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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR:	Lopez		DATE TYPED:	01/28/02		HB
SHORT TITLE:		Future Teachers Program				SB	125
					ANALYST:		Segura

APPROPRIATION

Appropriation Contained

Estimated Additional Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY02

FY03

FY02

FY03

$300.0

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Duplicates/Relates to Appropriation in The General Appropriation Act

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

State Department of Education (SDE)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 125 directs the SDE to design and implement a program to recruit, mentor and prepare public school students and public university students to follow a career in teaching.

Significant Issues

The program should include summer instruction, classroom experience and mentoring by outstanding teachers, a plan for students in grades 6-16 and an evaluation component.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

Senate Bill 125 appropriates $300.0 from the general fund and is recurring.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

The SDE would contract for services to develop the program. The SDE states that the program would support the department’s performance measures assuring a high percentage of teachers licensed/endorsed in the subject they teach.

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