LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              March 11, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Irma Rangel, Chair, House Committee on Higher
               Education
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  HB2366  by Williams (Relating to the mission of Prairie
               View A&M University.), As Introduced
  
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*  No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.                    *
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This bill changes the stated mission of Prairie View A&M University
(PVAMU).  It deletes language defining PVAMU students as students "with
latent aptitudes, talents, and abilities".

This is the language 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, in itself,
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:   781   Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, 715
                   Prairie View A&M University
LBB Staff:         JK, CT, HM