Honorable Dan Huberty, Chair, House Committee on Public Education
FROM:
John McGeady, Assistant Director Sarah Keyton, Assistant Director Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB3452 by Dutton (Relating to evaluating the performance of dropout recovery schools for purposes of the public school accountability system.), As Introduced
Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB3452, As Introduced: a negative impact of ($484,854) 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
($246,427)
2021
($238,427)
2022
($238,427)
2023
($238,427)
2024
($238,427)
Fiscal Year
Probable Savings/(Cost) from General Revenue Fund 1
Change in Number of State Employees from FY 2019
2020
($246,427)
2.0
2021
($238,427)
2.0
2022
($238,427)
2.0
2023
($238,427)
2.0
2024
($238,427)
2.0
Fiscal Analysis
The bill would require the Commissioner of Education to evaluate dropout recovery schools for accountability purposes under an alternative accountability system. For such programs, for the purposes of assigning an accountability rating under the A-F system, the Commissioner of Education could only consider student performance at the "approaches grade level" standard for the student achievement and school progress domains. Further, only those two domains could be used in assigning an overall performance rating for a dropout recovery school.
The bill would apply beginning with the 2019-2020 school year. The bill would take immediate effect if it receives a two-thirds vote in each house of the Legislature. Otherwise the bill would take effect September 1, 2019.
Methodology
According to the Texas Education Agency (TEA), the bill would require the establishment of a parallel accountability system for dropout recovery schools, as the bill's requirements would otherwise violate federal requirements under the Every Student Succeeds Act. According to TEA, one staff member would be required to establish and manage the secondary accountability system for dropout recovery schools. In addition, one programmer would be required to collect, process, and report data for the secondary accountability system for dropout recovery schools. Costs associated with these FTEs would total $484,854 in the biennium.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.