Bill: HB 3768, 85(R) - 2017

Committee

House Higher Education

Vote Recommendation

Vote Recommendation Economic Freedom Property Rights Personal Responsibility Limited Government Individual Liberty
Neutral Neutral Neutral Neutral Neutral Neutral

Author(s)

Donna Howard

Bill Caption

Relating to a program to assist students in completing undergraduate certificates and degrees at certain institutions of higher education.

Fiscal Notes

Estimated Two-year Net Impact to General Revenue Related Funds for HB 3768, Committee Report 1st House, As Amended: a negative impact of ($514,166) through the biennium ending August 31, 2019. 

Bill Analysis

This bill would establish the Texas Guided Pathways Program which would have the state facilitate a common course numbering system between lower division institutions and institutions of higher education; for the purposes of making it easier for students to transfer credits from a public junior college to an institute of higher education. Institutions that did not use the common course numbering system would also be required to annually provide information regarding the course equivalents under the common course numbering system for courses in recommended course sequences.

All institutions of higher education would be required to submit to THECB annually a list of all transfer compacts in which the institutions participate, including links to or copies of the compacts, in an electronic form to be specified by THECB.

Vote Recommendation Notes

This bill does not have a connection to our liberty principles, therefore we remain neutral.

Source URL (retrieved on 04/19/2024 06:04 PM): http://reports.texasaction.com/bill/85r/hb3768?print_view=true