SB 0605 - Fiscal Note

Fiscal Note - SB 0605 - Revises provisions relating to academic standards and assessments for elementary and secondary schools

COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH

OVERSIGHT DIVISION

FISCAL NOTE

L.R. NO. 2380-02

BILL NO. SB 605

SUBJECT: Education, Elementary and Secondary: Teachers

TYPE: Original

DATE: January 13, 1998

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FISCAL SUMMARY

ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON STATE FUNDS
FUND AFFECTED	FY 1999	FY 2000	FY 2001
None	$0	$0	$0
Total Estimated Net Effect on All State Funds	$0	$0	$0

ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON FEDERAL FUNDS
FUND AFFECTED	FY 1999	FY 2000	FY 2001
None	$0	$0	$0
Total Estimated Net Effect on All Federal Funds	$0	$0	$0

ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON LOCAL FUNDS
FUND AFFECTED	FY 1999	FY 2000	FY 2001
Local Government	$0	$0	$0

Numbers within parentheses: ( ) indicate costs or losses

This fiscal note contains 3 pages.

FISCAL ANALYSIS

ASSUMPTION

Officials from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) assume the proposal would result in no fiscal impact to DESE.

FISCAL IMPACT - State Government	FY 1999	FY 2000	FY 2001
	(10 Mo.)
	0	0	0
FISCAL IMPACT - Local Government	FY 1999	FY 2000	FY 2001
	(10 Mo.)
	0	0	0

FISCAL IMPACT - Small Business

No direct fiscal impact to small businesses would be expected as a result of this proposal.

DESCRIPTION

The proposal would require the academic performance standards to include preparing students for success within American culture. The standards would neither require nor advocate particular curriculum, teaching method or educational philosophy, which would remain local decisions. At least one standard would require that no student would be promoted to a higher grade level unless that student has a reading ability at or above one grade level below the student's grade level.

The proposal would remove the requirement that the assessment system would only permit the

academic performance of students to be tracked against prior academic performance in the same school.

The proposal states that location would not be a criterion used in determining which schools are academically deficient. The proposal would allow any existing assessment system currently in use in determining if a school is academically deficient. No standard would be applied to any school until and unless it is applied to every school in the state.

This legislation is not federally mandated, would not duplicate any other program and would not require additional capital improvements or rental space.

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Jeanne Jarrett, CPA

Director

January 13, 1998