LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
April 19, 2001
TO: Honorable Paul Sadler, Chair, House Committee on Public
Education
FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB814 by Coleman (Relating to local school health
education advisory councils and to health education
instruction in public schools.), As Introduced
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* Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for *
* HB814, As Introduced: negative impact of $(512,902) through the *
* biennium ending August 31, 2003. *
* *
* 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 *
* 2002 $(256,451) *
* 2003 (256,451) *
* 2004 (256,451) *
* 2005 (256,451) *
* 2006 (256,451) *
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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 2001 *
* 0001 *
* 2002 $(256,451) 4.0 *
* 2003 (256,451) 4.0 *
* 2004 (256,451) 4.0 *
* 2005 (256,451) 4.0 *
* 2006 (256,451) 4.0 *
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Fiscal Analysis
The bill expands Section 28.004 of the Education Code to establish local
school health education advisory councils and include within their
purpose recommendations concerning general health education, including
human sexuality education.
The bill requires the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to consider compliance
with Section 28.004 and the effectiveness of the local school health
advisory council in determining a district's accreditation rating.
Methodology
The personnel and administrative cost to TEA for on-site monitoring of
compliance and effectiveness is estimated to require four additional TEA
employees at a cost of $256,451 per year. The personnel and
administrative costs are based on current TEA on-site monitoring costs.
This estimate assumes 189 districts could be monitored each year.
Possibly, TEA could add the monitoring of health advisory council
compliance and effectiveness to the current, comprehensive District
Effectiveness and Compliance (DEC) visit schedule. However, given the
scope of work anticipated in determining the effectiveness of a school
health advisory council for accreditation purposes, adding this function
to a DEC visit would not lower the estimated cost to TEA.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Because such councils already exist and are substantively the same as
those required under this bill, no new costs to school districts are
anticipated.
Source Agencies: 701 Texas Education Agency
LBB Staff: JK, CT, JM