LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
75th Regular Session
March 26, 1997
TO: Honorable Carlos F. Truan, Chair IN RE: Senate Bill No. 813
Committee on International Relations, Trade & Technology By: Truan
Senate
Austin, Texas
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on SB813 ( Relating
to a career and technology education improvement pilot program.)
this office has detemined the following:
Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by SB813-As Introduced
Implementing the provisions of the bill would result in a net
negative impact of $(13,433,350) to General Revenue Related
Funds through the biennium ending August 31, 1999.
The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal
basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions
of the bill.
Fiscal Analysis
SB 813 amends the Texas Education Code by adding section 29.186
to create the Career and Technology Improvement Pilot Program.
The bill directs the agency to select three or four school
districts, each in "major industrialized metropolitan" area,
via a competitive grant program.
TEA would base funding for
the selected districts based on the number of participating
students. The funding may be used only for equipment, training
aids, facilities and salaries.
Methodolgy
There is currently no appropriation for this program. SB 813
does not speak to a funding level for the program, although
it does indicate that the cost of the program is not intended
to be met through TEA's current appropriations.
For the purposes
of this estimate, the Texas Education Agency assumed that the
cost of the pilot program would be equal to 50% of the Career
and Technology Allotment. School districts currently receive
the Career and Technology Allotment (TEC 42.154) which is calculated
as the product of the adjusted basic allotment multiplied by
a weight of 1.37 for each student enrolled in an approved career
and technology education program. If Corpus Christi ISD,
Brownsville ISD, Beaumont ISD and Midland ISD (all meet the
selection criteria stipulated in SB 813) were selected, then
that assumption would yield an annual cost of $6,716,675.
Actual
program costs would be dependent on appropriation.
The probable fiscal implications of implementing the provisions
of the bill during each of the first five years following passage
is estimated as follows:
Five Year Impact:
Fiscal Year Probable
Savings/(Cost)
from General
Revenue Fund
0001
1998 ($6,716,675)
1998 (6,716,675)
2000 (6,716,675)
2001 (6,716,675)
2002 (6,716,675)
Net Impact on General Revenue Related Funds:
The probable fiscal implication to General Revenue related funds
during each of the first five years is estimated as follows:
Fiscal Year Probable Net Postive/(Negative)
General Revenue Related Funds
Funds
1998 ($6,716,675)
1999 (6,716,675)
2000 (6,716,675)
2001 (6,716,675)
2002 (6,716,675)
Similar annual fiscal implications would continue as long as
the provisions of the bill are in effect.
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source: Agencies: 701 Texas Education Agency - Administration
LBB Staff: JK ,TH ,UP