LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 5, 2009

TO:	Honorable Dan Branch, Chair, House Committee on Higher Education
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB3296 by Castro (Relating to alternative developmental education courses under the Texas Success Initiative for institutions of higher education.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

Under provisions of the bill, if an institution of higher education requires a student to enroll in developmental coursework, the institution must offer the student the option of enrolling in developmental coursework in an intensive or compressed format that allows the student to enroll in developmental courses without substantially conflicting with other coursework or the student’s overall academic progress. The bill would be implemented within existing resources.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

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