LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
April 11, 2001
TO: Honorable Teel Bivins, Chair, Senate Committee on
Education
FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB598 by Shapleigh (Relating to a study of issues
relating to recruitment and retention of public school
teachers.), As Introduced
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* Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for *
* SB598, As Introduced: negative impact of $(1,393,516) 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. *
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General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact:
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* Fiscal Year Probable Net Positive/(Negative) *
* Impact to General Revenue Related *
* Funds *
* 2002 $(938,901) *
* 2003 (454,615) *
* 2004 0 *
* 2005 0 *
* 2006 0 *
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All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
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*Fiscal Probable Savings/(Cost) from Change in Number of State *
* Year General Revenue Fund Employees from FY 2001 *
* 0001 *
* 2002 $(938,901) 11.3 *
* 2003 (454,615) 11.3 *
* 2004 0 0.0 *
* 2005 0 0.0 *
* 2006 0 0.0 *
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Technology Impact
$15,000 is budgeted in 2002 to purchase 5 computers for new staff members
Fiscal Analysis
The bill requires the Charles A. Dana Center at The University of Texas
at Austin to conduct a study of issues affecting the recruitment and
retention of teachers by Texas public schools, and to deliver a report
not later than November 1, 2002 to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
Speaker of the House, and the clerks of the standing education committees
in the Senate and in the House of Representatives. The bill requires
that the study emphasize possible solutions to the problems of teacher
recruitment and retention and analyze the relative difficulty that
low-wealth school districts have in recruiting and retaining teachers.
The bill also requires personnel from Texas A&M University, the Texas
Education Agency (TEA), the State Board for Educator Certification, and
the Teacher Retirement System to assist the Dana Center in conducting
this study.
Methodology
In 1999-2000, the Dana Center completed a cost of education (CEI) study
with the support of Texas A&M, the agency, the Comptroller of Public
Accounts. (The $1.1 million budget for the CEI study was absorbed by the
four entities with no additional appropriation.)
The Dana Center indicates the following things would need to be done to
complete this study:
1. Construct a collaborative organizational structure and a research
agenda for approaching the issue of teacher supply and retention.
2. Communicate and consult with experts in teacher recruitment,
retention, and compensation, and well as Texas policy makers and
stakeholders including school district officials and officials of
institutions of higher education concerning the research agenda,
findings, and recommendations.
3. Build comprehensive databases containing information from school
districts, institutions of higher education, the agency, the State Board
for Educator Certification, the Teacher Retirement System, and other
governmental and non-governmental agencies.
4. Complete a thorough review of practices designed to improve teacher
recruitment and retention.
5. Compile findings and prepare research reports concerning issues
affecting the recruitment and retention of public school teachers,
including issues related to the relative difficulty that certain school
districts, particularly low-wealth school districts, have in recruiting
and retaining teachers.
6. Submit research reports and findings to a rigorous review process
including state and national experts in teacher recruitment, retention,
and compensation.
7. Present a balanced report outlining the advantages and disadvantages
of different strategies for recruiting and retaining teachers.
8. Provide follow-up briefings, presentations, and policy analyses for
policy makers and stakeholders.
The estimated cost of this bill is primarily based on an analysis of
personnel services required to complete a large-scale study of this
nature.
The salaries are calculated assuming a completion date of January 31,
2003.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 701 Texas Education Agency, 720 The University of
Texas System, 705 State Board for Educator
Certification
LBB Staff: JK, CT, PF, RN