LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 80TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

May 16, 2007

TO:	Honorable Florence Shapiro, Chair, Senate Committee on Education
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB1675 by Dutton (Relating to the applicability of provisions of the Education Code to certain alternative education programs.), As Engrossed

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would require that public or private community-based dropout recovery programs used by school districts to provide alternative education to students identified as at-risk and Disciplinary Alternative Education Programs (DAEPs) operated by school districts provide at least the minimum required daily instructional time and that faculty and administrators meet state educator certification requirements.

The bill would allow a DAEP to provide for a student's transfer to certain off-campus alternative education programs and stipulates that such programs are exempt from certain provisions of the Education Code.

Local Government Impact

The bill would require school districts and public and private entities providing alternative education programs for at-risk students to comply with certain standards for operating alternative education programs stipulated by the bill.  To the extent that instructional time must be extended or uncertified personnel must be replaced with certified personnel, local costs would be incurred.  Those costs would be expected to vary statewide.

Source Agencies:

701 Central Education Agency

LBB Staff:

JOB, JSc, JSp, UP