LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 85TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 29, 2017

TO:	Honorable Dan Huberty, Chair, House Committee on Public Education
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB615 by Leach (Relating to removing certain requirements for public school grade-level promotion that are based on satisfactory performance on state assessment instruments.), As Introduced

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the Education Code to require a grade placement committee (GPC) to use certain criteria in determining whether students in grades 5 and 8 qualify for promotion after failing to perform satisfactorily on the reading or mathematics assessment three times.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

701 Texas Education Agency

LBB Staff:

UP, THo, AM, AW