TO: | Honorable David Dewhurst , Lieutenant Governor, Senate Honorable Tom Craddick, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | SB1871 by Zaffirini (Relating to the compilation and reporting by the Texas Education Agency of certain data regarding students enrolled in public school or in preschool programs. ), Conference Committee Report |
Fiscal Year | Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds |
---|---|
2008 | $0 |
2009 | ($550,000) |
2010 | ($550,000) |
2011 | ($550,000) |
2012 | ($550,000) |
Fiscal Year | Probable Savings/(Cost) from GENERAL REVENUE FUND 1 |
---|---|
2008 | $0 |
2009 | ($550,000) |
2010 | ($550,000) |
2011 | ($550,000) |
2012 | ($550,000) |
Remaining provisions of the bill would require changes to the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) data collection system, but it is anticipated this cost could be absorbed with current resources.
The provisions of the bill would apply beginning with the 2008-2009 school year.
Sections 1 and 3: Currently, TEA contracts with SCECD using a vendor to collect raw scores as part of a pilot project. TEA estimates the cost to collect these data is $1 per child or approximately $350,000 for participating 3, 4, and 5 year old children. TEA estimates the need for an additional contract with regional education service center (RESC) IV to resolve data matching errors and conduct data quality activites, at a cost of $200,000 annually. Under Section 8 of the bill all provisions would apply beginning with the 2008-2009 school year. As such, costs would be assumed to be incurred on an annual basis beginning in FY2009.
There would be varying costs to school districts to submit data electronically for preschool students depending on the complexity of the system and how many children participate in the program.
With regard to remaining provisions of the bill, it is estimated that school district costs to update either locally developed data collection software or vendor software would not be significant.
Source Agencies: |
LBB Staff: | JOB, JSp
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