LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 80TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 25, 2007

TO:	Honorable Florence Shapiro, Chair, Senate Committee on Education
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB217 by Shapiro (relating to the penalty for a parent who fails to require a child to attend school. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

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 increase the penalty for a parent who has been convicted twice for failure to require a child to attend school from a Class C to a Class B misdemeanor and would require the complaint to be filed in county court.

Source Agencies:

701 Central Education Agency

LBB Staff:

JOB, JSp