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

SPONSOR:	Beam		DATE TYPED:	02/02/99		HB	61
SHORT TITLE:		Family Involvement Act				SB
					ANALYST:		Woodlee/Fernandez

APPROPRIATION

Appropriation Contained		Estimated Additional Impact		Recurring or Non-Rec	Fund Affected
FY99	FY2000	FY99	FY2000	Recurring or Non-Rec	Fund Affected
NFI	NFI		$ 11.5

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Duplicates/Conflicts with/Companion to/Relates to

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

State Department of Education

Children, Youth, & Families Department

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

The bill enacts the Family Involvement Act to the Public School Code. This will create the Family Involvement Council and require each local school board to establish a family involvement program for each school in the school district.

Significant Issues

According to the State Department of Education, the purpose of the Family Involvement Act is to ensure that family involvement programs are properly designed and implemented while maintaining local flexibility to design a program that best meets the needs of the local community.

The Family Involvement Council will be an advisory council to the State Department of Education. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction will appoint a nine-member council to three-year terms. A State Department of Education employee shall be the chairman of the council.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The original bill does not include an appropriation in its language. However, the State Department of Education indicates that the cost per year for this council will be $11.5 per year. This is for travel and per diem. The Agency indicates that they wish the bill would be amended to include the funding.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

The State Department of Education indicates that the SDE staff will have to perform programmatic duties such as an employee serving as chairman, providing technical support to school districts, as well as coordination and evaluation for the family involvement programs.

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