Honorable Rob Eissler, Chair, House Committee on Public Education
FROM:
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB2238 by Eissler (Relating to the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS).), As Introduced
Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB2238, As Introduced: a negative impact of ($374,484) through the biennium ending August 31, 2009.
The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.
Fiscal Year
Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds
2008
($269,742)
2009
($104,742)
2010
($104,742)
2011
($104,742)
2012
($104,742)
Fiscal Year
Probable Savings/(Cost) from GENERAL REVENUE FUND 1
Change in Number of State Employees from FY 2007
2008
($269,742)
1.0
2009
($104,742)
1.0
2010
($104,742)
1.0
2011
($104,742)
1.0
2012
($104,742)
1.0
Fiscal Analysis
This bill would require student and teacher data be linked in the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS). This bill would take effect September 1, 2007.
Methodology
The Texas Education Agency estimates the costs to link student and teacher data would be $200,000 in FY2008, with $40,000 in maintenance costs each year thereafter to amend the vendor contract to update PEIMS. The agency also estimates the need for one new full-time equivalent (FTE) staff member to assist with the data collection, perform data quality analysis and address questions from school districts, at a cost of $69,742 in FY2008 and $64,742 each year thereafter.
Technology
The PEIMS revision to link student and teacher data is estimated to cost $200,000 with $40,000 in annual maintenance costs.
Local Government Impact
School districts would incur additional cost associated with establishing data system linkages between student and teacher data and developing processes to extract and submit linked data. The bill would provide the authority to collect teacher information for the purpose of linking to student performance and other related information. Local costs would vary depending upon the extent to which teacher information is linked to student performance information and the types of related student data to be linked under the authority provided by the bill. The Texas Education Agency indicates that a PEIMS feasibility study was conducted in 2004 related to costs for school districts to establish, extract, and submit data with extensive linkage between students and teachers. The results of that study suggested that costs associated with extensive linkage could approach $18.0 million on a statewide basis. Costs incurred by each district would be expected to vary considerably depending upon the degree of existing automation of the additional student and teacher data that would be collected under the bill.