Honorable Jimmie Don Aycock, Chair, House Committee on Public Education
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB2610 by King, Ken (Relating to the minimum number of minutes of instruction for students to be provided by public school districts and the scheduling of the last day of school for students by public school districts.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would modify the Education Code to require each school district to provide at least 75,600 minutes of instruction, including intermissions and recesses, for students in a school year instead of 180 days of instruction.
The bill would apply beginning with the 2015-16 school year.
Based on information provided by the Texas Education Agency, this analysis assumes that any additional costs associated with implementing the provisions of the bill could be absorbed within existing resources.
Local Government Impact
School districts could incur administrative costs related to collecting and reporting different data elements, although those costs would vary by district.