LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
FISCAL NOTE, 79TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
April 25, 2005

TO:
Honorable Kent Grusendorf, Chair, House Committee on Public Education
 
FROM:
John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
HB871 by Dutton (Relating to the provision of and funding for Saturday classes for elementary school students who fail to pass certain assessment instruments.), As Introduced



Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB871, As Introduced: a negative impact of ($50,000,000) through the biennium ending August 31, 2007.

The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.



Fiscal Year Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds
2006 ($25,000,000)
2007 ($25,000,000)
2008 ($25,000,000)
2009 ($25,000,000)
2010 ($25,000,000)




Fiscal Year Probable Savings/(Cost) from
FOUNDATION SCHOOL FUND
193
2006 ($25,000,000)
2007 ($25,000,000)
2008 ($25,000,000)
2009 ($25,000,000)
2010 ($25,000,000)

Fiscal Analysis

The bill would authorize school districts to offer classes on Saturdays for elementary school students who have failed a Texas Assessment of Knowlege and Skills (TAKS) test. The bill would entitle school districts to Foundation School Program (FSP) funding for students in average daily attendance (ADA) in such classes.

Methodology

The bill would entitle school districts to FSP funding for ADA in Saturday classes offered to elementary students who have failed TAKS tests.  Assuming the intent of the bill is to provide FSP funding for additional days at the same rate that standard instructional days are funded, it would entitle school districts to $28 per day per regular program student.

Roughly 300,000 students failed one or more TAKS tests in grades 3 through 6 in 2004. Assuming that 10 percent of those students would be placed in Saturday classes for a program of 30 Saturday classes per year, the cost associated with the provisions of the bill would be an estimated $25 million  per year.


Local Government Impact

If school districts implement a program as authorized by the bill, it is expected that additional costs associated with Saturday classes would match the additional funding available through the FSP.


Source Agencies:
701 Central Education Agency
LBB Staff:
JOB, CT, UP, JSc