COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH
OVERSIGHT DIVISION
FISCAL NOTE
L.R. NO.: 4269-01
BILL NO.: SB 948
SUBJECT: Education, Elementary and Secondary: National Guard
TYPE: Original
DATE: February 14, 2000
FISCAL SUMMARY
| FUND AFFECTED | FY 2001 | FY 2002 | FY 2003 |
| General Revenue | ($171,667) | ($161,217) | ($167,745) |
| National Guard Pilot Instruction Program Fund | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total Estimated
Net Effect on All State Funds |
($171,667) | ($161,217) | ($167,745) |
| FUND AFFECTED | FY 2001 | FY 2002 | FY 2003 |
| Total Estimated
Net Effect on All Federal Funds |
$0 | $0 | $0 |
| FUND AFFECTED | FY 2001 | FY 2002 | FY 2003 |
| Local Government | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Numbers within parentheses: ( ) indicate costs or losses.
This fiscal note contains 5 pages.
ASSUMPTION
Officials from the Department of Social Services, State Treasurer's Office and Office of State Courts Administrator assume the proposal would result in no fiscal impact to the agencies.
Officials from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) assume existing staff could work with the National Guard; therefore, no significant fiscal impact would result to DESE. DESE officials assume the Missouri National Guard could report a fiscal impact.
DESE officials the National Guard Pilot Instruction Program Fund would be able to receive moneys to carry out the purposes of the program. The amount of grants, gifts, donations and appropriations it could receive is unknown.
DESE officials assume children in grades K-8 in local school districts would be able to apply to enter the program. This would be an additional program option for schools. DESE assumes that there would be no significant fiscal impact to school districts.
Officials from the Missouri National Guard (MNG) project that four additional full-time personnel with benefits would be required to establish the pilot public school military training program and establish training models, Code of State Regulations, and coordinate program requirements and standards with the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The cost for these FTE was established using the Uniform Pay Plan proposed for the Office of the Adjutant General and comparing the duties for new personnel to those of existing employees with comparable duties.
TITLE RANGE FTE ANNUAL*
Military Program Administrator 22 1.00 $ 34,992
Clerk Steno II/Secretary 10 1.00 20,172
Military Program Trainer/Instructor IV 18 1.00 29,184
Military Program Trainer/Instructor I 12 1.00 22,164
4.00 $106,512
*Annual salary computed from FY 00 pay grid - market step.
ASSUMPTION (continued)
FY 00 Fringes:
Retirement .1191 $12,685.58
Social Security .0765 8,148.17
Long Term Disability .0053 564.51
Medical Insurance $197.00/month 9,456.00
Life Insurance $ 4.38/month 210.24
Deferred Comp $ 25.00/month 1,200.00
$32,264.50
Expenses and equipment costs were projected using the OA FY 2001 budget instructions as a guide in determining the estimated cost for the Public School Military Training Program. It is projected that one-time equipment items (system furniture (4), lateral files (3), communication, facsimile, copier, and laptop computer) totaling $33,600 would be required with recurring expense items for office expenses, communications, and travel totaling $9,000.
The Office of the Adjutant General (OTAG) in this fiscal estimate has only submitted personal service and expense and equipment costs for full-time staff to work at the OTAG that are necessary to establish policy, develop Codes of State Regulations necessary and to provide program oversight. The OTAG has not attempted to estimate the costs of the trainers that would actually train the students or the cost to fund classroom or field training. Federally funded Missouri National Guard soldiers and full-time staff, due to military training requirements and missions, could not provide this training and oversight in federal status. As a result, all program training and administrative activities would be required to be funded from donations received through the newly created National Guard Pilot Instruction Program Fund (NGPIF).
The OTAG assumes that program costs would be significant when considering Missouri has 519 school districts. MNG officials believe a minimum of one full-time instructor would be required for each junior high school. Additional training materials, transportation, and training areas would need to be funded by the NGPIF.
The Oversight Division assumes the pilot program could be initiated with the FTE estimated by the MNG, and existing teachers could be trained by the MNG trainers.
| FISCAL IMPACT - State Government | FY 2001
(10 Mo.) |
FY 2002 | FY 2003 |
| GENERAL REVENUE FUND | |||
| Cost-General Revenue Fund | |||
| Appropriations to the National Guard Pilot Instruction Program Fund | ($171,667) | ($161,217) | ($167,745) |
| NATIONAL GUARD PILOT INSTRUCTION PROGRAM FUND | |||
| Income-Missouri National Guard | |||
| Appropriations from General Revenue | $171,667 | $161,217 | $167,745 |
| Cost-Missouri National Guard | |||
| Personal Services (4 FTE) | ($88,760) | ($110,773) | ($115,204) |
| Fringe Benefits | ($26,887) | ($33,564) | ($34,907) |
| Expense and Equipment | ($56,020) | ($16,880) | ($17,634) |
| Total Cost-MNG | ($171,667) | ($161,217) | ($167,745) |
| ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON | |||
| NATIONAL GUARD PILOT | |||
| INSTRUCTION PROGRAM FUND | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| FISCAL IMPACT - Local Government | FY 2001
(10 Mo.) |
FY 2002 | FY 2003 |
| $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 establish a pilot program of public grade school instruction using military school methods. The program would be administered by the Missouri National Guard in collaboration with DESE. The National Guard could collaborate with any federal agency involved in national defense in establishing the program.
Students in grades lower than the ninth could apply to attend the program, and the National Guard could establish a policy to accept students assigned to the program by juvenile courts and state agencies. The National Guard would establish entrance standards by grade level.
The National Guard Pilot Instruction Program Fund would be established. The pilot program would be funded from the Fund. The Fund could receive grants, gifts, donations and appropriations to establish and operate the program.
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
Missouri National Guard
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Office of State Courts Administrator
Department of Social Services
State Treasurer's Office
Jeanne Jarrett, CPA
Director
February 14, 2000