LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

March 9, 2009

TO:	Honorable Dan Branch, Chair, House Committee on Higher Education
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB156 by Woolley (Relating to eliminating automatic admission to certain public institutions of higher education based on high school grade point average.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the Texas Education Code and would eliminate automatic admissions to certain public institutions of higher education based on student's high school grade point average. 

There would be no significant fiscal impact on the state as this bill would not affect overall state enrollment in institutions of higher education.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

701 Central Education Agency, 710 Texas A&M University System Administrative and General Offices, 720 The University of Texas System Administration, 758 Texas State University System, 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, KK, RT, GO, SK