LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              April 3, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Teel Bivins, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Education
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB1102  by Barrientos (Relating to a survey concerning
               persons who drop out of school.), As Introduced
  
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*  Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for    *
*  SB1102, As Introduced:  negative impact of $(287,116) 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                           $(287,116)  *
          *       2003                                    0  *
          *       2004                                    0  *
          *       2005                                    0  *
          *       2006                                    0  *
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All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
  
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         * Fiscal Year      Probable Savings/(Cost) from      *
         *                      General Revenue Fund          *
         *                              0001                  *
         *      2002                               $(287,116) *
         *      2003                                        0 *
         *      2004                                        0 *
         *      2005                                        0 *
         *      2006                                        0 *
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Fiscal Analysis
  
The bill require that a dropout study be conducted by the Office of
Survey Research in the College of Communication at the University of
Texas at Austin, in consultation with the Legislative Budget Board and
one or more nonprofit organizations with dropout research experience.
  
  
Methodology
  
The study to be conducted requires two separate surveys.  The first would
survey parents of children in secondary school throughout the state.
The second would survey 18-24 year olds statewide.  The University of
Texas estimates that 1500 telephone interviews would need to be
conducted for the parent survey, and 2500 interviews for the student
survey.  The total project cost is estimated at $114,450 for researcher
salaries in the Office of Survey Research, plus $32,366 in benefit
costs, as well as $140,300 in professional services costs.  The total of
these one-time fiscal year 2002 costs is estimated to be $287,116. These
are one-time costs in 2002.
  
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   720   The University of Texas System, 701   Texas
                   Education Agency
LBB Staff:         JK, CT, JM