LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 7, 2009 TO: Honorable Rob Eissler, Chair, House Committee on Public Education FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB136 by Villarreal (relating to providing notification to parents of eligible children of the availability of prekindergarten programs. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would require the Texas Education Agency (TEA), in cooperation with other state agencies, to develop strategies for increasing public awareness of prekindergarten programs. The bill would require school districts to report strategies implemented for increase public awareness of public prekindergarten programs to TEA. The bill would direct the agency to conduct a study to identify effective methods of communicating the availability of prekindergarten programs and to make recommendations to school districts based on the study not later than February 2010. The agency would be required to report by December 1, 2010 to the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House, and the chairmen of the legislative standing committees with primary jurisdiction over public education on the strategies developed under the provisions of the bill. The bill would require TEA to post reports received from each school district on the TEA website within 90 days of receiving a report. TEA estimates a one-time contract cost of $100,000 in FY2010 to perform the required study and ongoing costs of $30,000 in FY2010 and each subsequent year for contracted services to perform web postings of annual reports from each school district. Local Government Impact The bill would require school districts to report strategies implemented for increase public awareness of public prekindergarten programs to TEA. Source Agencies:701 Central Education Agency LBB Staff: JOB, JSp, JGM, JSc
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 7, 2009
TO: Honorable Rob Eissler, Chair, House Committee on Public Education FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB136 by Villarreal (relating to providing notification to parents of eligible children of the availability of prekindergarten programs. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Rob Eissler, Chair, House Committee on Public Education
FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB136 by Villarreal (relating to providing notification to parents of eligible children of the availability of prekindergarten programs. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
Honorable Rob Eissler, Chair, House Committee on Public Education
Honorable Rob Eissler, Chair, House Committee on Public Education
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
HB136 by Villarreal (relating to providing notification to parents of eligible children of the availability of prekindergarten programs. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
HB136 by Villarreal (relating to providing notification to parents of eligible children of the availability of prekindergarten programs. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would require the Texas Education Agency (TEA), in cooperation with other state agencies, to develop strategies for increasing public awareness of prekindergarten programs. The bill would require school districts to report strategies implemented for increase public awareness of public prekindergarten programs to TEA. The bill would direct the agency to conduct a study to identify effective methods of communicating the availability of prekindergarten programs and to make recommendations to school districts based on the study not later than February 2010. The agency would be required to report by December 1, 2010 to the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House, and the chairmen of the legislative standing committees with primary jurisdiction over public education on the strategies developed under the provisions of the bill. The bill would require TEA to post reports received from each school district on the TEA website within 90 days of receiving a report. TEA estimates a one-time contract cost of $100,000 in FY2010 to perform the required study and ongoing costs of $30,000 in FY2010 and each subsequent year for contracted services to perform web postings of annual reports from each school district.
The bill would require the Texas Education Agency (TEA), in cooperation with other state agencies, to develop strategies for increasing public awareness of prekindergarten programs. The bill would require school districts to report strategies implemented for increase public awareness of public prekindergarten programs to TEA. The bill would direct the agency to conduct a study to identify effective methods of communicating the availability of prekindergarten programs and to make recommendations to school districts based on the study not later than February 2010.
The agency would be required to report by December 1, 2010 to the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House, and the chairmen of the legislative standing committees with primary jurisdiction over public education on the strategies developed under the provisions of the bill.
The bill would require TEA to post reports received from each school district on the TEA website within 90 days of receiving a report.
TEA estimates a one-time contract cost of $100,000 in FY2010 to perform the required study and ongoing costs of $30,000 in FY2010 and each subsequent year for contracted services to perform web postings of annual reports from each school district.
Local Government Impact
The bill would require school districts to report strategies implemented for increase public awareness of public prekindergarten programs to TEA.
Source Agencies: 701 Central Education Agency
701 Central Education Agency
LBB Staff: JOB, JSp, JGM, JSc
JOB, JSp, JGM, JSc