LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

Revision 1

April 20, 2011

TO:	Honorable Judith Zaffirini, Chair, Senate Committee on Higher Education
FROM:	John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB1348 by Van de Putte (relating to higher education curriculum review teams to review public school curriculum standards for college readiness purposes.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would create higher education curriculum review teams that would be required to review the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for subjects in the required curriculum and to make recommendations to the State Board of Education prior to adoption of new TEKS. The Texas Education Agency would be required to post the recommendations on its web site.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

701 Central Education Agency, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board

LBB Staff:

JOB, KK, JGM, JSc