LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

May 15, 2025

TO:	Honorable Bryan Hughes, Chair, Senate Committee on Jurisprudence
FROM:	Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB2495 by Dutton (relating to certain rights of a child or a parent or the sole managing conservator of a child in relation to the child’s enrollment in school.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would allow a parent, a non-parent, a licensed child placing agency, or the Department of Family and Protective Services appointed as sole managing conservator of the child, the right to designate the school the child will attend and to enroll the child in the school, subject to any eligibility or admissions requirement.

It is assumed any costs to the Department of Family and Protective Services, the Office of Court Administration, and the Texas Education Agency could be absorbed within existing resources. 

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 530 Family and Protective Services, Department of

LBB Staff:

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