LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE 75th Regular Session April 8, 1997 TO: Honorable Teel Bivins, Chair IN RE: Senate Bill No. 1627 Committee on Education By: Duncan Senate Austin, Texas FROM: John Keel, Director In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on SB1627 ( Relating to the provision of certain comparison data for public school districts.) this office has detemined the following: Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by SB1627-As Introduced No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. This bill would relate to the provision of certain comparison data for public school districts. The bill would direct the Texas Education Agency to make available on the Internet information on students, student performance, staffing and financing of public schools using data from the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS). The bill would also direct the State Auditor's Office (SAO) to discontinue publication of the annual Savings Profile System for Texas School Districts reports. The Texas Education Agency shall make available upon request to school districts a report containing data comparable to that provided in the Savings Profile until TEA makes the information available on the Internet. The Texas Performance Review published by the Comptroller of Public Accounts included a recommendation to eliminate the SAO's Savings Profile publication. The savings associated with discontinuation of the report is estimated to be $80,000. This fiscal note assumes that any additional cost to the Texas Education Agency associated with including data comparable to that of the Savings Profile would be offset by the commensurate reduction in the SAO. The Texas Education Agency currently makes available aggregated school district data via the agency's Internet Web page. Data can be printed and downloaded from the site, but there is no query capability. This estimate assumes that the current method of dissemination (the Web page) is sufficient to meet the requirements on the bill. It is reasonable to assume that if the legislation intends broader capability (such as increased query capability) that there would be a cost to the agency. No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source: Agencies: 308 State Auditor's Office 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts 701 Texas Education Agency - Administration LBB Staff: JK ,LP ,UP