LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 19, 2013 TO: Honorable Jimmie Don Aycock, Chair, House Committee on Public Education FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB274 by Alvarado (Relating to reporting requirements related to school districts that obtain exceptions from class size limits.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would require school districts that were granted an exception to required class sizes for a campus to report to the Texas Education Agency (TEA) the number of students in the largest class for each affected grade level at that campus. Based on the analysis of TEA, the duties and responsibilities associated with implementing the provisions of the bill could be accomplished by utilizing existing resources. Local Government Impact There would be some administrative costs to school districts that applied for a classroom waiver to collect and report the additional information required. These additional administrative costs would affect only school districts that requested class size waivers. Source Agencies:701 Central Education Agency LBB Staff: UP, JBi, JSc LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 19, 2013 TO: Honorable Jimmie Don Aycock, Chair, House Committee on Public Education FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB274 by Alvarado (Relating to reporting requirements related to school districts that obtain exceptions from class size limits.), 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: HB274 by Alvarado (Relating to reporting requirements related to school districts that obtain exceptions from class size limits.), 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 HB274 by Alvarado (Relating to reporting requirements related to school districts that obtain exceptions from class size limits.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted HB274 by Alvarado (Relating to reporting requirements related to school districts that obtain exceptions from class size limits.), 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 school districts that were granted an exception to required class sizes for a campus to report to the Texas Education Agency (TEA) the number of students in the largest class for each affected grade level at that campus. Based on the analysis of TEA, the duties and responsibilities associated with implementing the provisions of the bill could be accomplished by utilizing existing resources. The bill would require school districts that were granted an exception to required class sizes for a campus to report to the Texas Education Agency (TEA) the number of students in the largest class for each affected grade level at that campus. Based on the analysis of TEA, the duties and responsibilities associated with implementing the provisions of the bill could be accomplished by utilizing existing resources. Local Government Impact There would be some administrative costs to school districts that applied for a classroom waiver to collect and report the additional information required. These additional administrative costs would affect only school districts that requested class size waivers. Source Agencies: 701 Central Education Agency 701 Central Education Agency LBB Staff: UP, JBi, JSc UP, JBi, JSc