LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION March 24, 2009 TO: Honorable Florence Shapiro, Chair, Senate Committee on Education FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB1219 by Averitt (relating to a parenting and paternity awareness component of the health curriculum used in public high schools), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. Local Government Impact No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. State Board of Education (SBOE) rule currently requires school districts to include the parenting and paternity awareness program developed by the SBOE and the Office of the Attorney General in the curriculum for any full-year high school course that qualifies for health education credit. School districts would have additional discretion to allow a teacher to modify the suggested sequence and pace of the program. Source Agencies:701 Central Education Agency LBB Staff: JOB, JSp, JGM, AW LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION March 24, 2009 TO: Honorable Florence Shapiro, Chair, Senate Committee on Education FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB1219 by Averitt (relating to a parenting and paternity awareness component of the health curriculum used in public high schools), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted TO: Honorable Florence Shapiro, Chair, Senate Committee on Education FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: SB1219 by Averitt (relating to a parenting and paternity awareness component of the health curriculum used in public high schools), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted Honorable Florence Shapiro, Chair, Senate Committee on Education Honorable Florence Shapiro, Chair, Senate Committee on Education John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board SB1219 by Averitt (relating to a parenting and paternity awareness component of the health curriculum used in public high schools), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted SB1219 by Averitt (relating to a parenting and paternity awareness component of the health curriculum used in public high schools), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. Local Government Impact No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. State Board of Education (SBOE) rule currently requires school districts to include the parenting and paternity awareness program developed by the SBOE and the Office of the Attorney General in the curriculum for any full-year high school course that qualifies for health education credit. School districts would have additional discretion to allow a teacher to modify the suggested sequence and pace of the program. No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. State Board of Education (SBOE) rule currently requires school districts to include the parenting and paternity awareness program developed by the SBOE and the Office of the Attorney General in the curriculum for any full-year high school course that qualifies for health education credit. School districts would have additional discretion to allow a teacher to modify the suggested sequence and pace of the program. Source Agencies: 701 Central Education Agency 701 Central Education Agency LBB Staff: JOB, JSp, JGM, AW JOB, JSp, JGM, AW