TO:	Honorable Brandon Creighton, Chair, Senate Committee on Higher Education
FROM:	Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB1677 by Buckingham (relating to eliminating certain reporting and posting requirements for public institutions of higher education and other state agencies and the requirement for a plan by certain school districts to increase enrollment in public institutions of higher education.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

The bill would authorize the Higher Education Coordinating Board to discontinue reporting requirements if the commissioner of higher education determines that the required data can be obtained from a different source. It is assumed that any costs associated with the bill could be absorbed using existing resources.

Local Government Impact

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.