LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 80TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 20, 2007

TO:	Honorable Rob Eissler, Chair, House Committee on Public Education
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB850 by Olivo (relating to available training for school resource officers and school district peace officers. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

Assuming that the training program currently adopted by the Commissioner of Education under §37.0021, Education Code could be adopted to meet the requirements of this bill, fiscal impact would be limited to costs associated with assignment of a course reporting number, compliance review of training records, and programming required to revise and maintain reporting systems.  If the existing training system established under the Education Code could not be used to meet the bill's requirements state costs of $78,259 would be anticipated in fiscal year 2008, with costs of $7,265 in each subsequent fiscal year.

Local Government Impact

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

This bill would require school districts and local law enforcement agencies that employ school resource officers, school peace officers, and school security personnel to make available to officers a training program related to student restraint and time-out procedures for students with disabilities.  Current law requires school districts to provide training specified by commissioner of education rules to staff who may have interaction with special education students.  The Texas Education Agency indicates that online training modules are available free of charge that meet significant portions of the training currently required under commissioner's rules.

Source Agencies:

701 Central Education Agency, 407 Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education

LBB Staff:

JOB, JSp, KJG