Honorable Larry Taylor, Chair, Senate Committee on Education
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB2144 by Taylor, Larry (Relating to the creation of a commission to recommend improvements to the public school finance system.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would create the Texas Commission on Public School Finance which would have the responsibility to develop and make recommendations for improvements to the current public school finance system or for new methods of financing public schools. The bill would require staff members of the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to provide administrative support for the commission. The bill would abolish the commission on January 8, 2019.
TEA indicates that any costs associated with implementing the provisions of the legislation could be absorbed within current resources.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.