LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              March 18, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Irma Rangel, Chair, House Committee on Higher
               Education
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB1672  by Green (Relating to the eligibility of
               graduates of private high schools for higher education
               TEXAS grants.), As Introduced
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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The bill allows graduates of unaccredited, private school to be eligible
for the TEXAS grant.  Currently, such students must be graduates of
accredited private schools.

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) has not been unable
to obtain numbers for students who graduate from accredited vs.
non-accredited, private high schools.  However, THECB estimates that
there are very few unaccredited, private high schools and the impact
would not be significant.  THECB also assumes that the reference to
graduates of unaccredited high schools would not include home-schooled
students.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   701   Texas Education Agency, 781   Texas Higher
                   Education Coordinating Board
LBB Staff:         JK, CT, DB