LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 8, 2015 TO: Honorable Kevin Eltife, Chair, Senate Committee on Business & Commerce FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB902 by Taylor, Van (Relating to the disclosure of certain public information by a public school district.), As Introduced No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would make the control files of a school district financial database subject to open records requests. Local Government Impact Based on the analysis of the Texas Education Agency, school districts may be required to renegotiate license agreements if the database structure is considered proprietary by the vendor. Administrative costs may vary depending on the availability of the structure of the database to the district. Many districts with vendor-provided software would not know the database structure and would require cooperation from the vendor. The vendor license agreement may not allow for the disclosure of the database structure or the vendor could charge fees to the district to provide this information. Source Agencies:701 Central Education Agency LBB Staff: UP, CL, JBi
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 8, 2015
TO: Honorable Kevin Eltife, Chair, Senate Committee on Business & Commerce FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB902 by Taylor, Van (Relating to the disclosure of certain public information by a public school district.), As Introduced
TO: Honorable Kevin Eltife, Chair, Senate Committee on Business & Commerce
FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB902 by Taylor, Van (Relating to the disclosure of certain public information by a public school district.), As Introduced
Honorable Kevin Eltife, Chair, Senate Committee on Business & Commerce
Honorable Kevin Eltife, Chair, Senate Committee on Business & Commerce
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
SB902 by Taylor, Van (Relating to the disclosure of certain public information by a public school district.), As Introduced
SB902 by Taylor, Van (Relating to the disclosure of certain public information by a public school district.), As Introduced
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would make the control files of a school district financial database subject to open records requests.
Local Government Impact
Based on the analysis of the Texas Education Agency, school districts may be required to renegotiate license agreements if the database structure is considered proprietary by the vendor. Administrative costs may vary depending on the availability of the structure of the database to the district. Many districts with vendor-provided software would not know the database structure and would require cooperation from the vendor. The vendor license agreement may not allow for the disclosure of the database structure or the vendor could charge fees to the district to provide this information.
Source Agencies: 701 Central Education Agency
701 Central Education Agency
LBB Staff: UP, CL, JBi
UP, CL, JBi