LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION February 26, 2013 TO: Honorable Dan Branch, Chair, House Committee On Higher Education FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB82 by McClendon (Relating to a single common course numbering system for public institutions of higher education in this state.), As Introduced No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would require that each institution adopt a core curriculum of not less than 42 semester credit hours and be consistent with the single common course numbering system approved by the board. By June 1, 2014, the board shall approve a single common numbering system and establish a timetable that requires institutions of higher education to phase in the inclusion of the applicable course numbers from the common course numbering system in their individual course listings and course numbering systems for all courses offered for the 2018-2019 academic year and subsequent years. Based on the LBBs analysis of responses by a sample of public university systems and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, duties and responsibilities associated with implementing the provisions of the bill could be accomplished using 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, 768 Texas Tech University System Administration, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board, 783 University of Houston System Administration LBB Staff: UP, KK, JI, SDE
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
February 26, 2013
TO: Honorable Dan Branch, Chair, House Committee On Higher Education FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB82 by McClendon (Relating to a single common course numbering system for public institutions of higher education in this state.), As Introduced
TO: Honorable Dan Branch, Chair, House Committee On Higher Education
FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB82 by McClendon (Relating to a single common course numbering system for public institutions of higher education in this state.), 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
HB82 by McClendon (Relating to a single common course numbering system for public institutions of higher education in this state.), As Introduced
HB82 by McClendon (Relating to a single common course numbering system for public institutions of higher education in this state.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would require that each institution adopt a core curriculum of not less than 42 semester credit hours and be consistent with the single common course numbering system approved by the board. By June 1, 2014, the board shall approve a single common numbering system and establish a timetable that requires institutions of higher education to phase in the inclusion of the applicable course numbers from the common course numbering system in their individual course listings and course numbering systems for all courses offered for the 2018-2019 academic year and subsequent years. Based on the LBBs analysis of responses by a sample of public university systems and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, duties and responsibilities associated with implementing the provisions of the bill could be accomplished using existing resources.
The bill would require that each institution adopt a core curriculum of not less than 42 semester credit hours and be consistent with the single common course numbering system approved by the board. By June 1, 2014, the board shall approve a single common numbering system and establish a timetable that requires institutions of higher education to phase in the inclusion of the applicable course numbers from the common course numbering system in their individual course listings and course numbering systems for all courses offered for the 2018-2019 academic year and subsequent years.
Based on the LBBs analysis of responses by a sample of public university systems and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, duties and responsibilities associated with implementing the provisions of the bill could be accomplished using 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, 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: UP, KK, JI, SDE
UP, KK, JI, SDE