Honorable Dan Patrick, Lieutenant Governor, Senate
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB12 by Creighton (Relating to parental rights in public education, including the imposition of certain requirements and prohibitions regarding instruction and diversity, equity, and inclusion duties.), As Passed 2nd House
Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for SB12, As Passed 2nd House: a negative impact of ($1,481,790) through the biennium ending August 31, 2027.
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
2026
($475,808)
2027
($1,005,982)
2028
($195,856)
2029
($195,856)
2030
($195,856)
All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
Fiscal Year
Probable Savings/(Cost) from General Revenue Fund 1
Change in Number of State Employees from FY 2025
2026
($475,808)
2.0
2027
($1,005,982)
2.0
2028
($195,856)
2.0
2029
($195,856)
2.0
2030
($195,856)
2.0
Fiscal Analysis
The bill would require a public elementary or secondary school, the school's governing body, and the school's employees to comply with certain policies, including a prohibition on the infringement of parental rights and a prohibition on diversity, equity, and inclusion duties.
The bill would require districts to implement a local grievance procedure to address grievances relating to the policies prohibiting diversity, equity, and inclusion duties and the infringement of parental rights.
The bill would require local education agencies (LEAs) to annually report to the Texas Education Agency (TEA) information relating to facility space and usage. TEA would be required to produce and make available the report for LEAs to use.
The bill would require school district boards of trustees to adopt, post, and make available to TEA certain grievance policies and procedures.
Methodology
This analysis assumes TEA could implement provisions of the bill with 2.0 FTEs at an annual cost of $0.2 million.
Technology
TEA assumes IT costs to implement the provisions of the bill would total $0.3 million in fiscal year 2026 and $0.8 million in fiscal year 2027.
Local Government Impact
TEA assumes that there may be costs to LEAs associated with reporting facility usage.
Public schools would be required to adopt a policy prohibiting an employee from assisting an enrolled student with social transitioning and to investigate suspected violations. According to TEA, public schools may incur costs associated with investigating violations.
LEAs may incur costs to implement provisions of the bill requiring certain reports, website postings, policy adoption, plan and procedure development, records maintenance, and providing copies of materials; however, these costs could not be determined at this time.
Source Agencies:
212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 302 Office of the Attorney General, 530 Family and Protective Services, Department of, 701 Texas Education Agency