LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              March 26, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Irma Rangel, Chair, House Committee on Higher
               Education
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB2279  by Naishtat (Relating to the exemption from the
               payment of higher education tuition and fees for certain
               recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
               benefits.), As Introduced
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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In 1995 the Texas Legislature created a one-year tuition and fee
exemption program for students whose parents received federal AFDC (Aid
to Families with Dependent Children) benefits for up to six months
during the student's senior year in high school.  Shortly after the
creation of the program the AFDC program evolved into TANF -- Temporary
Assistance to Needy Families.  This bill changes the reference in state
statutes from AFDC to TANF.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   529   Health and Human Services Commission, 781
                   Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
LBB Staff:         JK, CT, DB, HM