LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

March 27, 2009

TO:	Honorable Frank Corte, Jr., Chair, House Committee on Defense & Veterans' Affairs
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB269 by Lucio III (Relating to the award of course credit to a student at a public institution of higher education for the completion of military service.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

Under provisions of the bill, an institution of higher education shall award to a student course credit toward an undergraduate degree offered by the institution for any kinesiology course required by the institution for that degree and for elective courses not to exceed 12 semester credit hours required by the institution for that degree if the student graduated from a public or private high school in this state or from a high school operated by the United States and was discharged because of a disability. It is assumed that any impact to institutions in terms of lost revenue associated with these courses would be minor.

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, 758 Texas State University System, 768 Texas Tech University System Administration, 769 University of North Texas System Administration, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board

LBB Staff:

JOB, KK, RT, GO