LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION March 27, 2013 TO: Honorable Jimmie Don Aycock, Chair, House Committee on Public Education FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB202 by Stickland ( Relating to the absence of a student from school to visit with a parent or guardian who will be or has been deployed on military duty.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would require a school district to excuse for a maximum of five days the absence of a student whose active duty military parent or guardian has been called for duty, is on leave from, or has immediately returned from continuous deployment of at least four months outside of the area in which they regularly reside. These excused absences must be taken within 60 days of the date of deployment or within 30 days after the return of the parent or legal guardian from deployment. Local Government Impact According to an analysis by the Texas Education Agency, the extent to which school districts currently lose funding when students miss school to visit with parents under these circumstances is not known. However, the fiscal impact is not anticipated to be significant. Source Agencies:701 Central Education Agency LBB Staff: UP, JBi, JSc
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
March 27, 2013
TO: Honorable Jimmie Don Aycock, Chair, House Committee on Public Education FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB202 by Stickland ( Relating to the absence of a student from school to visit with a parent or guardian who will be or has been deployed on military duty.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Jimmie Don Aycock, Chair, House Committee on Public Education
FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB202 by Stickland ( Relating to the absence of a student from school to visit with a parent or guardian who will be or has been deployed on military duty.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
Honorable Jimmie Don Aycock, Chair, House Committee on Public Education
Honorable Jimmie Don Aycock, Chair, House Committee on Public Education
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
HB202 by Stickland ( Relating to the absence of a student from school to visit with a parent or guardian who will be or has been deployed on military duty.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
HB202 by Stickland ( Relating to the absence of a student from school to visit with a parent or guardian who will be or has been deployed on military duty.), 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 a school district to excuse for a maximum of five days the absence of a student whose active duty military parent or guardian has been called for duty, is on leave from, or has immediately returned from continuous deployment of at least four months outside of the area in which they regularly reside. These excused absences must be taken within 60 days of the date of deployment or within 30 days after the return of the parent or legal guardian from deployment.
Local Government Impact
According to an analysis by the Texas Education Agency, the extent to which school districts currently lose funding when students miss school to visit with parents under these circumstances is not known. However, the fiscal impact is not anticipated to be significant.
Source Agencies: 701 Central Education Agency
701 Central Education Agency
LBB Staff: UP, JBi, JSc
UP, JBi, JSc