LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                            February 16, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Florence Shapiro, Chair, Senate Committee on
               State Affairs
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB154  by Truan (Relating to a requirement that
               information about anatomical gifts be included in the
               curriculum of certain driver education and driving
               safety courses.), As Introduced
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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*  The bill would have minimal fiscal implications for the operations    *
*  of the Texas Education Agency.  The bill requires the commissioner    *
*  of education to require that information relating to anatomical       *
*  gifts be included in the curriculum of each driver education and      *
*  driving safety course. The agency would incur costs associated        *
*  with such a requirement; approximately $5,000 in the first year of    *
*  implementation.  These costs are associated with developing new       *
*  materials, distributing the materials and information about the       *
*  new requirement to driver education schools and driving safety        *
*  course owners and school districts, reviewing revised curriculums,    *
*  revising rules, and training Agency staff to include appropriate      *
*  checks in compliance reviews.                                         *
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Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.  Although they are not units of local governments,
individuals and/or entities operating TEA-approved driver education and
safety training programs would need to update curriculum materials to
ensure that the information concerning anatomical gifts is provided to
students.
  
  
Source Agencies:   701   Texas Education Agency
LBB Staff:         JK, RB, PF, UP