LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

March 25, 2013

TO:	Honorable Dan Branch, Chair, House Committee on Higher Education
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB25 by Branch (Relating to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's student success-based funding recommendations for certain public institutions of higher education.), As Introduced

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill amends the Education Code relating to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's student success-based funding recommendations for general academic institutions, other than a public state college.  Under provisions of the bill, the Coordinating Board must include not more than 25 percent of the total amount of general revenue appropriations of base funds for undergraduate education recommended by the Board to the Legislature to be based on student success measures. Currently, the Higher Education Coordinating Board must include not more than 10 percent of the total amount of general revenue appropriations of base funds for undergraduate education recommended by the Board to be based on student success measures.

If the proposal as outlined in the bill were implemented by the legislature, the distribution of formula funding among general academic institutions could be impacted.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

710 Texas A&M University System Administrative and General Offices, 719 Texas State Technical College System Administration, 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:

UP, KK, SK, EH, GO