LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                         January 25, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Bill Ratliff, Chair          IN RE:  Senate Bill No. 179
         Committee on Education                         By: Ratliff
         Senate
         Austin, Texas






FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on Senate Bill No.
179 (Relating to tuition fees at public upper-level institutions
of higher education for students residing in bordering states.)
this office has determined the following:

The bill would allow a nonresident from Arkansas, Louisiana, New
Mexico or Oklahoma who registers at a public upper-level
institution in Texas in a county adjacent to the other state to
pay the same tuition rate that a Texas resident would be required
to pay in the nonresident's home state.  The bill would impact
only students enrolling at East Texas State University in
Texarkana.  The bill would also eliminate the requirement for
prior study in Texas to be eligible to pay the adjusted tuition
rate.

It is assumed that the net change in enrollment of these
nonresident students at the affected upper-level institution and
public community college would result in no significant fiscal
impact to the State.  There would be a change in the amount of
tuition and fees received by the affected upper-level institution
and public community college, but the amounts cannot be
determined.

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.


No fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.    




 Source:  Higher Education Coordinating Board
          LBB Staff: JK, MK, LS, DF