TO: | Honorable Florence Shapiro, Chair, Senate Committee on Education |
FROM: | John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | SB1510 by Zaffirini (Relating to monitoring compliance of public school bilingual education and special language programs.), As Introduced |
Fiscal Year | Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds |
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2004 | $320,269 |
2005 | $320,269 |
2006 | $320,269 |
2007 | $320,269 |
2008 | $320,269 |
Fiscal Year | Probable Savings fromGENERAL REVENUE FUND 1 |
Change in Number of State Employees from FY 2003 |
---|---|---|
2004 | $320,269 | (5.0) |
2005 | $320,269 | (5.0) |
2006 | $320,269 | (5.0) |
2007 | $320,269 | (5.0) |
2008 | $320,269 | (5.0) |
The bill would change the requirement for on-site compliance visits to school district bilingual education programs from a three-year to a five-year cycle. The bill would also authorize but not require the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to combine bilingual education compliance visits with on-site inspections of special education programs.
This note is based on analyses produced by the Texas Education Agency.
The bilingual five-year cycle would constitute a savings to TEA in personnel time of five full-time employees and $193,932 in annual personnel costs. The corresponding savings in travel costs and other operating expenses associated with the reduction from 365 to 236 visits in a year would result in a savings of $126,337 per year.
Under current law, the third year of the three-year cycle for bilingual education visits will be completed in 2003-04. In order to complete the current cycle, 236 single bilingual education visits have been scheduled and 129 additional visits are scheduled for a total of 365 bilingual education visits.
Source Agencies: | 701 Central Education Agency
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LBB Staff: | JK, CT, UP, PQ
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