LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

February 27, 2009

TO:	Honorable Florence Shapiro, Chair, Senate Committee on Education
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB38 by Zaffirini (Relating to considering school district disciplinary placement information for accountability purposes.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would require the addition of data related to disciplinary actions taken by school districts in the Texas Education Agency's Academic Excellence Indicators System and would require that school districts include this information in the campus report cards distributed to school districts by TEA.

TEA has indicated the provisions of the bill could be accommodated within existing resources.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

701 Central Education Agency

LBB Staff:

JOB, JSp, JGM, JSc