COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH
OVERSIGHT DIVISION
FISCAL NOTE
L.R. No.:3316H.01I Bill No.:HB 1804 Subject:Education, Elementary and Secondary Type:Original Date:January 28, 2022Bill Summary:This proposal provides for new school board subdistricts and member
elections in certain cities.
FISCAL SUMMARY
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON GENERAL REVENUE FUNDFUND AFFECTEDFY 2023FY 2024FY 2025Total Estimated Net
Effect on General
Revenue $0$0$0
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON OTHER STATE FUNDSFUND AFFECTEDFY 2023FY 2024FY 2025Total Estimated Net
Effect on Other State
Funds $0$0$0
Numbers within parentheses: () indicate costs or losses. L.R. No. 3316H.01I
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ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON FEDERAL FUNDSFUND AFFECTEDFY 2023FY 2024FY 2025Total Estimated Net
Effect on All Federal
Funds $0$0$0
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON FULL TIME EQUIVALENT (FTE)FUND AFFECTEDFY 2023FY 2024FY 2025Total Estimated Net
Effect on FTE 000
☐ Estimated Net Effect (expenditures or reduced revenues) expected to exceed $250,000 in any
of the three fiscal years after implementation of the act or at full implementation of the act.
☐ Estimated Net Effect (savings or increased revenues) expected to exceed $250,000 in any of
the three fiscal years after implementation of the act or at full implementation of the act.
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON LOCAL FUNDSFUND AFFECTEDFY 2023FY 2024FY 2025Local Government$0 or (Unknown)$0 or (Unknown)$0 or (Unknown) L.R. No. 3316H.01I
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FISCAL ANALYSIS
ASSUMPTION
Officials from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of the State
Courts Administrator and the Office of the Secretary of State each assume the proposal will
have no fiscal impact on their respective organizations. Oversight does not have any information
to the contrary. Therefore, Oversight will reflect a zero impact in the fiscal note for these
agencies.
Officials from the St. Louis County Board of Elections states it would take their office 15
hours per subdistrict that they would have to draw. With that in mind, they estimate that they
would have to draw 161 subdistricts for the 23 impacted school districts. This would entail 2,415
hours of programming at a cost of $24.00 per hour for a total of $57,960.
Officials from the Jackson County Board of Elections, Platte County Board of Elections and
the St. Louis City Board of Elections each assume the proposal will have no fiscal impact on
their respective organizations.
Oversight assumes there could be costs for local election authorities to draw sub-district
boundaries. Oversight assumes this proposal is permissive; therefore, Oversight will show a
range of impact of $0 (no school districts choose to subdivide) to an unknown cost for local
election authorities for school districts that choose to subdivide.
In response to a similar proposal, HB 164 (2021), officials from the Affton 101 School District,
Fordland R-III School District and the Marquand-Zion R-VI School District each assumed
this proposal would have a fiscal impact on their respective organizations. However, these school
districts did not provide any further information regarding the impact.
In response to a similar proposal, HB 164 (2021), officials from the High Point R-III School
District and the Malta Bend R-V School District each assumed the proposal would have no
fiscal impact on their respective organizations.
Oversight requested additional information from the responding school districts; however, no
additional information was received. Based on the information available at the time this fiscal
note was completed, Oversight assumes there is no fiscal impact to thee school districts.
Oversight received limited responses from local election authorities and school districts related
to the fiscal impact of this proposal. Oversight has presented this fiscal note on the best current
information available. Upon the receipt of additional responses, Oversight will review to
determine if an updated fiscal note should be prepared and seek the necessary approval to
publish a new fiscal note. L.R. No. 3316H.01I
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Oversight only reflects the responses received from state agencies and political subdivisions;
however, other local election authorities and school districts were requested to respond to this
proposed legislation but did not. A general listing of political subdivisions included in
Oversight’s database is available upon request.
FISCAL IMPACT – State GovernmentFY 2023
(10 Mo.)
FY 2024FY 2025$0$0$0FISCAL IMPACT – Local GovernmentFY 2023
(10 Mo.)
FY 2024FY 2025LOCAL ELECTION
AUTHORITIES
Costs - Election Authorities - for
redistricting and conducting elections -
§162.563
$0 or
(Unknown)
$0 or
(Unknown)
$0 or
(Unknown)
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON
LOCAL ELECTION
AUTHORITIES
$0 or
(Unknown)
$0 or
(Unknown)
$0 or
(Unknown)
FISCAL IMPACT – Small Business
No direct fiscal impact to small businesses would be expected as a result of this proposal.
FISCAL DESCRIPTION
This bill allows for any seven-director school district or an urban district to be divided into
subdistricts, or a combination of subdistricts and at large districts, and provides for the process
for the election of subdistrict board members. The bill allows for the division process to be
submitted to a vote of the district either by a majority vote of the school board or by an initiative
petition signed by 10% of the number of votes cast in the most recent school board election.
If the ballot measure to divide the district is passed, the bill provides direction on conducting
public hearings and the final development of plans to carry out the division of the district. The
required details of the plan proposal are outlined in the bill. L.R. No. 3316H.01I
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Subdistricts shall be of contiguous and compact territory and as nearly equal in population as
practicable. The bill contains appeal language for any resident of the district that objects to the
division of the district by the election authority, and prevents any district that votes to divide
from making changes for five years after the division.
The bill prohibits school districts from requiring signatures on a petition as a method of filing for
a school board candidate.
This legislation is not federally mandated, would not duplicate any other program and would not
require additional capital improvements or rental space.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Office of the State Courts Administrator
Office of the Secretary of State
St. Louis County Board of Election Commission
Affton 101 School District
Fordland R-III School District
Marquand-Zion R-VI School District
High Point R-III School District
Malta Bend R-V School District
Platte County Board of Elections
Jackson County Board of Elections
Platte County Board of Elections
St. Louis City Board of Elections
Julie MorffRoss StropeDirectorAssistant DirectorJanuary 28, 2022January 28, 2022