LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 87TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION March 29, 2021 TO: Honorable Harold V. Dutton, Jr., Chair, House Committee on Public Education FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB3557 by King, Ken (Relating to allowing parents and guardians to elect for a student to repeat or retake a course or grade.), As Introduced Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB3557, As Introduced : a negative impact of ($200,000) through the biennium ending August 31, 2023. The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill. General Revenue-Related Funds, Five- Year Impact: Fiscal Year Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact toGeneral Revenue Related Funds2022($200,000)2023$02024$02025$02026$0All Funds, Five-Year Impact: Fiscal Year Probable (Cost) fromGeneral Revenue Fund12022($200,000)2023$02024$02025$02026$0 Fiscal AnalysisThe bill would allow public school students in grades pre-kindergarten through twelve to repeat grades or courses, under certain circumstances. The bill establishes processes to resolve disagreements in the event that a school district did not agree with a parent or guardian's decision to retain a student in a grade.The bill would exempt students who had been retained under the provisions of the bill from the definition of "at-risk of dropping out" for the purposes of designing and implementing instructional services. The bill would also require the Texas Education Agency to study whether students such as these should be considered "at-risk."The bill would also allow a student retained under the provisions of the bill to generate average daily attendance for the purposes of determining a school district's entitlement under the state's school finance system.
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 87TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
March 29, 2021
TO: Honorable Harold V. Dutton, Jr., Chair, House Committee on Public Education FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB3557 by King, Ken (Relating to allowing parents and guardians to elect for a student to repeat or retake a course or grade.), As Introduced
TO: Honorable Harold V. Dutton, Jr., Chair, House Committee on Public Education
FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB3557 by King, Ken (Relating to allowing parents and guardians to elect for a student to repeat or retake a course or grade.), As Introduced
Honorable Harold V. Dutton, Jr., Chair, House Committee on Public Education
Honorable Harold V. Dutton, Jr., Chair, House Committee on Public Education
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
HB3557 by King, Ken (Relating to allowing parents and guardians to elect for a student to repeat or retake a course or grade.), As Introduced
HB3557 by King, Ken (Relating to allowing parents and guardians to elect for a student to repeat or retake a course or grade.), As Introduced
Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB3557, As Introduced : a negative impact of ($200,000) through the biennium ending August 31, 2023. The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.
Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB3557, As Introduced : a negative impact of ($200,000) through the biennium ending August 31, 2023. The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.
The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of the bill.
General Revenue-Related Funds, Five- Year Impact:
2022 ($200,000)
2023 $0
2024 $0
2025 $0
2026 $0
All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
2022 ($200,000)
2023 $0
2024 $0
2025 $0
2026 $0
Fiscal Analysis
The bill would allow public school students in grades pre-kindergarten through twelve to repeat grades or courses, under certain circumstances. The bill establishes processes to resolve disagreements in the event that a school district did not agree with a parent or guardian's decision to retain a student in a grade.The bill would exempt students who had been retained under the provisions of the bill from the definition of "at-risk of dropping out" for the purposes of designing and implementing instructional services. The bill would also require the Texas Education Agency to study whether students such as these should be considered "at-risk."The bill would also allow a student retained under the provisions of the bill to generate average daily attendance for the purposes of determining a school district's entitlement under the state's school finance system.
Methodology
According to the Texas Education Agency, the cost of contracting with a vendor to conduct the study required by the bill would be $200,000 in fiscal year 2022.The provisions of the bill related to determining average daily attendance are not anticipated to be significant.
Local Government Impact
Local Education Agencies may experience some costs associated with the provisions of the bill. This could include costs related to convening retention committees in order to settle disputes and related to updating policies and procedures to accommodate students who are retained. However, those costs are not anticipated to be significant.
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701 Texas Education Agency
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