LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

March 23, 2009

TO:	Honorable Dan Branch, Chair, House Committee on Higher Education
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB101 by Brown, Fred (Relating to the formula funding for public institutions of higher education for certain credit hours that do not count toward a degree.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

Under provisions of the bill, credit awarded by an institution for a course that does not count toward the student's specific degree program at the institution would not be eligible formula funding.

Currently, the Higher Education Coordinating Board has no method for determining when hours apply to a degree; the institutions would have to report this information. However, provisions of this bill could be implemented within existing resources.

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

LBB Staff:

JOB, KK, RT, SSh