LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
May 10, 2013

TO:
Honorable Kel Seliger, Chair, Senate Committee on Higher Education
 
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
HB2448 by Turner, Sylvester (Relating to tuition for certain students residing outside of a junior college district.), As Engrossed

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.


Local Government Impact

The provisions of the bill require that a person who resides outside the district and inside the taxing district of a contiguous junior college district to pay tuition and fees at the same rate as the district campus the student resides. The area in which the person resides would have to be designated as a super neighborhood by a municipality with a population greater than two million.

Based on a survey of several community colleges, it is anticipated that the applicable community colleges may have to assume a larger portion of the instructional costs for the eligible students since they would be able to pay in-service area rates for tuition or fees. However, some community colleges may see a net increase in revenue from additional students who would now pay in-service area rates.



Source Agencies:
781 Higher Education Coordinating Board
LBB Staff:
UP, KK, SK, DE