LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 7, 2011 TO: Honorable Florence Shapiro, Chair, Senate Committee on Education FROM: John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB1410 by Duncan (Relating to reporting student enrollment in tech-prep programs and evaluating tech-prep consortia.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would implement the recommendation in the report, "Improve Accountability of Tech Prep Consortia" in the Legislative Budget Board's Government Effectiveness and Efficiency Report, submitted to the Eighty-second Texas Legislature, 2011. The bill would require the Texas Education Agency to establish procedures for school districts and open-enrollment charter schools to accurately identify and report high school students as participants in a Tech Prep program of study. The bill would also require the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to conduct annual evaluations of Tech Prep consortia and provide them with written evaluation findings and recommendations. The evaluations would be required to be conducted on-site at least once every four years. Local Government Impact No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies:701 Central Education Agency, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board LBB Staff: JOB, LXH, JI, RN
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 7, 2011
TO: Honorable Florence Shapiro, Chair, Senate Committee on Education FROM: John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB1410 by Duncan (Relating to reporting student enrollment in tech-prep programs and evaluating tech-prep consortia.), 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: SB1410 by Duncan (Relating to reporting student enrollment in tech-prep programs and evaluating tech-prep consortia.), 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
SB1410 by Duncan (Relating to reporting student enrollment in tech-prep programs and evaluating tech-prep consortia.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
SB1410 by Duncan (Relating to reporting student enrollment in tech-prep programs and evaluating tech-prep consortia.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would implement the recommendation in the report, "Improve Accountability of Tech Prep Consortia" in the Legislative Budget Board's Government Effectiveness and Efficiency Report, submitted to the Eighty-second Texas Legislature, 2011. The bill would require the Texas Education Agency to establish procedures for school districts and open-enrollment charter schools to accurately identify and report high school students as participants in a Tech Prep program of study. The bill would also require the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to conduct annual evaluations of Tech Prep consortia and provide them with written evaluation findings and recommendations. The evaluations would be required to be conducted on-site at least once every four years.
The bill would implement the recommendation in the report, "Improve Accountability of Tech Prep Consortia" in the Legislative Budget Board's Government Effectiveness and Efficiency Report, submitted to the Eighty-second Texas Legislature, 2011.
The bill would require the Texas Education Agency to establish procedures for school districts and open-enrollment charter schools to accurately identify and report high school students as participants in a Tech Prep program of study. The bill would also require the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to conduct annual evaluations of Tech Prep consortia and provide them with written evaluation findings and recommendations. The evaluations would be required to be conducted on-site at least once every four years.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 701 Central Education Agency, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board
701 Central Education Agency, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board
LBB Staff: JOB, LXH, JI, RN
JOB, LXH, JI, RN