LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
April 12, 2011

TO:
Honorable Judith Zaffirini, Chair, Senate Committee on Higher Education
 
FROM:
John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
SB1726 by Zaffirini (Relating to the development of measurable learning outcomes for undergraduate courses at public institutions of higher education.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill relates to the development of measurable learning outcomes for undergraduate courses at public institutions of higher education. Under the bill each institution of higher education would identify, adopt, and make available for public inspection measurable learning outcomes for each undergraduate course offered by the institution and require each undergraduate student to sign a student learning commitment developed by the institution for purposes of this section acknowledging that the student is aware of and understands the learning outcomes adopted for those courses that the student must successfully complete in order to complete the student’s degree program. Provisions of this bill would be imlpemented 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, 768 Texas Tech University System Administration, 769 University of North Texas System Administration, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board, 783 University of Houston System Administration
LBB Staff:
JOB, KK, RT, GO, SK