Honorable Dan Huberty, Chair, House Committee on Public Education
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB1122 by Huffines (Relating to abolishing certain county boards of education, boards of county school trustees, and offices of county school superintendent.), As Engrossed
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would require each county board of education, board of county school trustees, or office of county school superintendent in a county with a population of 2.2 million or more and that is adjacent to a county with a population of more than 800,000 to be abolished effective November 15, 2017, unless the entity was continued by voters through an election in November 2017. The bill would provide for the process by which each applicable entity should be dissolved.
This analysis assumes the provisions of this bill would apply only to the county education department for Dallas County.
TEA anticipates that any cost to the state associated with implementing the provisions of the bill would be minimal.
Local Government Impact
TEA indicates that there would be an impact to the districts that use the services of the affected county education department. According to TEA, the county education department that would be affected by the bill provide services such as transporting students and assisting in the education of special education students. Under the provisions of the bill local school districts would need to begin to provide these services instead.
TEA indicates that any state aid that was previously distributed to the county education departments for their services would presumably be retained by the local school districts, therefore the net fiscal impact to local governments should be minimal.