Subject: Education, Elementary and Secondary: Elementary and Secondary Education Department; Teachers

Bill Summary: Requires certificated teachers to submit documentation to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education every five years showing adequate scores on certain assessments.

ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON GENERAL REVENUE FUND
FUND AFFECTED	FY 2009	FY 2010	FY 2011


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

ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON OTHER STATE FUNDS
FUND AFFECTED	FY 2009	FY 2010	FY 2011


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

ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON FEDERAL FUNDS
FUND AFFECTED	FY 2009	FY 2010	FY 2011


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

ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON FULL TIME EQUIVALENT (FTE)
FUND AFFECTED	FY 2009	FY 2010	FY 2011


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 2009	FY 2010	FY 2011
Local Government	$0	$0	$0

Officials from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) provided the following assumptions regarding this proposed legislation:

This portion of the proposal would affect approximately 70,000 teachers. Since the proposal targets the fifth year following initial certification, these 70,000 teachers will come up for testing depending upon the timing of their initial certification. For calculation purposes, DESE assumed an even portion will come up for testing each year; therefore, approximately 14,000 (70,000 divided by five) per year. The cost of the exit assessment is $140. 14,000 teachers times $140 equals $1,960,000. Not all teachers take the Praxis test and out-of-state teachers may/may not have ever taken the Praxis II tests. Time out of class to take tests amounts to unknown costs; time for substitutes to fill in would cost $1,050,000 (14,000 subs times $75).

This section of the proposal affects 28,484 elementary teachers plus 10,000 middle school teachers. Those teachers times the $12 cost of map test times four content areas equals $1,847,232. This section of the proposal also affects one-third of 21,000 high school teachers. Those teachers times the $12 cost of end-of-course tests equals $84,000.

Oversight assumes any required testing would be done outside of classroom hours and that teachers would be responsible for the cost of testing.

DESE assumes the cost would be dependent upon the number of failures, number of retakes, and the time involved to appeal plus administrative hearing commission costs for hearings, transcriptions, and deciding outcomes plus any substitute teachers needed to fill vacancies for appealing teachers.

Officials from the Office of Administration - Administrative Hearing Commission anticipate that this legislation will not significantly alter its caseload; however, if other similar bills also pass, there will be fiscal impact. If there are more cases, or more complex cases, there could be a fiscal impact.

Officials from the Poplar Bluff School District assume no immediate fiscal impact to their district from this proposed legislation.

Officials from the St Louis City Public School District assume there would be no fiscal impact for their district; however, there would be fiscal impact for teachers who would have to pay for the assessment.

Officials from the Marshfield R-1 Public School District assume that if the teachers have to pay for the testing, there would be no district cost.

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.