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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

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ORIGINAL DATE

LAST UPDATED

1/26/08

HB 363

SHORT TITLE Educational Assistant Salary Increase

SB

ANALYST Aguilar

APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)

Appropriation

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY08

FY09

$2,309.8

Recurring

General Fund

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

Relates to Appropriation in the General Appropriation Act. Funding includes a 1 percent

additional salary increase over that provided in the General Appropriation Act.

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 363 appropriates $2.3 million from the general fund to Public Education Department

for providing an additional 2 percent salary increase for educational assistants.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $2.3 million contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general fund.

Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year shall revert to the

general fund.

SIGNIFICANT ISSUES

In FY07 educational assistants received an additional 4.5 percent salary increase and above over

the 5 percent salary increase provided for all educational employees.

Sufficient funding to provide educational assistants an additional 1 percent salary increase for

FY09 is included in the General appropriations Act.

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