LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

February 26, 2013

TO:	Honorable Dan Branch, Chair, House Committee On Higher Education
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB82 by McClendon (Relating to a single common course numbering system for public institutions of higher education in this state.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would require that each institution adopt a core curriculum of not less than 42 semester credit hours and be consistent with the single common course numbering system approved by the board.  By June 1, 2014, the board shall approve a single common numbering system and establish a timetable that requires institutions of higher education to phase in the inclusion of the applicable course numbers from the common course numbering system in their individual course listings and course numbering systems for all courses offered for the 2018-2019 academic year and subsequent years.

Based on the LBB’s analysis of responses by a sample of public university systems and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, duties and responsibilities associated with implementing the provisions of the bill could be accomplished using existing resources.

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, 720 The University of Texas System Administration, 758 Texas State University System, 768 Texas Tech University System Administration, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board, 783 University of Houston System Administration

LBB Staff:

UP, KK, JI, SDE