LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                            February 28, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Teel Bivins, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Education
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB467  by Zaffirini (Relating to dual language immersion
               programs in certain public schools.), Committee Report
               1st House, Substituted
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Local school districts choosing to offer a dual language immersion
program for elementary grades may incur costs for additional
instructional materials and possible diseconomies of scale in class
size.
  
  
Source Agencies:   701   Texas Education Agency
LBB Staff:         JK, CT, JM