LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 80TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

February 25, 2007

TO:	Honorable Geanie Morrison, Chair, House Committee on Higher Education
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB415 by Eissler (Relating to the automatic admission of undergraduate students to a general academic teaching institution that is a component institution of a university system.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the current automatic admission of high school students graduating in the top ten percent of their class by giving governing boards of university systems the authority to create a system-wide admissions system consistent with the enrollment needs of the system. Each applicant would rank-order member institutions in the system and system officials would try to match the applicant to an institution in the order of preference. There would be no significant fiscal impact to the state.

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, 768 Texas Tech University System Administration, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board

LBB Staff:

JOB, MN, RT, JMI