LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 24, 2009

TO:	Honorable Florence Shapiro, Chair, Senate Committee on Education
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB2082 by Shapiro (relating to determining a student's eligibility for a school district's special education program on the basis of the student's visual impairment. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

Local Government Impact

Based on the analysis by the Texas Education Agency and the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, districts might be required to hire and/or contract for additional personnel to comply with the provisions of this bill. It is estimated that these costs could be absorbed within existing resources.

Source Agencies:

701 Central Education Agency, 771 School for the Blind and Visually Impaired

LBB Staff:

JOB, JSp, JGM, JW