COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH

OVERSIGHT DIVISION



FISCAL NOTE



L.R. No.: 0467-01

Bill No.: SB 332

Subject: Education, Elementary and Secondary: Attendance

Type: Original

Date: February 9, 2001




FISCAL SUMMARY



ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON STATE FUNDS
FUND AFFECTED FY 2002 FY 2003 FY 2004
General Revenue (Unknown) (Unknown) (Unknown)
State School Moneys $0 $0 $0
Total Estimated

Net Effect on All

State Funds

(Unknown) (Unknown) (Unknown)



ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON FEDERAL FUNDS
FUND AFFECTED FY 2002 FY 2003 FY 2004
Total Estimated

Net Effect on All

Federal Funds

$0 $0 $0



ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON LOCAL FUNDS
FUND AFFECTED FY 2002 FY 2003 FY 2004
Local Government Unknown Unknown Unknown

Numbers within parentheses: ( ) indicate costs or losses.

This fiscal note contains 3 pages.



FISCAL ANALYSIS



ASSUMPTION



Officials of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education stated that the proposal could cause increases in state aid to affected school districts by increasing their average daily attendance. They also note that districts sometimes now count field trips in average daily attendance if the field trips are considered instructional activities and that some school districts may already be including activities authorized by this proposal in average daily attendance.



FISCAL IMPACT - State Government FY 2002

(10 Mo.)

FY 2003 FY 2004
GENERAL REVENUE FUND
Cost - Increased Transfers to State School Moneys Fund (Unknown) (Unknown) (Unknown)
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON GENERAL REVENUE FUND (Unknown) (Unknown) (Unknown)
STATE SCHOOL MONEYS FUND
Income - Increased Transfers from General Revenue Unknown Unknown Unknown
Cost - Increased Aid to School Districts (Unknown) (Unknown) (Unknown)
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON STATE SCHOOL MONEYS FUND $0 $0 $0



FISCAL IMPACT - Local Government FY 2002

(10 Mo.)

FY 2003 FY 2004
SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Income - Increased State Aid Unknown Unknown Unknown
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON SCHOOL DISTRICTS Unknown Unknown Unknown



FISCAL IMPACT - Small Business



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



DESCRIPTION



This proposal would allow school boards to allow, through policy, students of their districts to participate in sanctioned activities of specified organizations during the Missouri State Fair during school hours and have that participation count as regularly scheduled instruction for



DESCRIPTION (continued)



purposes of computing average daily attendance. Boards could also count sanctioned activities of those organizations outside of the state fair if board members defined the activities as part of regularly scheduled instruction.



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



SOURCES OF INFORMATION



Department of Elementary and Secondary Education











Jeanne Jarrett, CPA

Director

February 9, 2001