Subject: Children and Minors; Courts, Juvenile; Education, Elementary and Secondary; Social Services Department

Bill Summary: This proposal provides that when social services places a child for treatment in a licensed residential care facility setting for children, such facility shall be responsible for the education needs of the child.

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 the State Courts Administrator and the Parkway Public Schools each assume the proposal would have no fiscal impact on their respective agencies.

Officials from the Mexico Public Schools assume the fiscal impact of this proposal is reasonable. The significance of the impact will vary for districts depending on the number of students effected but generally there should be no significant impact.

Officials from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education assume the provisions of this proposal might result in an increase in the Average Daily Attendance (ADA) and weighted ADA of a district and that increases cost, but there is no way to estimate such growth. Therefore, the cost is unknown.

Oversight assumes through discussions with the Division of Youth Services (DYS) that educational costs are already occurring between DYS, residential care facilities and local school districts.

Officials from the Department of Social Services - Division of Youth Services assume that all existing contracts include provisions for full time education services provided by certificated teachers, thus no additional costs are anticipated.

Officials from the Department of Social Services - Children’s Division does not anticipate a fiscal or programmatic impact.

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

This legislation requires the Department of Social Services to provide for the educational needs of children placed in licensed residential care facilities at either an on-site school or a public school. Facilities and local school districts will be compensated for the educational services provided. The educational needs of the children in residential care facilities is specified as six hours for each regular school day spent under the guidance and direction of a teacher in an educational process.

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

FISCAL IMPACT - State Government	FY 2008 (10 Mo.)	FY 2009	FY 2010

	$0	$0	$0