Honorable Byron Cook, Chair, House Committee On State Affairs
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB1071 by Allen (Relating to the use of state institutions of higher education to provide training to state agency employees.), As Introduced
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
Under provisions of the bill, a state agency may not contract with a private person to train or educate a state agency administrator or employee if the the agency is required under Section 656.050 to use an institution of higher education to provide the training or education. The bill requires state agencies to use an institution of higher education to provide training or education to its administrators and employees if the insitution can provide it at a comparable level of quality but at a lower cost, on the subject matter required, in the geographic area in which the adminstrator or employee is located, and on a schedule acceptable to the agency. It also states that a state agency may use an instituion of higher education to supplement or enhance the training or education provided by full-time state agency employees to the agency's other employees. It is assumed that any costs incurred by the institutions would be covered by the training contracts therefore there would be no costs associated with implementing provisions of the bill.
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, 769 University of North Texas System Administration, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board, 783 University of Houston System Administration