TO: | Honorable Jimmie Don Aycock, Chair, House Committee on Public Education |
FROM: | Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB1328 by Villarreal (Relating to data requirements and certain other requirements concerning students of limited English proficiency in public schools.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted |
Fiscal Year | Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds |
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2014 | ($808,072) |
2015 | ($1,033,984) |
2016 | ($1,009,984) |
2017 | ($1,244,241) |
2018 | ($1,224,241) |
Fiscal Year | Probable Savings/(Cost) from General Revenue Fund 1 |
Change in Number of State Employees from FY 2009 |
---|---|---|
2014 | ($808,072) | 9.0 |
2015 | ($1,033,984) | 12.0 |
2016 | ($1,009,984) | 12.0 |
2017 | ($1,244,241) | 14.5 |
2018 | ($1,224,241) | 14.5 |
The bill would require all school districts and open-enrollment charter schools to collect and provide to the Texas Education Agency (TEA) certain information regarding limited English proficiency students and would require the TEA to evaluate the effectiveness of bilingual education or special language programs based on this information.
The bill would require each lead program monitor evaluating the effectiveness of these programs to be certified to teach English as a second language.
The bill would require TEA to ensure that certain information related to a student classified as a student of limited English proficiency be collected through the Public Education Information Management System.
It is estimated that the provisions of the bill would require 8.0 additional FTEs in the Performance Based Monitoring division of TEA at a cost of $731,443 in FY2014 and $667,443 in each subsequent year, inclusive of salary, benefits, and other expenses.
It is estimated that the provisions of bill would result in additional on-site monitoring visits, which would require 1.0 FTE in FY2014 at a cost of $76,629, 4.0 FTEs in FY2015 and FY2016 at a cost of $355,042 in FY2015 and $331,042 in FY2016, and 6.5 FTEs in FY2015 and FY2016 at a cost of $560,298 in FY2017 and $540,298 in FY2018. All FTE costs are inclusive of salary, benefits, and other expenses. Travel expenses are estimated at $10,000 annually in FY2015 and FY2016 and $15,000 annually in FY2017 and FY2018.
Costs for training and certification of monitors to comply with the provisions of the bill are estimated at $1,500 per year beginning in FY2015.
Source Agencies: | 701 Central Education Agency
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LBB Staff: | UP, JBi, JSc, AH, LXH, JGM
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