LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 1, 2013 TO: Honorable Dan Patrick, Chair, Senate Committee on Education FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB1538 by Van de Putte (Relating to evaluating the performance, including computing dropout and completion rates, of public schools designated as dropout recovery schools.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would require the commissioner, in evaluating performance on student achievement indicators, to designate as a dropout recovery school a district or open-enrollment charter school or a district or charter school campus that served students in grades 9 through 12, met the eligibility requirements and registered under alternative accountability procedures, and at which 50 percent or more of students were 17 years old or older. The bill would require the commissioner to adopt an alternative computation of dropout and completion rates for dropout recovery schools for purposes of determining the schools' performance. Based on the analysis of the Texas Education Agency, the duties and responsibilities associated with implementing the provisions of the bill could be accomplished by utilizing existing resources. Local Government Impact No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies:701 Central Education Agency LBB Staff: UP, JBi, JSc
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 1, 2013
TO: Honorable Dan Patrick, Chair, Senate Committee on Education FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB1538 by Van de Putte (Relating to evaluating the performance, including computing dropout and completion rates, of public schools designated as dropout recovery schools.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Dan Patrick, Chair, Senate Committee on Education
FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB1538 by Van de Putte (Relating to evaluating the performance, including computing dropout and completion rates, of public schools designated as dropout recovery schools.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
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
SB1538 by Van de Putte (Relating to evaluating the performance, including computing dropout and completion rates, of public schools designated as dropout recovery schools.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
SB1538 by Van de Putte (Relating to evaluating the performance, including computing dropout and completion rates, of public schools designated as dropout recovery schools.), 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 the commissioner, in evaluating performance on student achievement indicators, to designate as a dropout recovery school a district or open-enrollment charter school or a district or charter school campus that served students in grades 9 through 12, met the eligibility requirements and registered under alternative accountability procedures, and at which 50 percent or more of students were 17 years old or older. The bill would require the commissioner to adopt an alternative computation of dropout and completion rates for dropout recovery schools for purposes of determining the schools' performance. Based on the analysis of the Texas Education Agency, the duties and responsibilities associated with implementing the provisions of the bill could be accomplished by utilizing existing resources.
The bill would require the commissioner, in evaluating performance on student achievement indicators, to designate as a dropout recovery school a district or open-enrollment charter school or a district or charter school campus that served students in grades 9 through 12, met the eligibility requirements and registered under alternative accountability procedures, and at which 50 percent or more of students were 17 years old or older.
The bill would require the commissioner to adopt an alternative computation of dropout and completion rates for dropout recovery schools for purposes of determining the schools' performance.
Based on the analysis of the Texas Education Agency, the duties and responsibilities associated with implementing the provisions of the bill could be accomplished by utilizing existing resources.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 701 Central Education Agency
701 Central Education Agency
LBB Staff: UP, JBi, JSc
UP, JBi, JSc