LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
FISCAL NOTE, 79TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
March 21, 2005

TO:
Honorable Florence Shapiro, Chair, Senate Committee on Education
 
FROM:
John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
SB959 by Shapiro (Relating to notice to educators of a public school student's misconduct and to placement of a student who has assaulted a teacher.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend portions of Chapter 37, Education Code related to the notice provided to educators associated with a student's misconduct and with placement of a student who has assaulted a teacher.  The bill would require the teacher’s consent before a student could return to the teacher’s classroom who was placed in a disciplinary alternative education program (DAEP) or was expelled for an assault against the teacher.  The student could return to the classroom without the teacher’s consent only if there were no other options for placement within the school district.  The bill would apply beginning with the 2005-06 school year.

Local Government Impact

Similar notice is required under current law for teachers of students who have been expelled for serious offenses; therefore, no significant fiscal implication to local government is anticipated.



Source Agencies:
665 Juvenile Probation Commission, 701 Central Education Agency
LBB Staff:
JOB, CT, UP, KC