Honorable Dan Branch, Chair, House Committee on Higher Education
FROM:
John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB9 by Branch (Relating to student success-based funding for public institutions of higher education.), As Introduced
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
Under provisions of the bill, the Higher Education Coordinating Board would incorporate the consideration of certain student success measures in its formula recommendations to the legislature. For general academic teaching institutions, other than a public state college, the success measures must include the number of bachelor degrees awarded, number of bachelor degrees in critical fields awarded, number of bachelor degrees awarded to at-risk students, and graduation rates for students who enrolled immediately following their high school graduation from a public high school in this state. For public state colleges, the success measures must include various metrics regarding the number of completions of entry level mathematics and english courses, number of undergraduates completing at least 30 semester credit hours, total number of associate and bachelor degrees awarded, and total number of certificates awarded for various certification programs that the Higher Education Coordinating Board may consider pertinent to student success. If the proposals as outlined in the bill, were implemented by the legislature, the distribution of formula funding among general academic institutions and community colleges could be impacted.
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, 783 University of Houston System Administration