Bill Text: TX HB85 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to a study conducted by the Legislative Budget Board on the impact of federal educational mandates on school districts.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-25 - Referred to Appropriations [HB85 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB85-Introduced.html

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87R910 JES-D
By: Toth H.B. No. 85

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a study conducted by the Legislative Budget Board on the
impact of federal educational mandates on school districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. STUDY OF IMPACT OF FEDERAL EDUCATIONAL MANDATES
ON SCHOOL DISTRICTS. (a) In this section, "federal educational
mandate" means a federal statutory provision or a rule or
regulation adopted under that provision the implementation of which
requires an expenditure by a school district that would not have
been required in the absence of the statutory provision or the rule
or regulation adopted under that provision.
(b) The Legislative Budget Board, in coordination with the
Texas Education Agency, shall conduct a study regarding the effect
of federal educational mandates on school districts. The study
must include:
(1) a cost-benefit analysis on the impact of school
district compliance with federal educational mandates, including a
comparison of:
(A) the direct and indirect costs incurred by a
school district in complying with a federal educational mandate;
and
(B) the amount of funds received by the district
or state from the federal government to comply with the mandate;
(2) a list of all federal educational mandates for
which the federal government has not provided full payment or
reimbursement that results in expenditures accrued by a school
district or the state to comply with the federal educational
mandate; and
(3) recommendations to reduce the burden of federal
educational mandates on school districts.
SECTION 2. REPORT. Not later than December 31, 2022, the
Legislative Budget Board shall deliver a report of the board's
findings and recommendations to the legislature.
SECTION 3. EXPIRATION. This Act expires February 1, 2023.
SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect
immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members
elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas
Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for
immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2021.