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

 

 

 

SPONSOR:

Nava

 

DATE TYPED:

01/27/03

 

HB

 

 

SHORT TITLE:

Out-of-School Programs Study

 

SB

SJM 5

 

 

ANALYST:

Chabot

 

APPROPRIATION

 

Appropriation Contained

Estimated Additional Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY03

FY04

FY03

FY04

 

 

 

 

 

$.01

(See Narrative)

 

 

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

 

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

 

LFC Files

 

Responses Received From

Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD)

Department of Health (DOH)

State Department of Education

 

SUMMARY

 

     Synopsis of Bill

 

Senate Joint Memorial 5 requests CYFD, Department of Labor, DOH, and other appropriate agencies identify direct dollars being expended for out-of-school programs.  All participants in the cooperative agreement advisory committee are to issue a summary report of total dollars by county and municipality by program area and impact, and make recommendations on issues requiring further study.  Expenditure information is requested for fiscal years 2001-2003.  The memorial requests that a formal report be presented to the Legislative Education Study Committee by November 2003.

 

     Significant Issues

 

CYFD states that this information was provided in calendar year 2000 as a result of a previous Senate Joint Memorial.  They will use the previous information as a baseline for the requested information.

 

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

 

Administrative costs may be incurred in this study, especially if a contract is used to obtain the requested information.  No estimate of required funds was provided by responding agencies.

 

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

 

If the Legislative Education Study Committee (LESC) requires this information, a method should be devised so that this information could be collected by the Department of Finance and Administration and reported to LESC on a monthly basis.  Project codes may have to be assigned for tracking in the financial system but the data would be timely.  Collection, after-the-fact, for significant periods of time is an inefficient method of collecting financial information.

 

POSSIBLE QUESTIONS

 

  1. How will the requested information be used by the Legislative Education Study Committee?
  2. Has other methods of data collection been considered?

 

GC/njw