LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 87TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION May 11, 2021 TO: Honorable Larry Taylor, Chair, Senate Committee on Education FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: SB487 by Hughes (relating to the applicability of certain laws to open-enrollment charter schools.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend the Education Code and the Local Government Code to provide that open-enrollment charter schools are on the same footing as independent school districts with regard to various regulations and fees that may be imposed by a political subdivision and that a political subdivision may not take any action that would prohibit an open-enrollment charter school from operating within the political subdivision's jurisdiction that it could not take against a school district. Local Government ImpactAccording to the Texas Education Agency, the bill's provision may result in a cost savings to open-enrollment charter schools.According to the Texas Association of Counties, no significant fiscal implication to counties is anticipated. Source Agencies: b > td > 701 Texas Education Agency LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, SL, AJL, CMA, DPE
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 87TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
May 11, 2021
TO: Honorable Larry Taylor, Chair, Senate Committee on Education FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: SB487 by Hughes (relating to the applicability of certain laws to open-enrollment charter schools.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Larry Taylor, Chair, Senate Committee on Education
FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB487 by Hughes (relating to the applicability of certain laws to open-enrollment charter schools.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
Honorable Larry Taylor, Chair, Senate Committee on Education
Honorable Larry Taylor, Chair, Senate Committee on Education
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
SB487 by Hughes (relating to the applicability of certain laws to open-enrollment charter schools.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
SB487 by Hughes (relating to the applicability of certain laws to open-enrollment charter schools.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Education Code and the Local Government Code to provide that open-enrollment charter schools are on the same footing as independent school districts with regard to various regulations and fees that may be imposed by a political subdivision and that a political subdivision may not take any action that would prohibit an open-enrollment charter school from operating within the political subdivision's jurisdiction that it could not take against a school district.
Local Government Impact
According to the Texas Education Agency, the bill's provision may result in a cost savings to open-enrollment charter schools.According to the Texas Association of Counties, no significant fiscal implication to counties is anticipated.
According to the Texas Association of Counties, no significant fiscal implication to counties is anticipated.
Source Agencies: b > td > 701 Texas Education Agency
701 Texas Education Agency
LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, SL, AJL, CMA, DPE
JMc, SL, AJL, CMA, DPE