Honorable Joe Straus, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives
FROM:
John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB736 by Patrick, Diane (Relating to required online information regarding public institutions of higher education.), As Passed 2nd House
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill amends several sections of the Education Code relating to required online information posted by public institutions of higher education and the Higher Education Coordinating Board. The bill would also require the Higher Education Coordinating Board and Texas Workforce Commission would develop a comprehensive strategy to improve and coordinate the dissemination of online information regarding the operation and performance of career schools or colleges that the board or commission identifies as doing business in the state. As part of the comprehensive strategy, the Board and the Commission would compile, share, and compare existing data and other applicable information under the control of each agency and would organize the information as nearly as possible according to the categories of information required for the online resumes of lower-division public institutions. The bill provides guidance on what information would be included on the website. Provisions of the bill would be implemented within current resources.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
758 Texas State University System, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board, 783 University of Houston System Administration, 710 Texas A&M University System Administrative and General Offices, 720 The University of Texas System Administration, 768 Texas Tech University System Administration