Honorable Larry Taylor, Chair, Senate Committee on Education
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB1566 by Kolkhorst (Relating to certain powers and duties of the board of trustees of an independent school district and the governing body of an open-enrollment charter school.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill amends the roles and responsibilities of local school board trustees and requires the creation of a data website for trustee review of campus and district academic achievement data during the local decision making processes. The website would be available to campuses, and public information on the website would be available to the public.
The bill takes effect September 1, 2017.
The Texas Education Agency indicates that implementation of the bill would result in a cost; however, this analysis assumes that the cost could be absorbed with existing resources.
Local Government Impact
TEA anticipates nominal impact resulting from the bill's trustee training requirements.
Additionally, school districts and charter schools that use the academic achievement data website will be required to load the necessary data to the Texas Student Data System on at least a quarterly basis during each school year. However, schools will have the ability to choose to participate, any additional administrative costs incurred would be on a voluntary basis.