LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

May 16, 2013

TO:	Honorable Jimmie Don Aycock, Chair, House Committee on Public Education
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB1718 by West (Relating to state interventions and sanctions against public school campuses with unacceptable performance and the establishment of the Texas Achievement School District for educating students at certain low-performing campuses.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would create the Texas Achievement School District (TASD) to manage and operate campuses identified as unacceptable in the state accountability system for two consecutive school years that are removed from their home district at the discretion of the commissioner of education, pursuant to the provisions of the bill.

The bill would make the TASD subject to review and expiration in fiscal year 2024 under provisions relating to the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission.  The Sunset Advisory Commission does not anticipate significant fiscal impact related to the provisions of the bill.

For funding purposes, the bill stipulates that the TASD would be entitled to Foundation School Program funding as if it were a district without a Tier 1 local share. The bill further stipulates that the FSP entitlement for the school district or charter holder from which the campus is removed is reduced by the amount received by the Texas Achievement School District, including the Tier 1 local share. As such, TEA estimates the fiscal impact to the FSP to be neutral under the provisions of the bill.

Other costs to TEA related to implementing the provisions of the bill are not estimated to be significant.

Local Government Impact

School districts and open-enrollment charter schools with campuses in the TASD would be required to collaborate with the TASD and would experience a loss of revenue associated with students served on campuses removed to the TASD.

Source Agencies:

116 Sunset Advisory Commission, 701 Central Education Agency

LBB Staff:

UP, JBi, AH, JSc