LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 85TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 10, 2017 TO: Honorable Larry Taylor, Chair, Senate Committee on Education FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB196 by Garcia (Relating to a notification requirement if a public school, including an open-enrollment charter school, does not have a nurse, school counselor, or librarian assigned to the school during all instructional hours.), As Introduced No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would require the principal of a school or charter school located in counties with populations of at least 100,000 to give written notice to parents if the school does not have a full-time nurse, school counselor, or librarian for more than 30 consecutive instructional days during the same school year. Local Government Impact School districts and open-enrollment charter schools may incur some costs related to providing the required notice and translating the notice into the appropriate language for parents whose primary language is not English. However, these costs are not expected to be significant since the bill allows for the notice to be posted on the district's or charter's internet website. Source Agencies:701 Texas Education Agency LBB Staff: UP, THo, AM, AW
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 85TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 10, 2017
TO: Honorable Larry Taylor, Chair, Senate Committee on Education FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB196 by Garcia (Relating to a notification requirement if a public school, including an open-enrollment charter school, does not have a nurse, school counselor, or librarian assigned to the school during all instructional hours.), As Introduced
TO: Honorable Larry Taylor, Chair, Senate Committee on Education
FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB196 by Garcia (Relating to a notification requirement if a public school, including an open-enrollment charter school, does not have a nurse, school counselor, or librarian assigned to the school during all instructional hours.), As Introduced
Honorable Larry Taylor, Chair, Senate Committee on Education
Honorable Larry Taylor, Chair, Senate Committee on Education
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
SB196 by Garcia (Relating to a notification requirement if a public school, including an open-enrollment charter school, does not have a nurse, school counselor, or librarian assigned to the school during all instructional hours.), As Introduced
SB196 by Garcia (Relating to a notification requirement if a public school, including an open-enrollment charter school, does not have a nurse, school counselor, or librarian assigned to the school during all instructional hours.), As Introduced
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would require the principal of a school or charter school located in counties with populations of at least 100,000 to give written notice to parents if the school does not have a full-time nurse, school counselor, or librarian for more than 30 consecutive instructional days during the same school year.
Local Government Impact
School districts and open-enrollment charter schools may incur some costs related to providing the required notice and translating the notice into the appropriate language for parents whose primary language is not English. However, these costs are not expected to be significant since the bill allows for the notice to be posted on the district's or charter's internet website.
Source Agencies: 701 Texas Education Agency
701 Texas Education Agency
LBB Staff: UP, THo, AM, AW
UP, THo, AM, AW