LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

March 23, 2015

TO:	Honorable Jimmie Don Aycock, Chair, House Committee on Public Education
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB462 by Goldman (Relating to successful completion of dual credit courses as an alternative to compliance with end-of-course assessment requirements.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would require the Commissioner of Education to establish the method by which a student's successful completion of a dual credit course provided by an institution of higher education would satisfy the requirements of an end-of-course (EOC) assessment in the equivalent subject. The bill would allow a student that failed a dual credit course to retake the course or take the appropriate EOC assessment to meet state assessment requirements.

The Texas Education Agency expects the bill to have limited applicability due to federal assessment and accountability requirements and anticipates that any additional work resulting from the bill could be reasonably absorbed within current resources. 

Local Government Impact

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

701 Central Education Agency, 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

LBB Staff:

UP, JBi, AM, AW, GO