LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                              March 20, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Teel Bivins, Chair, Senate Committee on
               Education
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB621  by Barrientos (Relating to providing certain
               students with an equal opportunity to enroll in or
               receive a competitive scholarship for a graduate or
               professional degree program.), As Introduced
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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This bill requires general academic teaching institutions and medical and
dental units to use a variety of criteria in selecting students for
admission and/or competitive scholarships for graduate programs of study.
It would prohibit the use of performance on a standardized test as the
sole criterion for consideration of an applicant.

No changes are to made in the number of persons selected for the programs
of study, or in the number of scholarships.  Only the selection criteria
are to be changed.  Therefore, no significant fiscal impact to general
revenue is anticipated.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   781   Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, 720
                   The University of Texas System, 783   University of
                   Houston System Administration, 768   Texas Tech
                   University System, 710   The Texas A&M University
                   System
LBB Staff:         JK, CT, DB, HM