Honorable Dan Branch, Chair, House Committee on Higher Education
FROM:
John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB1206 by Guillen (Relating to training for members of governing boards of public junior college districts.), As Introduced
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would implement a recommendation in the report, "Strengthen Financial Oversight of Community Colleges" in the Legislative Budget Board's Government Effectiveness and Efficiency Report submitted to the Eighty-second Texas Legislature, 2011.
This bill would require all new members of governing boards of public junior college districts to attend training within their first two years of service instead of allowing training to be optional. The Higher Education Coordinating Board would also be required to include information about best practices in campus financial management, financial analysis, and case studies using financial indicators to the content of instruction for the training program currently required by this Act.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.