LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

May 10, 2011

TO:	Honorable Dan Branch, Chair, House Committee on Higher Education
FROM:	John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB1731 by Zaffirini (Relating to requiring public junior colleges to offer an academic associate degree program.), As Engrossed

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would require each community college district to offer at least one academic associate degree program designed to transfer all its course credit to a baccalaureate degree program at a general academic teaching institution.

Local Government Impact

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board did not note any costs to local community college districts. Presumably, the fiscal implications of the bill would depend on each local community college district's costs (if any) of implementing the requirements of this bill.

Source Agencies:

781 Higher Education Coordinating Board

LBB Staff:

JOB, KK, RT, JAW