FISCAL NOTE



FUND(S):



Sources of Revenue:

Other Fund

Legislation creates:

Neither Program nor Fund



Fiscal Note Summary


Effect this measure will have on costs and revenues of state government.


The purpose of this bill is to help improve the offering of driver education courses to secondary school students by providing options for permitted instructors, allowing courses outside of the regular school schedule and allowing county boards to contract for offering the course. The bill also removes the requirement for the State Superintendent of Schools to prescribe the course of instruction, license and periodically inspect commercial driver education schools and removes from the purposes of the program that the secondary school courses also be offered to out-of-school youth and adults.



Fiscal Note Detail


Effect of Proposal Fiscal Year
2014
Increase/Decrease
(use"-")
2015
Increase/Decrease
(use"-")
Fiscal Year
(Upon Full
Implementation)
1. Estmated Total Cost 0 0 -3,064,824
Personal Services 0 0 0
Current Expenses 0 0 0
Repairs and Alterations 0 0 0
Assets 0 0 0
Other 0 0 -3,064,824
2. Estimated Total Revenues 0 0 0


Explanation of above estimates (including long-range effect):


The estimated annual cost savings for the county boards could be as much as $3,064,824 if all 55 county boards implemented the provisions of the bill. This cost savings estimate is based on the assumption that: the driver education courses at all 116 high schools would be contracted to a commercial driving school; the approximate number of students statewide that would be enrolled in the commercial driving schools for which the boards would pay the cost would total 30,000 per year; and the estimated cost for each student would be $150 per pupil. The estimated cost savings were computed as follows: Decrease in Personal Expenses $ 6,955,824 Decrease in Vehicle Cost 464,000 Decrease in Fuel Cost 145,000 Total Cost Savings – Statewide 7,564,824 Cost of contracted services 4,500,000 Net savings $ 3,064,824



Memorandum






    Person submitting Fiscal Note: Brenda Freed
    Email Address: bfreed@access.k12.wv.us