Honorable John Zerwas, Chair, House Committee on Higher Education
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB1903 by Raney (Relating to the distribution of funds to campuses in the Blinn Junior College District service area.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
Local Government Impact
The bill would require the governing board of the Blinn Junior College District to direct a proportionate amount of the district's contact hour formula funding and the tuition and fees generated by the district to each district campus with a student enrollment of at least 1,000 based on the percentage of the total amount of tuition and fees collected at that campus. Based on information provided by Blinn Junior College, implementing the provisions of the bill would reduce funding to the Brenham campus due to the proportionate distribution of funds required by the provisions of the bill and could result in cuts to academic programs and extra-curricular student activities and services at the Brenham campus.