Honorable Larry Taylor, Chair, Senate Committee on Education
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB1114 by Garcia (Relating to a policy on vaccine-preventable diseases for public schools.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would require each public school to develop and implement policies to protect students from vaccine-preventable diseases, including policies that would require school employees to receive certain vaccines.
The Commissioner of Education would be required to adopt rules as necessary to implement the provisions of the bill.
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
School districts would be required to adopt vaccine-preventable diseases policies by September 1, 2016. There would be some administrative costs to collect and maintain records of employee compliance with the policy. There may be costs to purchase protective medical equipment for exempt employees, if districts elected to pay these costs.