LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
  
                               May 20, 1999
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Paul Sadler, Chair, House Committee on Public
               Education
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB1572  by West, Royce (Relating to the compulsory school
               attendance laws and responsibility for compliance with
               those laws; providing penalties), Committee Report 2nd
               House, as amended
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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Local Government Impact
  
Local courts would incur increased costs relating to the prosecution of
parents who fail to enforce school attendance requirements.  The fiscal
implication to units of local governments is not anticipated to be
significant, however.
  
  
Source Agencies:   701   Texas Education Agency - Administration
LBB Staff:         JK, CT, GJ