85R1933 BEF-F     By: Capriglione H.B. No. 798       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to education fiscal impact statements for bills and   resolutions.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 314.004, Government Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 314.004.  [EQUALIZED] EDUCATION FISCAL [FUNDING]   IMPACT STATEMENT. (a) The board shall prepare for each bill or   resolution that affects public education an [equalized] education   fiscal [funding] impact statement.          (b)  The impact statement must evaluate the effect of the   bill or resolution on:                (1)  all state equalized funding requirements and   policies; and                (2)  each affected school district, including:                      (A)  the extent to which the bill or resolution   affects school district revenues or expenditures or requires the   diversion of school district funds;                      (B)  costs of the bill or resolution that school   districts may absorb without an increase in revenue;                       (C)  anticipated long term effects of the bill or   resolution on school district finances; and                      (D)  for each effect identified under Paragraphs   (A)-(C):                            (i)  the dollar amount of the effect; and                            (ii)  the statutory provision creating the   effect.          (c)  The impact statement must be attached to the bill or   resolution immediately following:                (1)  the fiscal note attached under Section 314.003; or                (2)  if a dynamic fiscal impact statement is prepared   under Section 314.005, the dynamic fiscal impact statement.          (d)  The board shall include in the impact statement   assumptions used in identifying or estimating the amount of each   effect.          (e)  The board shall estimate the full amount of each effect   in the impact statement, without regard to:                (1)  the amount of state money appropriated to   implement the bill or resolution; or                (2)  a provision of the bill or resolution limiting   expenditures to amounts appropriated to implement the bill or   resolution.          (f)  The board shall request a fiscal analysis of the bill or   resolution from each affected school district or from a   representative sample of affected school districts that provides   sufficient information for the board to evaluate the effect of the   bill or resolution on all affected school districts. The board   shall provide an explanation in the impact statement if information   in the impact statement differs from information in a school   district's fiscal analysis. The board shall list in the impact   statement the school districts from which the board requested a   fiscal analysis and the school districts that provided a fiscal   analysis.          (g)  The board shall explain in the impact statement if the   board is unable to evaluate an effect described by Subsection (b).          (h)  For each printing of the bill or resolution, the board   shall prepare and attach an updated impact statement if:                (1)  the bill or resolution was amended after the   previous printing; or                (2)  the board received an updated fiscal analysis from   an affected school district after the previous printing.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.