Subject: Education, Elementary and Secondary: Elementary and Secondary Education Dept

Bill Summary: Requires school districts to identify those students who are academically gifted. The school districts may then establish special programs or services for those academically gifted students.

ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON GENERAL REVENUE FUND
FUND AFFECTED	FY 2008	FY 2009	FY 2010


Total Estimated Net Effect on General Revenue Fund	$0	$0	$0

ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON OTHER STATE FUNDS
FUND AFFECTED	FY 2008	FY 2009	FY 2010


Total Estimated Net Effect on Other State Funds	$0	$0	$0

ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON FEDERAL FUNDS
FUND AFFECTED	FY 2008	FY 2009	FY 2010


Total Estimated Net Effect on All Federal Funds	$0	$0	$0

ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON FULL TIME EQUIVALENT (FTE)
FUND AFFECTED	FY 2008	FY 2009	FY 2010


Total Estimated Net Effect on FTE	0	0	0

☐ Estimated Total Net Effect on All funds expected to exceed $100,000 savings or (cost).

☐ Estimated Net Effect on General Revenue Fund expected to exceed $100,000 (cost).

ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON LOCAL FUNDS
FUND AFFECTED	FY 2008	FY 2009	FY 2010
Local Government	$0	$0	$0

Officials from the Office of Secretary of State (SOS) assume many bills considered by the General Assembly include provisions allowing or requiring agencies to submit rules and regulations to implement the act. The SOS is provided with core funding to handle a certain amount of normal activity resulting from each year’s legislative session. The fiscal impact to the SOS office for Administrative Rules is less than $2,500. The SOS recognizes this is a small amount and does not expect additional funding would be required to meet these costs. However, SOS also recognizes that many such bills may be passed in a given year and that collectively the costs may be in excess of what the SOS can sustain with their core budget. Any additional required funding would be handled through the budget process.

Officials from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DES) assume any fiscal impact resulting from this proposal will depend on how many districts choose to establish special education programs and to what extent those districts implement such programs. DES cannot estimate such impact.

Officials from the Fair Grove School District state that since this is no longer a state funded position, the proposal could impact the district by the addition of staff and the additional testing costs.

Officials from the Maryville School District state this proposed legislation would require an additional expenditure of approximately $125,000 per year for staffing and supplies.

According to officials from the Francis Howell School District, the proposed legislation would not impose any additional costs on their district, as they already have a program for gifted students in place.

Oversight assumes that although school districts are required to identify academically gifted students as established under rules prescribed by DES, there is no requirement that each school district must establish special programs or services. Since the programs are elective, no fiscal impact has been assigned to the school districts. Oversight further assumes that guidelines for gifted student identification can be established by DES with existing resources. If the program should become large enough to require additional personnel, funding can requested through the budget process.

No direct fiscal impact to small businesses would be expected as a result of this proposal.

This legislation is not federally mandated, would not duplicate any other program and would not require additional capital improvements or rental space.