LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
FISCAL NOTE, 79TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
March 4, 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:
SB531 by West, Royce (Relating to the tuition charged for certain courses repeated by students attending public junior colleges.), As Introduced

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

Passage of the bill would not have fiscal impact on the state. Tuition revenue, along with ad valorem tax collections, is considered a part of the local contribution of community colleges and will not affect General Revenue Appropriations.

Local Government Impact

The Higher Education Coordinating Board estimates community and technical colleges will generate an additional $4,191,059 in tuition revenue. The Coordinating Board calculated the tuition increase by multiplying 1,074,049 (the base period contact hours) X $5.32 (the average funding rates for the various disciplines during the 2004-05 biennium) X  73.35% (aggregate percent for community colleges paid by the state).


Source Agencies:
781 Higher Education Coordinating Board
LBB Staff:
JOB, CT, RT, GO