LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 21, 2013

TO:	Honorable Dan Patrick, Chair, Senate Committee on Education
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB1308 by Davis (Relating to auditing and monitoring of performance under contracts for state-adopted assessment instruments administered to public school students.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would require the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to develop a comprehensive methodology for auditing and monitoring performance for contracts to provide services to develop or administer assessment instruments. The bill would require TEA to ensure that all such new and renewed contracts for services related to assessment instruments include provisions for compliance reviews to monitor vendor performance. 
 
The TEA reports that the provisions of the bill would have no significant fiscal impact on the agency, as TEA currently has a comprehensive auditing and monitoring methodology in place for vendors providing assessment instrument services. The TEA would be required to adopt this methodology in commissioner rule.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

701 Central Education Agency

LBB Staff:

UP, JBi, JSc