LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session March 8, 2001 TO: Honorable Teel Bivins, Chair, Senate Committee on Education FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: SB592 by Lindsay (Relating to public school prekindergarten programs.), As Introduced ************************************************************************** * No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. * ************************************************************************** Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. The bill authorizes school districts to charge tuition for pre-kindergarten attendance by children not otherwise eligible to attend if the district has adopted a policy concerning the admission of children younger than five who are not eligible for pre-kindergarten. The bill requires such districts to submit tuition charges to the commissioner of education for approval; and it would exclude the attendance of such children for state funding purposes. Because districts would be authorized to charge tuition, it is anticipated that the net impact of this bill would be neutral with additional local revenue offsetting the additional operating costs created by the admission of children that otherwise would be ineligible for the program. Source Agencies: 701 Texas Education Agency LBB Staff: JK, CT, RN