LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 1, 2013

TO:	Honorable Jimmie Don Aycock, Chair, House Committee on Public Education
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB853 by King, Susan (Relating to exemption from administration of assessment instruments for and posting of assessment instrument performance data of certain public school students.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would extend the period of time a student may be administered an accommodated or alternative assessment instrument or may be granted an exemption from or a postponement of the administration of an assessment instrument from one to three years.

The bill would require the Texas Education Agency to post certain information on its website regarding student performance on academic skills assessment instruments.

Based on information provided by the Texas Education Agency, this analysis assumes that any additional costs could be absorbed within existing resources.

Local Government Impact

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

701 Central Education Agency

LBB Staff:

UP, JBi, JSc, AH