LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 30, 2009

TO:	Honorable Dan Branch, Chair, House Committee on Higher Education
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB174 by Shapiro (Relating to online institution resumes for public institutions of higher education.), As Engrossed

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill requires all institutions of higher education to provide an online institution resume, ensure the institution resume be posted on each institution’s website, and submit it to the Higher Education Coordinating Board.  The Higher Education Coordinating Board must also maintain a database of both in-state and out-of-state peer institutions for purposes of comparison. 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:

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, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board

LBB Staff:

JOB, KK, RT, GO