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

SPONSOR SEC

ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

2/22/2007

HB

SHORT TITLE

Public Peace, Health, Safety and Welfare

Instructional Material Fund Uses

SB 1225/SECS

ANALYST Aguilar

ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL OPERATING BUDGET IMPACT (dollars in thousands)

FY07

FY08

FY09 3 Year

Total Cost

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

Total

*Indeterminate

Recurring General

Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

The Senate Education Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 225 expands the uses for which

funds from the Instructional Materials Fund may be used.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

SB1225/SECS provides that 25 percent of that portion of the Instructional Materials Fund per-

mitted to be used to purchase instructional materials not on the state approved multiple list be

authorized for use to purchase other classroom materials.

For FY08 the appropriation contained in the General Appropriations Act for instructional materi-

als is $37.2 million. Of this amount, $18.6 million is authorized for the purchase of instructional

materials not included on the state approved multiple lists. This bill would then authorize up to

$4.7 million to be used for the purchase of other classroom materials.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

The bill defines “Other Classroom Materials" as materials other than text books that are used to

support direct instruction to students".

It appears the intent of this bill is to relieve teachers of “out of pocket expenses" incurred in pur-

chasing materials needed to complement classroom instruction

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