LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
FISCAL NOTE, 80TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
May 26, 2007

TO:
Honorable David Dewhurst , Lieutenant Governor, Senate
Honorable Tom Craddick, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives
 
FROM:
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
HB3826 by Morrison (Relating to high school curriculum requirements for admission to public institutions of higher education and to the admission to public institutions of higher education of the children of certain public servants killed in the line of duty.), Conference Committee Report

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend automatic admission requirements under various sections of the Education Code.  The bill clarifies the eligibility of students for automatic admission. The bill includes a provision whereby a student, who graduated from a high school where the recommended or advanced high school curriculum did not apply, could be eligible for automatic admission if the high school curriculum is the equivalent in content and rigor to the recommended or advanced high school program. Under provisions of the bill, an applicant would not be required to complete the recommended or advanced curriculum if the student graduated from a public high school that did not offer the recommended or advanced programs, or they could not complete the recommended or advanced program due to the lack of courses available at the appropriate times in a student’s high school career as a result of course scheduling or lack of enrollment capacity or other cause outside the control of the student. 

Under provisions of the bill, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, after consulting with the Texas Education Agency, by rule shall establish standards for determining whether a private high school is accredited by a generally recognized accrediting organization and whether a person completed a high school curriculum that is equivalent in content and rigor to the curriculum requirements established under the recommended or advanced high school program. The Higher Education Coordinating Board would implement these provisions within existing resources.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.


Source Agencies:
701 Central Education Agency, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board
LBB Staff:
JOB, JSp, MN, RT, GO