LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          March 19, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Irma Rangel, Chair           IN RE:  House Bill No. 1479
         Committee on Higher Education                  By: Hilderbran
         House of Representatives
         Austin, Texas






FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
1479 (Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public
institutions of higher education for certain students) this
office has determined the following:

The bill would provide a one year college tuition and fee
exemption for high school graduates who were dependent children
receiving financial assistance (AFDC) under Human Resources Code,
Chapter 31, under the age of 22 years, enrolled in college not
more than two years after high school graduation, and classified
as Texas residents.  A second category of high school graduates
who would also qualify for the one year tuition and fee exemption
is those students who complete high school in less than four
academic years.  Higher education institutions granting such 
exemptions would be reimbursed for tuition and fees from funds
appropriated to the Foundation School Program through the Central
Education Agency.

Since Foundation School Funds used for reimbursing institutions
of higher education would have been otherwise appropriated, no
addition fiscal implication to the state is anticipated. 
However, local school districts could experience a decrease in
funding due to shifting some Foundation School Funds to
institutions of higher education.


No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The fiscal implication to  units of local government cannot be
determined.    




 
Source:   Higher Education Coordinating Board
          LBB Staff: JK, MK, WRR