Fiscal Note

SB0234 - Minimum School Program Amendments - Counseling and Guidance Programs

State Impact:
Enactment of this bill transfers 3,409 Weighted Pupil Units (WPUs) from the Career and Technology Education - District Programs in the Basic School Program dedicated to Comprehensive Guidance and Counseling to a new line item. In addition, enactment of this bill increases the WPUs dedicated to Comprehensive Guidance and Counseling by 3,580 for a total of 6,989. The increased WPU cost is estimated at $9,000,120 in Uniform School Funds, with the associated impacts to the Voted and Board Leeway State Guarantee at $152,420.

Funding SourceFY 2008
Approp.
FY 2009
Approp.
FY 2010
Approp.
FY 2008
Revenue
FY 2009
Revenue
FY 2010
Revenue
Uniform School Fund$0$9,152,420$9,152,420$0$0$0
   Total
$0

$9,152,420

$9,152,420

$0

$0

$0

Individual, Business and/or Local Impact:
Enactment of this bill will enable school districts and charter schools to increase the number of comprehensive guidance counselors in the public schools.

2/15/2008, 3:01:55 PM, Lead Analyst: Leishman, B.Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst