LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

May 1, 2009

TO:	Honorable Dan Branch, Chair, House Committee on Higher Education
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB4049 by Castro (Relating to student Internet access to certain financial and academic information maintained by public institutions of higher education.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill requires an institution to provide students with certain financial and academic information through its website, including tuition or fees the student owes, any type of grants, loan or other financial aid available to student, money the student owes on student financial aid loans, the courses in which the student is currently enrolled, the courses and grades of the courses completed, and the courses required for the student’s degree plan. Provisions of 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, 769 University of North Texas System Administration, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board, 783 University of Houston System Administration, 768 Texas Tech University System Administration

LBB Staff:

JOB, GO, KK, RT