LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              April 7, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Jim Solis, Chair, House Committee on Economic
               Development
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB2609  by Greenberg (Relating to the provision of
               scholarships and wage supplementation for professional
               child-care workers.), As Introduced
  
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*  Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for    *
*  HB2609, As Introduced:  impact of $0 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                                   $0  *
          *       2001                                    0  *
          *       2002                                    0  *
          *       2003                                    0  *
          *       2004                                    0  *
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All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
  
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         * Fiscal Year      Probable Savings/(Cost) from      *
         *                  Workforce Commission Federal      *
         *                        Account - Federal           *
         *                              5026                  *
         *      2000                             $(1,000,000) *
         *      2001                              (1,000,000) *
         *      2002                              (1,000,000) *
         *      2003                              (1,000,000) *
         *      2004                              (1,000,000) *
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Fiscal Analysis
  
The bill would require the Texas Workforce Commission to administer a
professional child care training scholarship program for individuals who
are seeking national Child Development Associate credentials as well as
wage supplementation for scholarship recipients who provide care for
children under four years of age. The scholarship program and wage
supplementation could be supported by federal funds or other funding
sources available to the commission.

The bill would take effect September 1, 1999.
  
  
Methodology
  
The Texas Workforce Commission estimates that it would cost $1,000,000
per year of Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) funding or other
federal funds which allow expenditures for scholarships and wage
supplementation for child care workers.  It is assumed that CCDF
expenditures would be limited to CCDF funds allocated by the federal
government to the state for quality initiatives in child care.
  
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   320   Texas Workforce Commission
LBB Staff:         JK, TH, RT, HL