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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Sanchez, B.
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
2/10/2007
HB
SHORT TITLE
School Principals Character Counts Program
SB 704
ANALYST Aguilar
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY07
FY08
$120.0
Recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Relates to appropriations in the General Appropriation Act
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Public Education Department (PED)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
Senate Bill 704 appropriates $120 thousand from the general fund to the Public Education
Department for the purpose of providing character counts leadership training for public school
principals and local superintendents.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $120 thousand contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general
fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2008 shall
revert to the general fund.
The LFC remains concerned with funding initiatives outside of the funding formula as it tends to
disequalize school funding and diverts funding away from core educational needs.
Currently more than $10 million is contained in the funding formula for professional
development statewide. In addition, the General Appropriations Act contains funding for the
teacher professional development fund which could be used for this training.