LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                              March 31, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Teel Bivins, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Education
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB1026  by Brown J. E. "Buster" (Relating to cooperative
               programs between school districts or institutions of
               higher education and the Texas Space Grant Consortium),
               As Introduced
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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*  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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Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.

The bill has no direct administrative costs to school districts since all
actions are voluntary and optional.  Although it is not known how many
districts would choose to participate in the cooperative program, those
that do so would likely incur minimal costs.  There may be some slight
reduction in funding of student attendance in the Foundation School
Program since students would not be attending school.  The reference to
Section 25.085 of the Texas Education Code simply allows students to
avoid being truant while employed at the Johnson Space Center.
  
  
Source Agencies:   
LBB Staff:         JK, CT