LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 20, 2009 TO: Honorable Dan Branch, Chair, House Committee on Higher Education FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB101 by Brown, Fred (relating to the formula funding for public institutions of higher education for certain credit hours that do not count toward a degree.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. Under provisions of the bill, semester credit hours earned before a student graduates from high school that are used to satisfy high school graduation requirements would not be counted for purposes of determining whether the student has exceeded the limit of semester credit hours that can be counted for formula funding. 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, 758 Texas State University System, 768 Texas Tech University System Administration, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board LBB Staff: JOB, KK, RT, SSh LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 20, 2009 TO: Honorable Dan Branch, Chair, House Committee on Higher Education FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB101 by Brown, Fred (relating to the formula funding for public institutions of higher education for certain credit hours that do not count toward a degree.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted TO: Honorable Dan Branch, Chair, House Committee on Higher Education FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB101 by Brown, Fred (relating to the formula funding for public institutions of higher education for certain credit hours that do not count toward a degree.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted Honorable Dan Branch, Chair, House Committee on Higher Education Honorable Dan Branch, Chair, House Committee on Higher Education John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board HB101 by Brown, Fred (relating to the formula funding for public institutions of higher education for certain credit hours that do not count toward a degree.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted HB101 by Brown, Fred (relating to the formula funding for public institutions of higher education for certain credit hours that do not count toward a degree.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. Under provisions of the bill, semester credit hours earned before a student graduates from high school that are used to satisfy high school graduation requirements would not be counted for purposes of determining whether the student has exceeded the limit of semester credit hours that can be counted for formula funding. Under provisions of the bill, semester credit hours earned before a student graduates from high school that are used to satisfy high school graduation requirements would not be counted for purposes of determining whether the student has exceeded the limit of semester credit hours that can be counted for formula funding. 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, 758 Texas State University System, 768 Texas Tech University System Administration, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board 710 Texas A&M University System Administrative and General Offices, 758 Texas State University System, 768 Texas Tech University System Administration, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board LBB Staff: JOB, KK, RT, SSh JOB, KK, RT, SSh