LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 15, 2025 TO: Honorable Brad Buckley, Chair, House Committee on Public Education FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB2967 by Dutton (Relating to vision screenings for students in public or private school, including vision screening information reporting for public school students and the creation of a vision care allotment under the Foundation School Program.), As Introduced Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB2967, As Introduced: a negative impact of ($35,414,865) through the biennium ending August 31, 2027. 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 Funds2026($17,698,402)2027($17,716,463)2028($16,281,306)2029($15,746,568)2030($16,036,327)All Funds, Five-Year Impact: Fiscal Year Probable Savings/(Cost) fromFoundation School Fund193 Probable Savings/(Cost) fromRecapture Payments Atten Crdts89052026($17,698,402)($2,273,461)2027($17,716,463)($2,724,738)2028($16,281,306)($2,679,811)2029($15,746,568)($2,976,179)2030($16,036,327)($2,472,990) Fiscal AnalysisThe bill would establish the Allotment for Vision Care for Certain Students under the Foundation School Program (FSP). A student would be eligible for the allotment if they were identified as having a vision disorder or other vision program requiring vision care and if they were educationally disadvantaged. A school district would be entitled to an annual allotment of $75, or a greater amount by appropriation, for each eligible student in average daily attendance to provide vision care to eligible students or reimburse parents for vision care provided to an eligible student.
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 15, 2025
TO: Honorable Brad Buckley, Chair, House Committee on Public Education FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB2967 by Dutton (Relating to vision screenings for students in public or private school, including vision screening information reporting for public school students and the creation of a vision care allotment under the Foundation School Program.), As Introduced
TO: Honorable Brad Buckley, Chair, House Committee on Public Education
FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB2967 by Dutton (Relating to vision screenings for students in public or private school, including vision screening information reporting for public school students and the creation of a vision care allotment under the Foundation School Program.), As Introduced
Honorable Brad Buckley, Chair, House Committee on Public Education
Honorable Brad Buckley, Chair, House Committee on Public Education
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
HB2967 by Dutton (Relating to vision screenings for students in public or private school, including vision screening information reporting for public school students and the creation of a vision care allotment under the Foundation School Program.), As Introduced
HB2967 by Dutton (Relating to vision screenings for students in public or private school, including vision screening information reporting for public school students and the creation of a vision care allotment under the Foundation School Program.), As Introduced
Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB2967, As Introduced: a negative impact of ($35,414,865) through the biennium ending August 31, 2027. 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 HB2967, As Introduced: a negative impact of ($35,414,865) through the biennium ending August 31, 2027. 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:
2026 ($17,698,402)
2027 ($17,716,463)
2028 ($16,281,306)
2029 ($15,746,568)
2030 ($16,036,327)
All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
2026 ($17,698,402) ($2,273,461)
2027 ($17,716,463) ($2,724,738)
2028 ($16,281,306) ($2,679,811)
2029 ($15,746,568) ($2,976,179)
2030 ($16,036,327) ($2,472,990)
Fiscal Analysis
The bill would establish the Allotment for Vision Care for Certain Students under the Foundation School Program (FSP). A student would be eligible for the allotment if they were identified as having a vision disorder or other vision program requiring vision care and if they were educationally disadvantaged. A school district would be entitled to an annual allotment of $75, or a greater amount by appropriation, for each eligible student in average daily attendance to provide vision care to eligible students or reimburse parents for vision care provided to an eligible student.
Methodology
TEA assumes approximately 6.8 percent of children under the age of 18 have a vision disorder or other vision problem requiring vision care and 60.0 percent of students in public schools are educationally disadvantaged. Thus, the agency assumes approximately 205,000 ADA would be eligible for the Allotment for Vision Care for Certain Students. This analysis assumes the cost to the FSP would be $17.7 million in fiscal year 2026, $17.7 million in fiscal year 2027, decreasing to $16.0 million in fiscal year 2030.The cost to the FSP includes estimated decreases in Recapture Payments - Attendance Credits revenue of $2.3 million in fiscal year 2026, $2.7 million in fiscal year 2027, decreasing to $2.5 million in fiscal year 2030.This analysis assumes administrative costs to TEA related to reporting on students with vision disorders or other problems requiring vision care could be absorbed using existing resources.The Department of State Health Services and the Health and Human Services Commission assumes any costs associated with implementation of the bill could be absorbed using existing resources.
Local Government Impact
Local Education Agencies (LEAs) would be required to report an indicator for students identified as having a vision disorder or other vision problem requiring care in PEIMS. This analysis assumes LEAs would receive additional funding through the FSP under the bill for the purpose of providing vision care services.
Source Agencies: b > td > 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 529 Health and Human Services Commission, 537 State Health Services, Department of, 701 Texas Education Agency
304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 529 Health and Human Services Commission, 537 State Health Services, Department of, 701 Texas Education Agency
LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, NC, ASA, MJe
JMc, NC, ASA, MJe