LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              March 30, 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 the protection of
               students and parental rights in public schools), As
               Introduced
  
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*  Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for    *
*  HB3396, As Introduced:  negative impact of $(1,800,000) 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                           $(900,000)  *
          *       2001                            (900,000)  *
          *       2002                            (900,000)  *
          *       2003                            (900,000)  *
          *       2004                            (900,000)  *
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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           Employees from FY 1999      *
*                      0001                                               *
*  2000                        $(900,000)                            18.0 *
*  2001                         (900,000)                            18.0 *
*  2002                         (900,000)                            18.0 *
*  2003                         (900,000)                            18.0 *
*  2004                         (900,000)                            18.0 *
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Fiscal Analysis
  
The bill would limit access to student level data, without parent's
explicit permission.  Without the ability to collect student level data
through the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS), the
Texas Education Agency (TEA) would be required to develop an alternative
data collection procedure to obtain student information that is
aggregated at the campus or district level.
  
  
Methodology
  
The annual cost of implementing an alternative collection system is based
on the costs of hiring additional staff to maintain the new system.
  
  
Local Government Impact
  
School districts could incur additional costs to report student
information outside of PEIMS. School districts would be required to send
additional notifications home to parents as well as making available to
parents all student records.  Districts could charge up to 10 cents per
page for such information.

The ability of parents to petition the school board to place an action
item on the board agenda could result in additional staff
responsibilities to accept and review parent petitions.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, CT, RN, PF