LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 78TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

March 20, 2003

TO:	Honorable Kent Grusendorf, Chair, House Committee on Public Education
FROM:	John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB912 by Madden (Relating to the distribution of school district employment policies to teachers employed under term contracts.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated, based on analyses done by the Texas Education Agency.

Local Government Impact

            No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

School districts may achieve savings associated with reduced printing costs under this bill.  If it is assumed that this bill would result in eliminate the printing of an average of 5-10 pages of material per teacher statewide, the associated savings would range from about $30,000 - $60,000 annually.  However, anecdotal evidence suggests that some districts have already realized reduced printing costs by distributing employment policies via electronic means.  Because there is no statewide data concerning the number of districts that meet the current requirement via electronic distribution, the actual savings that might be realized under this bill on a statewide basis is unknown.

 

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