LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

March 1, 2011

TO:	Honorable Judith Zaffirini, Chair, Senate Committee on Higher Education
FROM:	John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB176 by Huffman (Relating to student eligibility for tuition rebates offered by general academic teaching institutions.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill amends the eligibility requirements under Education Code Sec. 54.0065(a) for receiving a $1000 rebate of tuition by no longer counting dual-credit high school courses against the hour limitation. Although excluding this course credit from the limitation will likely result in additional students qualifying the rebate, based on estimates provided by general academic institutions, this impact is not considered significant.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

701 Central Education Agency, 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, 769 University of North Texas System Administration, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board

LBB Staff:

JOB, KK, RT, GO