Honorable Dan Branch, Chair, House Committee on Higher Education
FROM:
John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB736 by Patrick, Diane (Relating to online institution resumes for public institutions of higher education.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill requires additional information to be submitted for the Higher Educaiton Coordinating Board's Internet website showing Institution Online Resumes for each institution of higher education. It adds additional information under the headings of Enrollment, Costs, Student Success, Baccalaureate Success, and Funding. It would also require that the first frame of the institution's Inernet website homepage includes, in a font that is larger than the font of the majority of text on the home page, an accessible link to the institution resume maintained on the Coordinating Board's Internet website. Costs associated with the bill would be absorbed 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