Texas 2015 84th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3896 House Committee Report / Fiscal Note

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                    LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD    Austin, Texas      FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION            May 8, 2015      TO: Honorable Jimmie Don Aycock, Chair, House Committee on Public Education      FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board     IN RE:HB3896 by Turner, Sylvester (relating to student access to public school instructional materials and technology.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted    No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.  The bill would require a school district or open-enrollment charter school to provide instructional materials in printed book format to a student who did not have reliable access to technology at home. The bill would require a district or charter school to document each parental request that was denied, including the reason for the denial, and report the information to the Texas Education Agency (TEA) within 30 days. The bill would require the TEA to submit a report to the legislature by September 1 of each year that would identify for each district and charter school the number of parental requests that were denied, and the reason for the denial.The agency estimates there would be a minimal cost associated with implementing the provisions of the bill. Local Government Impact Some administrative costs would be incurred to produce instructional materials in book format at parental request or report denials and the reason for the denials. These costs would vary from district to district depending on how many requests were received and the amount of instructional materials that were printed or the number of denials that had to be reported.    Source Agencies:701 Central Education Agency   LBB Staff:  UP, JBi    

LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
May 8, 2015





  TO: Honorable Jimmie Don Aycock, Chair, House Committee on Public Education      FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board     IN RE:HB3896 by Turner, Sylvester (relating to student access to public school instructional materials and technology.), 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: HB3896 by Turner, Sylvester (relating to student access to public school instructional materials and technology.), 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

HB3896 by Turner, Sylvester (relating to student access to public school instructional materials and technology.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

HB3896 by Turner, Sylvester (relating to student access to public school instructional materials and technology.), 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 a school district or open-enrollment charter school to provide instructional materials in printed book format to a student who did not have reliable access to technology at home. The bill would require a district or charter school to document each parental request that was denied, including the reason for the denial, and report the information to the Texas Education Agency (TEA) within 30 days. The bill would require the TEA to submit a report to the legislature by September 1 of each year that would identify for each district and charter school the number of parental requests that were denied, and the reason for the denial.The agency estimates there would be a minimal cost associated with implementing the provisions of the bill.

Local Government Impact

Some administrative costs would be incurred to produce instructional materials in book format at parental request or report denials and the reason for the denials. These costs would vary from district to district depending on how many requests were received and the amount of instructional materials that were printed or the number of denials that had to be reported.

Source Agencies: 701 Central Education Agency

701 Central Education Agency

LBB Staff: UP, JBi

 UP, JBi