LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION March 12, 2013 TO: Honorable Dan Branch, Chair, House Committee On Higher Education FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB1004 by Gonzales, Larry (Relating to an electronic system adopted and maintained by public institutions of higher education to employ a person to track the academic progress of military veterans or their family members receiving student financial assistance.), As Introduced No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. Under provisions of the bill, each institution of higher education is required to have one or more persons employed by the institution trained in tracking, through an electronic auditing system, the academic progress of veterans and family members receiving student financial assistance. Each institution is required to adopt and maintain an electronic auditing system to verify the enrollment and completion of courses that count toward the degree plan for veterans and family members receiving student financial assistance. Each public institution must implement the electronic auditing system beginning with the 2014 fall semester. Institutions of higher education will implement provisions of the bill within existing 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, 769 University of North Texas System Administration, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board, 783 University of Houston System Administration LBB Staff: UP, KK, SK, GO
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
March 12, 2013
TO: Honorable Dan Branch, Chair, House Committee On Higher Education FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB1004 by Gonzales, Larry (Relating to an electronic system adopted and maintained by public institutions of higher education to employ a person to track the academic progress of military veterans or their family members receiving student financial assistance.), As Introduced
TO: Honorable Dan Branch, Chair, House Committee On Higher Education
FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB1004 by Gonzales, Larry (Relating to an electronic system adopted and maintained by public institutions of higher education to employ a person to track the academic progress of military veterans or their family members receiving student financial assistance.), As Introduced
Honorable Dan Branch, Chair, House Committee On Higher Education
Honorable Dan Branch, Chair, House Committee On Higher Education
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
HB1004 by Gonzales, Larry (Relating to an electronic system adopted and maintained by public institutions of higher education to employ a person to track the academic progress of military veterans or their family members receiving student financial assistance.), As Introduced
HB1004 by Gonzales, Larry (Relating to an electronic system adopted and maintained by public institutions of higher education to employ a person to track the academic progress of military veterans or their family members receiving student financial assistance.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
Under provisions of the bill, each institution of higher education is required to have one or more persons employed by the institution trained in tracking, through an electronic auditing system, the academic progress of veterans and family members receiving student financial assistance. Each institution is required to adopt and maintain an electronic auditing system to verify the enrollment and completion of courses that count toward the degree plan for veterans and family members receiving student financial assistance. Each public institution must implement the electronic auditing system beginning with the 2014 fall semester. Institutions of higher education will implement provisions of the bill within existing 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, 769 University of North Texas 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, 769 University of North Texas System Administration, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board, 783 University of Houston System Administration
LBB Staff: UP, KK, SK, GO
UP, KK, SK, GO