LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

May 20, 2015

TO:	Honorable Joe Straus, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives
FROM:	Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB1992 by Zerwas (Relating to the granting of undergraduate course credit by advanced placement examination at public institutions of higher education.), As Passed 2nd House

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend Education Code as it relates to the minimum score on an Advanced Placement examination for granting of undergraduate course credit at public institutions of higher education. The bill would require the Higher Education Coordinating Board (Board) to conduct a study on the performance of undergraduate students at institutions of higher education who receive undergraduate course credit for achieving required scores on one or more Advanced Placement examinations. The bill requires the Board to submit a progress report and recommendations for legislative or administrative action no later than January 1, 2017 and report the results of the study and recommendations for legislative or administrative action by January 1, 2019. This analysis assumes that any costs for the Higher Education Coordinating Board and institutions of higher education to implement the provisions of the bill could be absorbed within current 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, 769 University of North Texas System Administration, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board, 783 University of Houston System Administration, 701 Central Education Agency

LBB Staff:

UP, SD, EMu, DEH, GO, ED