TO: | Honorable Tom Craddick, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB2864 by Chisum (Relating to a pilot program to provide supplemental technology-based instruction to students in rural school districts. ), As Passed 2nd House |
Fiscal Year | Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds |
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2008 | ($4,000,000) |
2009 | ($4,150,000) |
2010 | ($4,000,000) |
2011 | ($4,150,000) |
2012 | $0 |
Fiscal Year | Probable Savings/(Cost) from GENERAL REVENUE FUND 1 |
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2008 | ($4,000,000) |
2009 | ($4,150,000) |
2010 | ($4,000,000) |
2011 | ($4,150,000) |
2012 | $0 |
The bill would direct the Commissioner of Education to establish a pilot program providing grants to school districts with enrollment of fewer than 5,000 students that are not located in a standard metropolitan statistical area for the purpose of providing technology-based supplemental instruction.
The bill stipulates that the grant award amounts equate to $200 per student served per year, not to exceed $4 million in total expenditures annually, and would require that participating school districts contribute an additional $100 per student served per year.
The bill would require the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to conduct a performance evaluation of the pilot program, providing an interim report to the legislature by December 1, 2008 and a final evaluation by December 1, 2010. The bill stipulates that evaluation costs not exceed $150,000 per fiscal year.
The pilot program would conclude at the end of fiscal year 2011.
For purposes of this estimate, it is assumed that grants are awarded in the maximum total amount allowable under the provisions of the bill of $4 million per year in fiscal years 2008 through 2011 in General Revenue. It is assumed that evaluation costs would be incurred in the maximum total amount allowable under the provisions of the bill at $150,000 per year in fiscal year 2009 and in fiscal year 2011. For purposes of this estimate it is assumed that the evaluation expenditure is in excess of the $4 million program limitation
Source Agencies: | 701 Central Education Agency
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LBB Staff: | JOB, JSp, UP, JSc
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