LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 10, 2011

TO:	Honorable Rob Eissler, Chair, House Committee on Public Education
FROM:	John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB3261 by Strama (Relating to the establishment of the Texas High Performance Schools Consortium.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would create the Texas High Performance Schools Consortium to advise state leadership on best practices for improving student learning through the development of learning standards and assessment and accountability systems.

School districts and charter schools could apply to the Commissioner of Education to participate, and up to 20 school districts and one open-enrollment charter could be selected. The application would include a detailed plan for assessments and accountability.

The bill would allow the Commissioner to charge a fee to participating school districts and charter schools to fund administrative costs of the Consortium.  It is assumed for the purposes of this fiscal note that the Commissioner would not require such a fee as it would discourage participation in the consortium.

The Texas Education Agency is expected to incur some costs related to the consortium, but these costs are not estimated to be significant.

Local Government Impact

School districts and open-enrollment charter schools could apply to participate in the Consortium.

Source Agencies:

701 Central Education Agency

LBB Staff:

JOB, JGM, LXH, JSc