Honorable Jimmie Don Aycock, Chair, House Committee on Public Education
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB2800 by King, Ken (Relating to permissible teachers assigned to a bilingual education program and the permissible uses of the bilingual education allotment provided under the foundation school program.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would allow a district to assign a teacher certified for English as a second language (ESL) to a bilingual program for the school year if the Commissioner of Education determined that there was a shortage of certified bilingual education teachers for the school year and a certified bilingual teacher was not reasonably available to the district. The bill would allow the use of the bilingual or special language allotment to pay teacher salaries.
The Texas Education Agency anticipates any additional work resulting from the passage of the bill could be reasonably absorbed within current resources.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
323 Teacher Retirement System, 701 Central Education Agency