LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session May 6, 1999 TO: Honorable Paul Sadler, Chair, House Committee on Public Education FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB3396 by Culberson (relating to parental rights concerning students in public schools), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted ************************************************************************** * No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. * ************************************************************************** Local Government Impact The Texas Education Agency analysis indicates the following. Local school districts would be required to send home a variety of notifications to parents. If new notices to parents were to be sent home at the rate of two pages per year and at a cost of $0.025 per page, costs to local school districts would be $200,000 annually. Additional costs might be expected when students are exposed to surveys and questionnaires. District administrative staff will be required to prepare and distribute notifications. The provisions of the bill prohibit the delegation of this task to teachers. The bill would further require that written notice be provided to parents by mail. At a cost of $0.33 per mailing, the cost of mailing one notification per student is $1.2 million statewide. Source Agencies: 701 Texas Education Agency - Administration LBB Staff: JK, CT