LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 88TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 12, 2023 TO: Honorable Brandon Creighton, Chair, Senate Committee on Education FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: SB2497 by Middleton (Relating to the bilingual education allotment under the public school finance system.), As Introduced Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for SB2497, As Introduced : a negative impact of ($55,210,672) through the biennium ending August 31, 2025. 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 Funds2024($27,036,614)2025($28,174,058)2026($28,228,609)2027($28,343,899)2028($28,563,991)All Funds, Five-Year Impact: Fiscal Year Probable Savings/(Cost) fromGeneral Revenue Fund1 Probable Savings/(Cost) fromFoundation School Fund193 Probable Savings/(Cost) fromRecapture Payments Atten Crdts89052024($18,568)($27,018,046)$9,258,3262025($55,704)($28,118,354)$9,189,5462026$0($28,228,609)$9,227,4132027$0($28,343,899)$9,431,3242028$0($28,563,991)$9,445,190 Fiscal AnalysisThe bill would allow all bilingual programs and special language programs (ESL) to generate the Bilingual Education Allotment (BEA) and would allow all dual language immersion programs to generate the additional allotment for emergent bilingual students and non-emergent bilingual students under an exception.
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 88TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 12, 2023
TO: Honorable Brandon Creighton, Chair, Senate Committee on Education FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: SB2497 by Middleton (Relating to the bilingual education allotment under the public school finance system.), As Introduced
TO: Honorable Brandon Creighton, Chair, Senate Committee on Education
FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB2497 by Middleton (Relating to the bilingual education allotment under the public school finance system.), As Introduced
Honorable Brandon Creighton, Chair, Senate Committee on Education
Honorable Brandon Creighton, Chair, Senate Committee on Education
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
SB2497 by Middleton (Relating to the bilingual education allotment under the public school finance system.), As Introduced
SB2497 by Middleton (Relating to the bilingual education allotment under the public school finance system.), As Introduced
Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for SB2497, As Introduced : a negative impact of ($55,210,672) through the biennium ending August 31, 2025. 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 SB2497, As Introduced : a negative impact of ($55,210,672) through the biennium ending August 31, 2025. 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:
2024 ($27,036,614)
2025 ($28,174,058)
2026 ($28,228,609)
2027 ($28,343,899)
2028 ($28,563,991)
All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
2024 ($18,568) ($27,018,046) $9,258,326
2025 ($55,704) ($28,118,354) $9,189,546
2026 $0 ($28,228,609) $9,227,413
2027 $0 ($28,343,899) $9,431,324
2028 $0 ($28,563,991) $9,445,190
Fiscal Analysis
The bill would allow all bilingual programs and special language programs (ESL) to generate the Bilingual Education Allotment (BEA) and would allow all dual language immersion programs to generate the additional allotment for emergent bilingual students and non-emergent bilingual students under an exception.
Methodology
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) assumes that 80,000 students participating in an alternative language education program would be funded under this bill at a cost of $27.0 million in fiscal year 2024, $28.1 million in fiscal year 2025, increasing to $28.6 million in fiscal year 2028. The cost would include a decrease in Recapture Payments - Attendance Credits of $9.3 million in fiscal year 2024, $9.2 million in fiscal year 2025, increasing to $9.4 million in fiscal year 2028. The decrease in recapture is reflected as a savings in the table above because recapture is appropriated as a method of finance for the FSP in the General Appropriations Act.
Technology
The agency assumes there would be technological costs associated with implementing the bill and estimate that this amount would be $18,568 in fiscal year 2024 and $55,704 in fiscal year 2025.
Local Government Impact
Local Education Agencies (LEAs) would need to report the Alternative Language Education Method for a teacher where the LEA has received an approved Bilingual or ESL waiver from TEA. The agency assumes that there would not be a large fiscal impact to LEAs to change the student information system coding. The LEAs would receive additional funding for students served in a dual language immersion/one-way or two-way program model where there is an approved waiver under this bill. The agency assumes that LEAs would need to apply for a waiver for these types of programs when there is not a certified teacher.
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701 Texas Education Agency
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