FISCAL NOTE
Date Requested: March 08, 2017
Time Requested: 01:08 PM |
| Agency: |
Education, WV Department of |
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| CBD Number: |
Version: |
Bill Number: |
Resolution Number: |
| 1336 |
Introduced |
HB2853 |
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| CBD Subject: |
Education (K12) |
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FUND(S):
Sources of Revenue:
Other Fund N/A
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 provide a more equitable disbursement of funds to county boards of education to lessen budgetary impact of serving high cost/high acuity special needs students. It also eliminates the requirements for an annual review of rules, policies and standards and federal law and a report to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Educational Accountability. There is no estimated cost to the State for the proposed legislation.
Fiscal Note Detail
| Effect of Proposal |
Fiscal Year |
2017
Increase/Decrease
(use"-") |
2018
Increase/Decrease
(use"-") |
Fiscal Year
(Upon Full
Implementation) |
| 1. Estmated Total Cost |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Personal Services |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Current Expenses |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Repairs and Alterations |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Assets |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Other |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2. Estimated Total Revenues |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Explanation of above estimates (including long-range effect):
Memorandum
There is no estimated cost to the State for the proposed legislation since the bill does not require additional appropriations for high cost/high acuity funding. The proposed legislation would require the State Superintendent to establish, in consultation and coordination with affected county boards, a revised methodology to distribute the amounts currently appropriated by the Legislature for high cost/high acuity students. The new methodology would consider the impact the high cost/high acuity students have on the county's overall instructional budget, which means that some county boards would receive additional funding and others would receive less funding than would be received under the distribution methodology currently utilized.
The revised wording of ยง18-20-5(a)(3)(B) under this proposed legislation appears to remove the requirement that the State appropriate funds to the Department of Education for assisting county boards of education with serving exceptional children with high cost/high acuity special needs. The revised language contained in the proposed legislation appears to only require that the Department of Education disburse any such appropriations to the county boards of education. Eliminating or reducing this appropriation would have a direct impact on the Department of Education's ability to meet annual Maintenance of Effort as required by the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
Person submitting Fiscal Note: Brenda Freed
Email Address: bfreed@k12.wv.us