LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 79TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

March 29, 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:	SB1546 by Barrientos (Relating to the admission of students to general academic teaching institutions.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill provides for an alternative automatic admissions procedure for the top ten percent rule. The University of Texas System indicates that implementation of the bill would result in programming changes and application modifications at The University of Texas at Austin. These changes could be absorbed using existing resources. 

Local Government Impact

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

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