LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                                May 1, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Teel Bivins, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Education
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB2054  by Coleman (Relating to the mission of Texas
               Southern University.), As Engrossed
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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The bill changes the stated mission of Texas Southern University   It
substitutes language designating it as a "statewide general purpose
institution of higher education" for language requiring it to "provide
other general academic and related programs" (in addition to being a
special purpose institution of higher education for urban programming).

The new language is recommended in the Priority Plan to Strengthen
Education at Prairie View University and at Texas Southern University,
based on the Recommendations of the Committee on Office for Civil Rights
Issues for the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, October 2000
(the "Priority Plan").

Changing the mission statement of an institution does not affect the
appropriation for that institution or the costs of operating the
institution.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   717   Texas Southern University, 781   Texas Higher
                   Education Coordinating Board
LBB Staff:         JK, CT, DB, HM