Honorable Dan Huberty, Chair, House Committee on Public Education
FROM:
John McGeady, Assistant Director Sarah Keyton, Assistant Director Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB548 by Canales (Relating to reporting certain truancy information through the Public Education Information Management System.), As Introduced
Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB548, As Introduced: a negative impact of ($202,280) through the biennium ending August 31, 2021.
The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.
Fiscal Year
Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds
2020
($50,570)
2021
($151,710)
2022
$0
2023
$0
2024
$0
Fiscal Year
Probable Savings/(Cost) from General Revenue Fund 1
2020
($50,570)
2021
($151,710)
2022
$0
2023
$0
2024
$0
Fiscal Analysis
The bill would require school districts to report to TEA through the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) certain data relating to enrollment and truancy.
The bill would take effect September 1, 2019.
Methodology
According to TEA, new data elements would be required to capture the bill's data requirements. TEA estimates the cost to implement the new requirements in PEIMS to be $50,570 in FY 2020 and $151,710 in FY 2021 for an initial development effort of $202,280. In order to make the required changes to PEIMS and the Texas Student Data System, TEA will utilize staff augmentation for development, testing, and deployment.
TEA anticipates that ongoing maintenance of the new data elements can be absorbed with existing resources.
Technology
The bill will require additions to the Texas Student Data System including: data elements, code tables, business rules, at least two new reports, and associated testing.
Local Government Impact
Since school districts currently track truancy information, TEA assumes passage of the proposed bill will not significantly impact districts.