TO: | Honorable Florence Shapiro, Chair, Senate Committee on Education |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | SB83 by Shapleigh (Relating to national certification of certain public school teachers.), As Introduced |
Fiscal Year | Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds |
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2006 | ($830,600) |
2007 | ($1,830,600) |
2008 | ($2,830,600) |
2009 | ($3,830,600) |
2010 | ($4,830,600) |
Fiscal Year | Probable Savings/(Cost) from GENERAL REVENUE FUND 1 |
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2006 | ($830,600) |
2007 | ($1,830,600) |
2008 | ($2,830,600) |
2009 | ($3,830,600) |
2010 | ($4,830,600) |
Based on the current cost of NBTPS certification of $2,300, the cost to the state of providing two-thirds of the certification costs to 500 teachers per year would be about $770,000 annually. TEA estimates additional costs of $60,600 to fund one full-time equivalent employee and other associated costs to administer the program.
It takes candidates one to three years to earn NBTPS certification. Assuming that 100 percent of program participants earn NBTPS Certification each year, if school districts opted to provide annual stipends of $2,000 to every participant and the state opted to match those stipends at the $2,000 level, the cost to the state of providing annual stipends would be $1 million in fiscal year 2007 and would increase by $1 million each year thereafter as long as the program as proposed is in place.
The bill would require school districts employing program participants to pay one-third of the cost of NBTPS certification. Based on the current cost of NBTPS certification of $2,300, the cost to local school districts to pay these costs for 500 teachers per year would be about $384,000 each year.
It takes candidates one to three years to earn NBTPS certification. Assuming that 100 percent of program participants earn NBTPS certification each year, if school districts opted to provide annual stipends of $2,000 to every participant the cost would be $1 million in fiscal year 2007, and would increase by $1 million each year thereafter as long as the program as proposed is in place.
Local administrative costs would vary according to how many teachers within a district participate in the program.
Source Agencies: | 701 Central Education Agency, 705 State Board for Educator Certification
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LBB Staff: | JOB, SD, CT, UP, JSc
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