Honorable John Zerwas, Chair, House Committee on Higher Education
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB3508 by Rodriguez, Eddie (Relating to a college readiness memorandum of understanding between a school district and an institution of higher education.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would require a school district to partner with at least one institute of higher education (IHE) to provide joint professional development opportunities and collaboration for school counselors and academic advisors related to college readiness; identify common methods of determining college readiness; identify pathways from high school endorsements to available IHE degree programs and fields of study; develop tools based on pathways from endorsements to degree programs and fields of study to assist student in selecting suitable programs; and identify opportunities to increase cost efficiencies in technology, facilities and equipment, dual credit course staffing and certification, and transportation programs.
The bill would have no direct fiscal implications for the operations of the Texas Education Agency or the Higher Education Coordinating Board. University systems report that the provisions of the bill could be implemented with existing resources.
Local Government Impact
Local school districts would incur administrative costs to comply with the provisions of the bill, but would share these costs with IHEs. These costs would vary from school district to school district.
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