LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION February 18, 2013 TO: Honorable Jimmie Don Aycock, Chair, House Committee on Public Education FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB659 by Strama (Relating to state assessment instruments administered in public schools.), As Introduced Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB659, As Introduced: a negative impact of ($2,100,000) through the biennium ending August 31, 2015. The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
February 18, 2013
TO: Honorable Jimmie Don Aycock, Chair, House Committee on Public Education FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB659 by Strama (Relating to state assessment instruments administered in public schools.), As Introduced
TO: Honorable Jimmie Don Aycock, Chair, House Committee on Public Education
FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB659 by Strama (Relating to state assessment instruments administered in public schools.), As Introduced
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
HB659 by Strama (Relating to state assessment instruments administered in public schools.), As Introduced
HB659 by Strama (Relating to state assessment instruments administered in public schools.), As Introduced
Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB659, As Introduced: a negative impact of ($2,100,000) through the biennium ending August 31, 2015. The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.
Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB659, As Introduced: a negative impact of ($2,100,000) through the biennium ending August 31, 2015.
The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.
General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact: Fiscal Year Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds 2014 $0 2015 ($2,100,000) 2016 ($2,100,000) 2017 $0 2018 ($2,100,000)
2014 $0
2015 ($2,100,000)
2016 ($2,100,000)
2017 $0
2018 ($2,100,000)
All Funds, Five-Year Impact: Fiscal Year Probable Savings/(Cost) fromFoundation School Fund193 2014 $0 2015 ($2,100,000) 2016 ($2,100,000) 2017 $0 2018 ($2,100,000)
Fiscal Year Probable Savings/(Cost) fromFoundation School Fund193 2014 $0 2015 ($2,100,000) 2016 ($2,100,000) 2017 $0 2018 ($2,100,000)
2014 $0
2015 ($2,100,000)
2016 ($2,100,000)
2017 $0
2018 ($2,100,000)
Fiscal Analysis
The bill would require a students performance on an end-of-course assessment to account for 15 percent of the students second semester grade for the course, instead of 15 percent of the final grade for the course currently required by statute. The bill would require the annual release of questions and answer keys to each state assessment instrument instead of every three years. The bill would require the Texas Education Agency to notify districts and campuses of the results of assessment instruments within 21 days of the administration of the assessment. The bill would require a school district, including a disciplinary alternative education program provided by the district or a juvenile justice alternative education program, to provide a student the opportunity to retake the assessment by computer at any reasonable time. The bill would remove the requirement that a student must achieve a minimum cumulative score across all end-of-course assessments to graduate. The bill would require a student to meet a minimum score on the English II and Algebra I assessments. The bill would apply beginning with the 2013-14 school year.
The bill would require a students performance on an end-of-course assessment to account for 15 percent of the students second semester grade for the course, instead of 15 percent of the final grade for the course currently required by statute.
The bill would require the annual release of questions and answer keys to each state assessment instrument instead of every three years.
The bill would require the Texas Education Agency to notify districts and campuses of the results of assessment instruments within 21 days of the administration of the assessment.
The bill would require a school district, including a disciplinary alternative education program provided by the district or a juvenile justice alternative education program, to provide a student the opportunity to retake the assessment by computer at any reasonable time.
The bill would remove the requirement that a student must achieve a minimum cumulative score across all end-of-course assessments to graduate. The bill would require a student to meet a minimum score on the English II and Algebra I assessments. The bill would apply beginning with the 2013-14 school year.
Methodology
Requiring the annual release of questions and answer keys to each assessment instrument would require additional costs related to the development of new questions and answers. According to the Texas Education Agency, such development costs would equal $2.1 million per year. Currently, statute requires the questions and answers to be released every third year, and the questions and answers are scheduled to be released in fiscal year 2014 and again in fiscal year 2017. Therefore, any additional costs wouldn't occur until fiscal year 2015 and no additional costs would be incurred in fiscal year 2017.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 701 Central Education Agency
701 Central Education Agency
LBB Staff: UP, JBi, JSc, AH
UP, JBi, JSc, AH