Honorable Jim Murphy, Chair, House Committee on Higher Education
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB1963 by West (relating to the reporting by certain public institutions of higher education on the transferability of credit and to a transferability report card for those institutions.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would require certain public institutions of higher education to post on each institution's website a transferability report card no later than August 1 of each year, beginning in 2023. The Higher Education Coordinating Board, in consultation with institutions of higher education, would develop a model transferability report card. It is assumed any costs associated with the bill could be implemented within existing resources.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
710 Texas A&M Univ System Admin, 720 UT Sys Admin, 768 Texas Tech Univ Sys Admin, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board, 783 Univ of Houston Sys Admin, 978 San Jacinto College