LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 86TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 6, 2019

TO:	Honorable Larry Taylor, Chair, Senate Committee on Education
FROM:	John McGeady, Assistant Director     Sarah Keyton, Assistant Director Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB54 by Zaffirini ( relating to a study regarding the appropriate methods and standards to evaluate certain students participating in regional day school programs for the deaf.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for SB54, Committee Report 1st House, Substituted: a negative impact of ($250,000) 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.

General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact:

Fiscal Year	Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds
2020	($250,000)
2021	$0
2022	$0
2023	$0
2024	$0

All Funds, Five-Year Impact:

Fiscal Year	Probable Savings/(Cost) from General Revenue Fund 1
2020	($250,000)
2021	$0
2022	$0
2023	$0
2024	$0

Fiscal Analysis

The bill would require the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to conduct a study regarding appropriate methods and standards to evaluate the performance of certain students who spend at least 50 percent of the instructional day participating in a regional day school program for the deaf and whose parents live outside the school district providing program services.

Methodology

TEA assumes it would contract with a vendor to conduct the study of appropriate evaluation techniques for a cost of $250,000 in fiscal year 2020.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

701 Texas Education Agency

LBB Staff:

WP, HL, AM, ASa