LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 79TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 11, 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:	SB1475 by Shapleigh (Relating to prerequisites to an institution of higher education increasing designated tuition.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill relates to prerequisites to an institution of higher education increasing designated tuition. Under provisions of the bill,  a general academic teaching institution may not increase tuition charged under Section 54.0513, Education Code, unless the Legislative Budget Board (LBB) conducts a performance review and reports findings and recommendations on the increase to the institution. This applies only if the institution increased designated tuition for the preceding academic year by more than 20 percent from the academic year preceding that academic year, the percentage of undergraduates graduating within six years is less than 50 percent, and the percentage of undergraduates failing to meet success initiative assessment standards on initial assessment is greater than 50 percent. 

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

710 Texas A&M University System Administrative and General Offices, 720 The University of Texas System Administration, 758 Board of Regents, Texas State University System Central Office, 768 Texas Tech University System Administration, 769 University of North Texas System Administration, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board, 783 University of Houston System Administration

LBB Staff:

JOB, CT, RT, GO