LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION May 10, 2013 TO: Honorable Dan Patrick, Chair, Senate Committee on 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.), As Engrossed 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
May 10, 2013
TO: Honorable Dan Patrick, Chair, Senate Committee on 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.), As Engrossed
TO: Honorable Dan Patrick, Chair, Senate Committee on 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.), As Engrossed
Honorable Dan Patrick, Chair, Senate Committee on Education
Honorable Dan Patrick, Chair, Senate Committee on 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.), As Engrossed
HB274 by Alvarado (Relating to reporting requirements related to school districts that obtain exceptions from class size limits.), As Engrossed
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