LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
March 5, 1999
TO: Honorable Paul Sadler, Chair, House Committee on Public
Education
FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB1104 by Dunnam (Relating to evaluation of parental
involvement in local decision making by public school
districts), As Introduced
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* Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for *
* HB1104, As Introduced: negative impact of $(5,628,898) through *
* the biennium ending August 31, 2001. *
* *
* The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal *
* basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of *
* the bill. *
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General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact:
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* Fiscal Year Probable Net Positive/(Negative) *
* Impact to General Revenue Related *
* Funds *
* 2000 $(2,955,449) *
* 2001 (2,673,449) *
* 2002 (2,673,449) *
* 2003 (2,673,449) *
* 2004 (2,673,449) *
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All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
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*Fiscal Probable Savings/(Cost) from Change in Number of State *
* Year General Revenue Fund for TEA's Employees from FY 1999 *
* Administrative Costs *
* 0001 *
* 2000 $(2,955,449) 42.0 *
* 2001 (2,673,449) 42.0 *
* 2002 (2,673,449) 42.0 *
* 2003 (2,673,449) 42.0 *
* 2004 (2,673,449) 42.0 *
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Fiscal Analysis
The bill would require the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to evaluate each
school district's efforts to involve parents in district-level and
campus-level planning and decision making. Each district would be
evaluated at least every two years. A district would be rated excellent,
acceptable, or unacceptable. TEA would be obliged to monitor a
district's efforts to improve an unacceptable rating.
TEA would be required to make the ratings and evaluations available to
the public. The school district would be required to publish the rating
and a summary of the evaluation in a local newspaper at least once each
week for two weeks.
If a school district received a rating of unacceptable, the district
would be required to develop an improvement plan to TEA.
Methodology
The Texas Education Agency estimates they would need 12 review teams,
with three staff members for each, to conduct 522 reviews each year.
These review teams would include a total of six support staff. In
addition salaries, there would be costs for capital expenses, travel,
and equipment and other operating expenses.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
Source Agencies:
LBB Staff: JK, CT, RN, PF