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LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 88TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
May 11, 2023
TO:
Honorable Brandon Creighton, Chair, Senate Committee on Education
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB1416 by Bell, Keith (relating to accelerated instruction provided to public school students who fail to achieve satisfactory performance on certain assessment instruments.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB1416, Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted : a negative impact of ($497,198) through the biennium ending August 31, 2025.
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is required to implement a provision of the bill only if the legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If the legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that purpose, TEA may, but is not required to, implement a provision of the bill using other appropriations available for that purpose.
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
2024
($246,652)
2025
($250,546)
2026
($247,133)
2027
($247,133)
2028
($247,133)
All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
Fiscal Year
Probable Savings/(Cost) from General Revenue Fund 1
Change in Number of State Employees from FY 2023
2024
($246,652)
2.0
2025
($250,546)
2.0
2026
($247,133)
2.0
2027
($247,133)
2.0
2028
($247,133)
2.0
Fiscal Analysis
The bill would makes multiple changes to the requirements for accelerated instruction such as removing the requirement to convene Accelerated Learning Committees, reducing the required hours for accelerated instruction and modifying the subject areas required to receive accelerated instruction. The bill would require TEA to develop rules for student transfers and to monitor the effectiveness of accelerated instruction.
Methodology
TEA estimates the need for 2.0 full-time-equivalent positions to implement the provisions of the bill that relate to developing and defining rules for reporting requirements to support information sharing with regard to student transfers, communicating and implementing systems to support this information sharing, developing and defining key indicators to monitor best practices in accelerated instruction, developing systems to collect this information from school districts and open-enrollment charter schools, and recommending revisions related to the continuous improvement of accelerated instruction practices.
TEA estimates wages, benefits, and start-up costs to be $245,514 in fiscal year 2024 and $247,133 in subsequent years.
Technology
TEA estimates the cost for development and implementation of changes to the TREx applition to be $1,138 in fiscal year 2024 and $3,413 in fiscal year 2025.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.