LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION March 10, 2011 TO: Honorable Dan Branch, Chair, House Committee on Higher Education FROM: John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB9 by Branch (relating to student success-based funding for public institutions of higher education.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. Under provisions of the bill, the Higher Education Coordinating Board would incorporate the consideration of certain student success measures in its formula recommendations to the legislature. For general academic teaching institutions, other than a public state college, the success measures must include the number of bachelor degrees awarded, number of bachelor degrees in critical fields awarded, number of bachelor degrees awarded to at-risk students, and as determined by the Board, the six-year graduation rate of students of the institution who initially enrolled in the institution in the fall semester immediately following their graduation from a public high school in the state as compared to the six-year graduation rate predicted for those students based on the composition of the institution's student body. For public state colleges, the success measures must include various metrics regarding the number of completions of entry level mathematics and english courses, number of undergraduates completing at least 30 semester credit hours, total number of associate and bachelor degrees awarded, and total number of certificates awarded for various certification programs that the Higher Education Coordinating Board may consider pertinent to student success. If the proposals as outlined in the bill, were implemented by the legislature, the distribution of formula funding among general academic institutions and community colleges could be impacted. 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, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board, 783 University of Houston System Administration LBB Staff: JOB, KK, RT, GO
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
March 10, 2011
TO: Honorable Dan Branch, Chair, House Committee on Higher Education FROM: John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB9 by Branch (relating to student success-based funding for public institutions of higher education.), 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: HB9 by Branch (relating to student success-based funding for public institutions of higher education.), 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
HB9 by Branch (relating to student success-based funding for public institutions of higher education.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
HB9 by Branch (relating to student success-based funding for public institutions of higher education.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
Under provisions of the bill, the Higher Education Coordinating Board would incorporate the consideration of certain student success measures in its formula recommendations to the legislature. For general academic teaching institutions, other than a public state college, the success measures must include the number of bachelor degrees awarded, number of bachelor degrees in critical fields awarded, number of bachelor degrees awarded to at-risk students, and as determined by the Board, the six-year graduation rate of students of the institution who initially enrolled in the institution in the fall semester immediately following their graduation from a public high school in the state as compared to the six-year graduation rate predicted for those students based on the composition of the institution's student body. For public state colleges, the success measures must include various metrics regarding the number of completions of entry level mathematics and english courses, number of undergraduates completing at least 30 semester credit hours, total number of associate and bachelor degrees awarded, and total number of certificates awarded for various certification programs that the Higher Education Coordinating Board may consider pertinent to student success. If the proposals as outlined in the bill, were implemented by the legislature, the distribution of formula funding among general academic institutions and community colleges could be impacted.
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, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board, 783 University of Houston System Administration
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, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board, 783 University of Houston System Administration
LBB Staff: JOB, KK, RT, GO
JOB, KK, RT, GO