Honorable Dan Huberty, Chair, House Committee on Public Education
FROM:
John McGeady, Assistant Director Sarah Keyton, Assistant Director Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB2776 by Allison (Relating to requiring an open-enrollment charter school to prepare an informed choice report containing certain information about the school.), As Introduced
Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB2776, As Introduced: a negative impact of ($202,888) 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
($103,444)
2021
($99,444)
2022
($99,444)
2023
($99,444)
2024
($99,444)
Fiscal Year
Probable Savings/(Cost) from General Revenue Fund 1
Change in Number of State Employees from FY 2019
2020
($103,444)
1.0
2021
($99,444)
1.0
2022
($99,444)
1.0
2023
($99,444)
1.0
2024
($99,444)
1.0
Fiscal Analysis
The bill would amend the Education Code to require charter schools to prepare and submit an informed choice report to the Texas Education Agency (TEA). The report would include significant new data on each charter school, including the types of services, curriculum, and extracurricular activities offered; information on teacher certification, tenure, and salary; parental rights and responsibilities; admissions criteria and statistics; student discipline policies and statistics; graduation requirements; and accountability ratings and alternative systems used.
Methodology
This analysis assumes TEA would require 1.0 additional Program Specialist VI to create the informed choice report template, communicate the new requirements to constituents, collect the required reports from charter schools, and post the reports to TEA's website. This FTE is estimated to cost $103,444 in fiscal year 2020 and $99,444 each year thereafter.
Local Government Impact
TEA assumes charter schools would incur costs to compile and submit the required information annually to TEA.