LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                                   Austin, Texas
         
                                   FISCAL NOTE
                               75th Regular Session
         
                                  April 7, 1997
         
         
      TO: Honorable Irma Rangel, Chair            IN RE:  House Bill No. 3058
          Committee on Higher Education                              By: Berlanga
          House
          Austin, Texas
         
         
         
         
         FROM:  John Keel, Director    
         
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB3058 ( Relating 
to a study of admission and graduation rates at institutions 
of higher education.) this office has detemined the following:
         
         Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB3058-As Introduced
         
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. 
 
         

         
 
The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal 
basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions 
of the bill.

The bill would require the Texas Higher Education 
Coordinating Board to conduct a study of the admission, enrollment, 
and graduation rates of each public institution of higher education. 
 The study would examine disparities that might exist between 
the composition of the state population and population of students 
admitted to, enrolled in, and graduated from each institution. 
 The Coordinating Board would complete the study and report 
to the Legislature by December 1, 1998.  

The Coordinating 
Board estimates there would be some costs associated with data 
collection and data analysis, but these costs are not estimated 
to be significant.
          
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
          
   Source:            Agencies:   781   Higher Education Coordinating Board
                                         
                      LBB Staff:   JK ,LP ,LD