LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION May 10, 2013 TO: Honorable Jimmie Don Aycock, Chair, House Committee on Public Education FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB906 by Deuell (Relating to developmentally appropriate assessment of special education students.), As Engrossed No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would prohibit the Texas Education Agency (TEA) from adopting a performance standard for students receiving special education services that indicated that the student did not meet standards if the admission, review, and dismissal (ARD) committee determined that the lowest level of an assessment accurately represented the student's developmental level. This bill has no direct fiscal implications for the Foundation School Program (FSP) and no significant impact on the operations of the TEA. The commissioner of education has the authority to set the performance standards on assessments, and the TEA has sufficient input from the original standard-setting committees to make any necessary adjustments to the performance standards. 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
May 10, 2013
TO: Honorable Jimmie Don Aycock, Chair, House Committee on Public Education FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB906 by Deuell (Relating to developmentally appropriate assessment of special education students.), As Engrossed
TO: Honorable Jimmie Don Aycock, Chair, House Committee on Public Education
FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB906 by Deuell (Relating to developmentally appropriate assessment of special education students.), As Engrossed
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
SB906 by Deuell (Relating to developmentally appropriate assessment of special education students.), As Engrossed
SB906 by Deuell (Relating to developmentally appropriate assessment of special education students.), As Engrossed
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would prohibit the Texas Education Agency (TEA) from adopting a performance standard for students receiving special education services that indicated that the student did not meet standards if the admission, review, and dismissal (ARD) committee determined that the lowest level of an assessment accurately represented the student's developmental level. This bill has no direct fiscal implications for the Foundation School Program (FSP) and no significant impact on the operations of the TEA. The commissioner of education has the authority to set the performance standards on assessments, and the TEA has sufficient input from the original standard-setting committees to make any necessary adjustments to the performance standards.
The bill would prohibit the Texas Education Agency (TEA) from adopting a performance standard for students receiving special education services that indicated that the student did not meet standards if the admission, review, and dismissal (ARD) committee determined that the lowest level of an assessment accurately represented the student's developmental level.
This bill has no direct fiscal implications for the Foundation School Program (FSP) and no significant impact on the operations of the TEA. The commissioner of education has the authority to set the performance standards on assessments, and the TEA has sufficient input from the original standard-setting committees to make any necessary adjustments to the performance standards.
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