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: HB3494 by Tillery (Relating to grants awarded by the commissioner of education to promote pre-reading instruction.), As Introduced ************************************************************************** * No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. * ************************************************************************** The bill amends Texas Education Code 29.155, Ready to Read Grants. Under the bill, instruction funded with the grants may only be provided in a year-round full day setting in which a certain pedagogy is promulgated. The bill would tend to limit the number of campuses meeting the eligibility requirements for the bill. The bill also increases the minimum and maximum grant award amounts; grants made in the current biennium are within the new limits, however. Local Government Impact Local school districts wishing to apply for funds under the program would have to first establish the program eligibility requirements outlined in the legislation. The district would incur costs, if it chose to establish the year-round full day program required by the bill; "Ready to Read" grant funds would offset a small portion of the overall cost of the program. Source Agencies: 701 Texas Education Agency LBB Staff: JK, CT, PF, UP