FISCAL NOTE
Date Requested: January 18, 2022
Time Requested: 09:24 AM |
| Agency: |
Education, WV Department of |
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| CBD Number: |
Version: |
Bill Number: |
Resolution Number: |
| 1296 |
Revised |
HB4058 |
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| CBD Subject: |
Education (K12) |
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FUND(S):
N/A
Sources of Revenue:
General Fund
Legislation creates:
Creates New Expense
Fiscal Note Summary
Effect this measure will have on costs and revenues of state government.
Summarize in a clear and concise manner what impact this measure will have on costs and revenues of state government.
Upon full implementation, the total estimated cost of this proposed legislation is $705,699. The estimated cost to the State for the proposed legislation under the Public School Support Plan (PSSP) is $516,965, while the estimated cost to the county boards of education is $188,734. This estimate assumes that an average of 10% of existing stalls within school buildings state wide will need to be replaced at a per door cost of $600 in order to meet the requirements of the proposed legislation.
Fiscal Note Detail
| Effect of Proposal |
Fiscal Year |
2022
Increase/Decrease
(use"-") |
2023
Increase/Decrease
(use"-") |
Fiscal Year
(Upon Full
Implementation) |
| 1. Estmated Total Cost |
0 |
0 |
705,699 |
| Personal Services |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Current Expenses |
0 |
0 |
516,965 |
| Repairs and Alterations |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Assets |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Other |
0 |
0 |
188,734 |
| 2. Estimated Total Revenues |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Explanation of above estimates (including long-range effect):
Please explain increases and decreases in personal services, current expenses, repairs and alterations, assets, other costs and revenues, including assumptions and data sources and delineation between start-up and ongoing costs. Please also include a long-range schedule of costs and revenues if fiscal impact is expected to vary in future years.
Multiple counties were surveyed, and the average rate for stall door replacements was estimated to be 10% of all stalls state-wide ($516,965 state costs and $188,734 county level costs for a total estimated cost of $705,699 as shown in the Fiscal Note Breakdown by Fiscal Year).
The survey responses reported a low estimated replacement rate of 5% and a high estimated replacement rate of 20% of total stalls within a county. Accordingly, we are provided cost estimates, below, for the low, average, and high estimates resulting from our county survey:
• Low Replacement Rate (5%) - $258,482 state costs and $94,368 county level costs for a total
of $352,850.
• Average Replacement Rate (10%) - $516,965 state costs and $188,734 county level costs for
a total of $705,699.
• High Replacement Rate (20%) - $1,001,625 state costs and $409,773 county level costs
for a total of $1,411,398.
Note: WVDE also used a standard cost per stall door of $600. Additionally, WVDE utilized current design capacity of schools and an average of 1 stall per 40 students, as required by current plumbing code, to estimate a total of 11,778 bathroom stalls within the state.
Memorandum
Please identify any areas of vagueness, technical defects, reasons a bill would not have a fiscal impact, and/or any special issues not captured elsewhere on this form.
The WVDE, in its normal operations, does not track the number of toilet stalls in public schools in the state nor the privacy provided by each stall. Therefore, certain assumptions and generalizations were utilized to calculate the provided data.
The WVDE does have data on the design capacity for each public school in the state, and this number represents the maximum number of students that each school can programmatically have in their building. Estimating the total number of stalls considered for this analysis was done by dividing each school’s design capacity by the number of stalls per person required by the applicable plumbing code. The ratio for male and female stalls is different, so an average stall per student number of 40 was used in the calculation.
To estimate the number of stalls each county has that do not meet the current standard of privacy, multiple counties in different regions of the state were surveyed, and three percentages for replacement were established. The average reported percentage of toilets not providing the standard level of privacy was calculated to be 10%, with the reported low being 5% and the reported high being 20%. These percentages were then applied to each county board of education based upon enrollment at each school.
Based on a researched cost for toilet stall doors, a materials only value of $600 was used as the cost for a stall door, and an assumption was made that the work would be completed by county maintenance staff during their normal work schedules; resulting in not increased labor costs. Please note that additional material costs could be required if the adjoining partition walls need work to accommodate a new door.
Funds Currently Available to County Boards of Education to Address Implementation:
Please also note that WVDE does not have a reasonable method by which an approximation of a county's current available funds from various sources can be determined. However, it is important to note that federal coronavirus pandemic relief funds would not be available to fund this type of cost as the use of those funds must be tied directly to mitigation strategies for pandemic relief. Also, while 44 of the 55 county school boards have excess levies, each of those levies has specific purpose restrictions which may or may not allow those funds to be utilized for replacing bathroom stall doors. WVDE does not currently maintain specific data related to classifications of purchases allowed by each excess levy call since some levies are more restrictive than others.
As for sources of state funding, it should be noted that any locally funded expenditures made by the county boards of education for replacement of stall doors would be captured under their PSSP funding two years after the costs are incurred. This fiscal note assumes that the costs incurred to comply with the proposed legislation will be fully incurred by June 30, 2024, the final implementation date of the proposed legislation. Those increased costs in the 2023-24 fiscal year would then be reimbursed to the county boards of education through Step 6a of the PSSP during the 2025-26 fiscal year at an approximate rate of 71.25%. Therefore, the county boards of education would be solely responsible for the unreimbursed portion of 28.75%.
Person submitting Fiscal Note: Sam Pauley
Email Address: sepauley@k12.wv.us