LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session February 4, 1999 TO: Honorable Teel Bivins, Chair, SenateCommittee on Education FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: SB237 by Ellis,Rodney (Relating to providing public school students and their parents with information about higher education and financial aid opportunities.), As Introduced ************************************************************************** * No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The * * bill would require the Commissioner of Education (Texas Education * * Agency) to expand the minimum standards for school district staff * * development to include guidelines for principals, counselors, and * * teachers to provide middle school students, junior high school * * students, high school students, and their parents with information * * about higher education, including financial aid opportunities. * * The Agency could accomplish with its current staff. * ************************************************************************** Local Government Impact The bill would require school districts to expand their district improvement plan to include strategies to provide middle school students, junior high school students, high school students, and their parents with information about higher education, including financial aid opportunities. School district staff development efforts would have to meet the Commissioner of Education minimum standards which would now include guidelines for principals, counselors, and teachers to provide middle school students, junior high school students, high school students, and their parents with information about higher education, including financial aid opportunities. Assuming high schools already have staff to provide such information, the additional costs would apply to the 1,325 middle school and junior high school campuses. Assuming $100 per campus for staff training and $50 per campus for material, the annual costs for local districts would be $198,750 statewide. Source Agencies: 701 Texas Education Agency LBB Staff: JK, CT, PF