LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
FISCAL NOTE, 80TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
March 3, 2007

TO:
Honorable Rob Eissler, Chair, House Committee on Public Education
 
FROM:
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
HB846 by Olivo (Relating to the right of a parent of a public school student to prompt notice of certain disciplinary action taken against the student.), As Introduced

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.


Local Government Impact

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

The bill would entitle a parent to prompt notice of certain school disciplinary actions.  The bill would require notification to occur by 5:00 p.m. on the first business day following the disciplinary action.  The bill would afford noncustodial parents the same entitlement to notification upon request.  Anecdotal evidence suggests that a number of school districts have notification procedures in place that would meet the requirements of the bill.  To the extent that school districts would need to establish or revise such processes, additional local cost could be incurred.  Such costs would be expected to vary among districts and would not be anticipated to be significant on a statewide basis.



Source Agencies:
701 Central Education Agency
LBB Staff:
JOB, JSp