LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
April 25, 2001
TO: Honorable Teel Bivins, Chair, Senate Committee on
Education
FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB1817 by Bivins (Relating to a plan to increase
enrollment of public school students in institutions of
higher education.), As Introduced
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* Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for *
* SB1817, As Introduced: negative impact of $(321,246) through the *
* biennium ending August 31, 2003. *
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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 $(185,623) *
* 2003 (135,623) *
* 2004 (135,623) *
* 2005 (135,623) *
* 2006 (135,623) *
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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 $(185,623) 1.5 *
* 2003 (135,623) 1.5 *
* 2004 (135,623) 1.5 *
* 2005 (135,623) 1.5 *
* 2006 (135,623) 1.5 *
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Technology Impact
Assuming that student-level higher education enrollment data would be
collected for students enrolling in private or out-of-state institutions
who would not be identified in data from the THECB, systems development
and maintenance costs as noted above would be incurred.
Fiscal Analysis
The bill requires the Texas Education Agency (TEA) collaborate with the
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) to identify the school
districts/high schools affected by the legislation.
Methodology
It is assumed that the annual identification and notification of
districts by May 1 of each year would be accomplished through automated
reports built into the planned public education/higher education data
warehouse. The fiscal implications to TEA for notification based solely
upon enrollment data available through THECB, would not be significant.
Because the bill affords identified districts the opportunity to
demonstrate to the Commissioner that counting students enrolled in
private Texas institutions of higher education and out-of-state
institutions would remove it from the lowest 10 percent, TEA assumes
there would be substantial workload and data processing implications.
Administering the process of documentation and reporting of
student-level enrollment in private and out-of-state institutions and
the re-identification processes would require approximately 1.5
full-time equivalent employees at TEA plus contracted systems
development and maintenance costs.
Local Government Impact
According to TEA, a maximum of about 160 districts per year would be
required to develop plans under this bill. Additional costs associated
with documenting and reporting the enrollment of graduates in Texas
private institutions of higher education and out-of-state institutions
are anticipated to be significant for districts receiving notification.
If districts that are initially notified are able to demonstrate that
they are not within the lowest 10 percent on the basis of reporting
additional data, other districts subsequently notified will also have to
collect and maintain post-graduate data. Because the data would likely
have to be collected student-by-student and would be a very
labor-intensive process, it is assumed that the cost of collecting and
reporting this information to the Commissioner would be approximately
$100 per graduating student in identified districts.
Source Agencies: 701 Texas Education Agency, 781 Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board
LBB Staff: JK, CT, PF, RN