor Code to exclude substitute teachers from eligibility to receive
unemployment benefits if they are notified in writing that the position is temporary.   With this
change, local school districts should see a decrease in their potential unemployment benefits
liabilities.  

A sample of large school districts (over 60,000 students)  indicates that this change would save
each district approximately $20,000 to $25,000 annually.  Similar benefits would acrue to any
school district that makes use of substitute teachers.
          
   Source:            Agencies:   701   Texas Education Agency - Administration
                      LBB Staff:   JK, TH, DH