LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 85TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 18, 2017 TO: Honorable Dan Huberty, Chair, House Committee on Public Education FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB2130 by Roberts (Relating to a study conducted by the Texas Education Agency regarding the statewide assessment program in relation to students in special education programs.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend the Education Code to require the Texas Education Agency (TEA), from funds already appropriated, to conduct a study of the impact of the statewide assessment program on students eligible for special education using data collected by the agency. In conducting the study, the bill would require TEA to address whether the administration of alternative assessment instruments to students eligible for special education complies with the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA); whether administering certain state-required assessment instruments to students eligible for special education results in specific elements; and whether making a statutory change that has the effect of exempting certain students from the administration of certain assessment instruments would impact the statewide assessment program. The bill would require TEA to identify specific recommendations related to improving the impact of the statewide assessment program on students in a special education program, and to submit a report to each member of the Legislature with the agency's determinations and recommendations by October 1, 2018. Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies:701 Texas Education Agency LBB Staff: UP, THo, AM, AW LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 85TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 18, 2017 TO: Honorable Dan Huberty, Chair, House Committee on Public Education FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB2130 by Roberts (Relating to a study conducted by the Texas Education Agency regarding the statewide assessment program in relation to students in special education programs.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted TO: Honorable Dan Huberty, Chair, House Committee on Public Education FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB2130 by Roberts (Relating to a study conducted by the Texas Education Agency regarding the statewide assessment program in relation to students in special education programs.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted Honorable Dan Huberty, Chair, House Committee on Public Education Honorable Dan Huberty, Chair, House Committee on Public Education Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board HB2130 by Roberts (Relating to a study conducted by the Texas Education Agency regarding the statewide assessment program in relation to students in special education programs.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted HB2130 by Roberts (Relating to a study conducted by the Texas Education Agency regarding the statewide assessment program in relation to students in special education programs.), 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 amend the Education Code to require the Texas Education Agency (TEA), from funds already appropriated, to conduct a study of the impact of the statewide assessment program on students eligible for special education using data collected by the agency. In conducting the study, the bill would require TEA to address whether the administration of alternative assessment instruments to students eligible for special education complies with the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA); whether administering certain state-required assessment instruments to students eligible for special education results in specific elements; and whether making a statutory change that has the effect of exempting certain students from the administration of certain assessment instruments would impact the statewide assessment program. The bill would require TEA to identify specific recommendations related to improving the impact of the statewide assessment program on students in a special education program, and to submit a report to each member of the Legislature with the agency's determinations and recommendations by October 1, 2018. Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies: 701 Texas Education Agency 701 Texas Education Agency LBB Staff: UP, THo, AM, AW UP, THo, AM, AW