LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

March 28, 2011

TO:	Honorable Judith Zaffirini, Chair, Senate Committee on Higher Education
FROM:	John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB1009 by Huffman (relating to requiring public institutions of higher education to notify the federal Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) regarding the withdrawal or nonattendance of certain foreign students.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would require public institutions of higher education to notify the federal Student Exchange and Visitor Information (SEVIS) if certain foreign students withdraw from all courses in which the student is enrolled or if the institution dismisses the student or takes any other official administrative action in regard to the student as a result of the student's nonattendance. Provisions of this bill would be implemented within existing resouces.

Local Government Impact

No significant 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, 769 University of North Texas System Administration, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board, 783 University of Houston System Administration

LBB Staff:

JOB, GO, KK, RT