Honorable Royce West, Chair, Senate Committee on S/C on Higher Education
FROM:
John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB676 by West, Royce (Relating to identifying which public institutions of higher education in this state are universities of the first class. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
Under the bill, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) would establish a system for designating a general academic teaching institution as a comprehensive research university of the first class. THECB could implement provisions of the bill within existing resources.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.