LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 76th Regular Session
May 13, 1999
TO: Honorable Teel Bivins, Chair, Senate Committee on
Education
FROM: John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB3544 by Hodge (relating to student loan repayment
assistance for certain dentists), Committee Report 2nd
House, Substituted
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* Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for *
* HB3544, Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted: positive impact *
* of $0 through the biennium ending August 31, 2001. *
* *
* The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal *
* basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions of *
* the bill. *
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General Revenue-Related Funds, Five-Year Impact:
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* Fiscal Year Probable Net Positive/(Negative) *
* Impact to General Revenue Related *
* Funds *
* 2000 $0 *
* 2001 0 *
* 2002 0 *
* 2003 0 *
* 2004 0 *
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All Funds, Five-Year Impact:
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*Fiscal Probable Savings/(Cost) from Change in Number of State *
* Year Other Educational and General Employees from FY 1999 *
* Income/ GR-Dedicated *
* 8022 *
* 2000 $(117,747) 2.0 *
* 2001 (117,747) 2.0 *
* 2002 (177,747) 2.0 *
* 2003 (177,747) 2.0 *
* 2004 (177,747) 2.0 *
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Technology Impact
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board would have to establish a
system for tracking program participants and making loan repayments to
borrowers and lenders.
Fiscal Analysis
The bill would authorize the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
(THECB) to provide repayment assistance of student loans for dentists who
practice in an area of the state that is underserved with respect to
dental care. The THECB could appoint advisory committees to assist in
implementing the legislation. The THECB would adopt rules to implement
the legislation, including setting the maximum amount of repayment
assistance that may be received by a dentist in one year.
The bill would establish a dental school tuition set-aside of two percent
of tuition charges for resident students in a dental training degree
program. These revenues would be used to fund the repayment program.
Methodology
An estimate from the THECB indicates that $117,747 in tuition charges
would be available for loan repayments in each fiscal year. This
analysis assumes the THECB would set the maximum amount of repayment
assistance in a given year, so as not to exceed the amount of tuition
revenue available to fund the program.
The tuition set-aside is presented as a cost to Other Educational and
General Income at the state's three dental schools.
Source Agencies: 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board
LBB Staff: JK, CT, PF