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:	HB3810 by Farney (Relating to public school alternative disciplinary settings.), As Introduced

Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB3810, As Introduced: a negative impact of ($579,100) through the biennium ending August 31, 2015.

The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.

General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact:

Fiscal Year	Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds
2014	($379,100)
2015	($200,000)
2016	($200,000)
2017	($200,000)
2018	($200,000)

All Funds, Five-Year Impact:

Fiscal Year	Probable Savings/(Cost) from General Revenue Fund 1
2014	($379,100)
2015	($200,000)
2016	($200,000)
2017	($200,000)
2018	($200,000)

Fiscal Analysis

The bill would require the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to collect data about school districts' disciplinary actions that result in the removal of a student from their regular education program.

The bill would require school districts to report data on discretionary disciplinary placement of students to the TEA and require the agency to evaluate the data to determine whether the placements were excessive in number, discriminatory in nature, or excessive in length of stay.

TEA would be required to adopt minimum educational standards for in-school suspension settings. The bill would require school districts to report information about their in-school suspension programs to TEA.  

Methodology

Several new data elements would be added to the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) in order to accommodate the proposed requirements. TEA estimates the cost of modifying PEIMS at $179,100 in General Revenue Funds in FY 2014.

The cost to contract with the Texas School Safety Center to conduct the annual evaluation of discretionary disciplinary placement data is estimated at $200,000 annually.

Technology

TEA estimates the cost to modify PEIMS at $179,100 in General Revenue Funds in FY 2014.

Local Government Impact

School districts would incur costs to modify their student information system software to accomodate the new reporting requirements. These cost would vary.

Source Agencies:

701 Central Education Agency

LBB Staff:

UP, JBi, JSc, RBl, AH