TO: | Honorable Florence Shapiro, Chair, Senate Committee on Education |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | SB117 by Van de Putte (Relating to the timely transfer of student information to a school district in which the student enrolls.), As Introduced |
Based on PEIMS data, approximately 3.7 percent of the state’s enrollment transfers from one Texas public school district to another each school year. For the 2003-2004 school year, this proportion represents about 160,000 students. According to the agency, there is no comprehensive source of data concerning the actual number of record requests processed by districts or the average response time for such requests.
The reduction in response time proposed by the bill would produce no significant fiscal impact to local school districts on a statewide basis. However, there may be some districts with a high volume of transfers or less automated student records that would realize a cost increase in order to meet the reduced response time requirement. Additional costs would likely be related to additional staffing and/or records automation efforts.
The notification requirement would also have a varying impact across the state. Assuming that districts implement this requirement in the most cost-effective manner by adding notification language to a records transfer request form, there would be no significant fiscal impact.
Source Agencies: | 701 Central Education Agency
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LBB Staff: | JOB, CT, UP, KC
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