LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
April 17, 2001
TO: Honorable Paul Sadler, Chair, House Committee on Public
Education
FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB3485 by Tillery (Relating to training for certain
public school teachers and care givers in certain early
childhood programs.), As Introduced
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* Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for *
* HB3485, As Introduced: negative impact of $(7,339,000) 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 $(539,000) *
* 2003 (6,800,000) *
* 2004 0 *
* 2005 0 *
* 2006 0 *
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All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
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* Fiscal Year Probable Savings/(Cost) from *
* General Revenue Fund *
* 0001 *
* 2002 $(539,000) *
* 2003 (6,800,000) *
* 2004 0 *
* 2005 0 *
* 2006 0 *
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Fiscal Analysis
The bill requires that all teachers of pre-kindergarten and kindergarten
and all child care providers working in centers receiving state or
federal funds receive certain training. The Texas Education Agency
(TEA) would develop the training materials. The bill requires the
training only if state or federal funds are appropriated for that
purpose. The State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) would adopt
rules mandating the training as a condition of certification.
This estimate assumes that the training would be provided with state
funds. To the extent that certain federal funds are instead
appropriated for this purpose, the cost to state funds would be
mitigated.
Methodology
TEA estimates an average cost of $75 per individual trained. There are
29,000 pre-kindergarten and kindergarten full-time equivalent positions
in the state, which would cost $1.6 million to train. There are 10,401
licensed day-care centers in the state. Not all of those centers receive
state or federal funds, but it is assumed that most of them do receive
some amount of funding from those sources. Each of those centers
employs, on average, 8.35 individuals. Applying the same per-individual
rate as used for teachers, the cost for training would be $6.5 million.
To account for the likelihood that not all centers receive state or
federal funds, that figure is deflated by 20 percent, for an estimated
cost of $5.2 million.
TEA estimates that it would cost $500,000 to develop appropriate training
materials, and SBEC estimates a cost of $52,000 in the 2002-03 biennium
to develop appropriate certification rules.
The bill requires that all kindergarten and pre-kindergarten educators be
trained by September 1, 2003. It is assumed that training for al those
required to receive training happen by that date. It is reasonable to
assume that additional teachers and child care providers will enter the
profession and require training after 2003; however, this estimate
assumes that those costs would be significantly less than the 2003
costs.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 701 Texas Education Agency, 705 State Board for
Educator Certification
LBB Staff: JK, CT, PF, UP