LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 79TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 1, 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:	SB1643 by Hinojosa (Relating to a strategy to ensure that public institutions of higher education employ faculty and staff who reflect the population of Texas.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

Under the bill, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) would be required to develop and annually update a strategy to enable institutions of higher education to identify, attract, hire, and retain faculty and staff who reflect the population of the state. The institutions of higher education would implement  the strategy and report annually to THECB. Provisions of the bill could be implemented within existing resources.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

720 The University of Texas System Administration, 768 Texas Tech University System Administration, 769 University of North Texas System Administration, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board

LBB Staff:

JOB, CT, RT, GO