LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 29, 2013

TO:	Honorable Jimmie Don Aycock, Chair, House Committee on Public Education
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB3816 by Collier (Relating to the creation of a task force to study the referral and evaluation methods by which students are determined to be eligible for special education resources.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would establish a task force to study the referral and evaluation methods by which students are determined to be eligible for special education resources.

The task force would be required to submit a report to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of representatives of the findings, recommendations, and activities of the task force by September 1, 2015. The task force would be abolished on January 1, 2016.

Although the bill does not specify the members of the task force, for the purpose of this analysis, it is assumed that the Texas Education Agency (TEA) would provide the administrative support to the task force.

Based on the analysis of TEA, the duties and responsibilities associated with implementing the provisions of the bill could be accomplished by utilizing existing resources.

Local Government Impact

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. School districts, open-enrollment charter schools, and regional education service centers would be required to provide information as part of the report.

Source Agencies:

701 Central Education Agency

LBB Staff:

UP, JBi, JSc, AH