Fiscal Note - SB 0277 - Academic Standards, Assessments and Penalties For Deficient Schools
L.R. NO. 0848-01
BILL NO. SB 277
SUBJECT: Education, Elementary and Secondary
TYPE: Original
DATE: February 26, 1997
FISCAL SUMMARY
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON STATE FUNDS
FUND AFFECTED FY 1998 FY 1999 FY 2000
None $0 $0 $0
Total Estimated
Net Effect on All
State Funds $0 $0 $0
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON FEDERAL FUNDS
FUND AFFECTED FY 1998 FY 1999 FY 2000
None $0 $0 $0
Total Estimated
Net Effect on All
Federal Funds $0 $0 $0
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON LOCAL FUNDS
FUND AFFECTED FY 1998 FY 1999 FY 2000
Local Government $0 $0 $0
FISCAL ANALYSIS
ASSUMPTION
Officials from the Secretary of State's Office and St. Louis Public Schools
assume the proposal would have no fiscal impact on them.
Officials from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education assume
the proposal would result in no fiscal impact to the department or school
districts.
Based on a response to a similar proposal (SB 606) in the prior year, an
official from the St. Louis Board of Election Commissioners states their
responsibility would involve petition verification, which could be done with
existing resources. They assume the election costs would be the
responsibility of the school districts. Therefore, they state the proposal
would have no fiscal impact on the commission.
FISCAL IMPACT - State Government FY 1998 FY 1999 FY 2000
(10 Mo.)
0 0 0
FISCAL IMPACT - Local Government FY 1998 FY 1999 FY 2000
(10 Mo.)
0 0 0
FISCAL IMPACT - Small Business
No direct fiscal impact to small businesses would be expected as a result of
this proposal.
DESCRIPTION
The proposal would require the academic performance standards to include
preparing students for success within American culture. The standards would
neither require nor advocate particular curriculum, teaching method or
educational philosophy, which would remain local decisions.
The proposal would require the statewide assessment system to objective and
verifiable, rather than performance-based.
The proposal would remove the requirement that the assessment system would
only permit the academic performance of students to be tracked against prior
academic performance in the same school.
The proposal states that location would not be a criterion used in
determining which schools are academically deficient. The proposal would
allow any existing assessment system currently in use in determining if a
school is academically deficient. Education audits could not use standards
to find a school academically deficient until that school has been informed
that the standard will be applied prior to the giving of the assessment to
the students. No standard would be applied to any school until and unless it
is applied to every school in the state.
The proposal would remove the provision of current law allowing the
Commissioner of Education to conduct a recall election of the school board,
if the school is deemed academically deficient.
This legislation is not federally mandated, would not duplicate any other
program and would not require additional capital improvements or rental
space.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Secretary of State's Office
St. Louis Public Schools
St. Louis Board of Election Commissioners
This Fiscal Note is not an official copy and should not be quoted or cited.