LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 79TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

May 3, 2005

TO:	Honorable Royce West, Chair, Senate Committee on S/C on Higher Education
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB2333 by Morrison (Relating to the qualifications of and training and continuing education for certain officials and personnel of career schools or colleges.), As Engrossed

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) assumes it would review and approve 30 providers and their curricula and would take approximately 10 hours annually. TWC anticipates a programmer would need 400 hours to program the changes to the Career Schools and Colleges tracking software (PECOS) in fiscal year 2006. It is estimated that any additional workload resulting from the passage of the bill could be reasonably absorbed within current resources.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

320 Texas Workforce Commission, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board

LBB Staff:

JOB, CT, RT, GO, DE