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: SB430 by Shapiro (Relating to creation of the Texas School Safety Center.), As Engrossed ************************************************************************** * Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for * * SB430, As Engrossed: negative impact of $(250,000) 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. * ************************************************************************** General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact: **************************************************** * Fiscal Year Probable Net Positive/(Negative) * * Impact to General Revenue Related * * Funds * * 2002 $(125,000) * * 2003 (125,000) * * 2004 (125,000) * * 2005 (125,000) * * 2006 (125,000) * **************************************************** All Funds, Five-Year Impact: ***************************************************** * Fiscal Year Probable Savings/(Cost) from * * General Revenue Fund * * 0001 * * 2002 $(125,000) * * 2003 (125,000) * * 2004 (125,000) * * 2005 (125,000) * * 2006 (125,000) * ***************************************************** Fiscal Analysis The bill amends the Education Code, creating the Texas School Safety Center, to serve as a central source for school safety information and as a resource for the prevention of youth violence and promotion of safety in the state. The bill creates a 15-member board of directors, comprised of the Attorney General, the Commissioner of Education, the executive director of the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission, the executive director of the Texas Youth Commission, and the Commissioner of the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, or their designees. The remainder of the board would be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, from various specified entities having an interest in public education safety. The bill directs the center to conduct safety training programs for school districts, to conduct a school safety summit, to develop a model safety and security audit procedure, to provide on-site technical assistance, and to develop model agreements for providing services to at-risk youth. The bill requires the center to promote cooperation among state agencies, institutions of higher education, and local juvenile delinquency prevention councils. Methodology The bill allows the center to accept gifts, grants, and donations from the public. The center's board would approve an annual budget for the center and prepare the center's budget request biannually for submission to the Legislature. Currently, Southwest Texas State University operates the Texas School Safety Center through a $500,000 annual grant from the Governor's Office. The university must re-apply for the grant each year. It is assumed that this amount of grant funding would continue. The additional cost reflected in this fiscal note is based on an appropriation request by the Office of Senator Shapiro of $125,000, contingent upon passage of this legislation, to provide for the costs associated with the new board created by the bill and to expand the level of services it would offer. Local Government Impact No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies: 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 701 Texas Education Agency LBB Staff: JK, CT, PF, RN