LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              April 30, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Teel Bivins, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Education
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB504  by Wentworth (Relating to enrichment curriculum
               requirements.), As Introduced
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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Local Government Impact
  
Because current law allows districts to provide instruction in the
enrichment subjects using the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
(TEKS) as guidelines, the implications of the revised standard would
vary widely among districts.  In particular, local implications for
professional development might be extensive in some districts and
minimal in others depending upon the extent to which the TEKS are
presently addressed in classroom instruction.
  
  
Source Agencies:   701   Texas Education Agency
LBB Staff:         JK, CT, JM