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

SPONSOR Foley

DATE TYPED 03/16/05 HB 1039/aHAFC

SHORT TITLE Free Admission to School Athletic Events

SB

ANALYST Chabot

APPROPRIATION

Appropriation Contained Estimated Additional Impact Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY05

FY06

FY05

FY06

NFI

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Related to HB 1018

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC)

Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD)

Public Education Department (PED)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of HAFC amendment

The House Appropriation and Finance Committee amendment to House Bill 1039 deletes the

appropriation. Senate Bill 190 includes a $330 thousand appropriation contingent upon passage

of HB 1039.

Synopsis of Original Bill

House Bill 1039 appropriates $500 thousand from the general fund to PED for the purpose of

holding the Roswell Independent School District (RISD) harmless for loss of admission revenue

from athletic events during a pilot project through FY2009 to determine if juvenile delinquency

is reduced, student and parent participation increased, and overall attendance at athletics events

is increased by providing free admission. PED and RISD will provide periodic reports to the

LESC and other interim committees of the Legislature, and issue a final report to the Governor

and Legislature by December 1, 2008.

House Bill 1039/aHAFC -- Page 2

Significant Issues

AOC states it is unknown if this project would reduce or change caseload in Chaves County

children’s court which would need to assist in the data collection effort.

CYFD assess “the research project could be more informative if it distinguishes between youth

already involved in the juvenile justice system in contrast to youth with no juvenile system his-

tory.”

PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS

AOC has three performance measures that could be impacted by this project:

1.

Cases disposed as a percent of cased filed;

2.

Percent change in case filings by type; and

3.

Clearance rate.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $500 thousand contained in this bill is a non-recurring expense to the gen-

eral fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2009

shall not revert.

PED assesses its cost to administer the program at $5.2 thousand to pay for 160 hours of an edu-

cation administrator’s salary and benefits.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

PED will have to work with RISD to determine fiscal trend data for the following for NMAA

sanctioned events:

•

Student participation;

•

Student attendance;

•

Parent attendance; and

•

Overall attendance.

PED will have to work with CYFD and the Chaves County Children’s Court to obtain juvenile

delinquency statistics and assess whether the free admission resulted in a reduction in incidents.

TECHNICAL ISSUES

Page 2, line 25, strike “and” and insert a comma after governor and insert after “legislature”

“school district superintendents”

Page 3, lines1 and 2, the frequency of the reports should be specified.

POSSIBLE QUESTIONS

1.

How much revenue is generated yearly by RISD from athletic events.

2.

Have other states adopted a similar program.

3.

What much reduction in juvenile delinquency will be sufficient to determine if the pro-

gram is successful.

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