LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session April 26, 1999 TO: Honorable Teel Bivins, Chair, Senate Committee on Education FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: SB1455 by West, Royce (relating to compensatory, intensive, and accelerated education in public schools), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted ************************************************************************** * Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for * * SB1455, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted: negative impact * * of $(500,000) 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. * ************************************************************************** General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact: **************************************************** * Fiscal Year Probable Net Positive/(Negative) * * Impact to General Revenue Related * * Funds * * 2000 $(300,000) * * 2001 (200,000) * * 2002 (200,000) * * 2003 (200,000) * * 2004 (200,000) * **************************************************** All Funds, Five-Year Impact: *************************************************************************** *Fiscal Probable Savings/(Cost) from Probable Savings/(Cost) from * * Year Foundation School Fund General Revenue Fund * * 0193 0001 * * 2000 $(200,000) $(100,000) * * 2001 (200,000) 0 * * 2002 (200,000) 0 * * 2003 (200,000) 0 * * 2004 (200,000) 0 * *************************************************************************** Fiscal Analysis The bill would revise the definitions of at risk students in Section 29.081 of the Texas Education Code. The Texas Education Agency would be required to compile and report performance and accountability information concerning students served by district compensatory education programs. The bill would add districts that did not participate in the federal free and reduced-price school lunch program in the preceding school year to the state compensatory education program. The commissioner would adopt rules to determine the number of educationally disadvantaged students in districts that do not participate in the school lunch program. Methodology The Texas Education Agency estimates that including districts not served under the federal free and reduced-price school lunch program in the preceding school year would cost the Foundation School Program (FSP) an additional $200,000 per year. The TEA estimates the study of compensatory education programs would cost approximately $100,000 in fiscal year 2000. Local Government Impact The bill would require districts to alter their compensatory education services in accordance with revised definitions of at risk status. New performance reporting guidelines would create minor costs for districts. Source Agencies: LBB Staff: JK, CT, RN, CW