LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
FISCAL NOTE, 78TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
April 14, 2003

TO:
Honorable Kent Grusendorf, Chair, House Committee on Public Education
 
FROM:
John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
HB369 by Dutton (Relating to reducing class size when the students of a certain grade level perform poorly on an assessment instrument.), As Introduced

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill adds a section that limits the class size at campuses at which a majority of students at any of the third, fourth, or fifth grade fail any portion of the TAKS test.  For the next year and until the students complete the sixth grade, a campus may not enroll students in classes that exceed 75% of the usual class size for that grade at that campus.  The bill applies beginning with the 2004-05 school year. 

Local Government Impact

Costs could range up to $7 million per year to reallocate and hire additional staff, plus $5.4 to $10.8 million in construction costs.  Costs could be mitigated depending on the strategies employed by school districts. Costs would tend to increase if campuses encounter successive years of poor performance.


Source Agencies:
701 Central Education Agency
LBB Staff:
JK, CT, UP, PQ