Supplement: TX HB4251 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Fiscal Note (House Committee Report)
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Bill Title: Relating to requiring prior approval by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to offer a degree or certificate program to certain persons who are incarcerated or subject to involuntary civil commitment.
Status: 2023-05-08 - Received from the House [HB4251 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4251-Fiscal_Note_House_Committee_Report_.html
Bill Title: Relating to requiring prior approval by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to offer a degree or certificate program to certain persons who are incarcerated or subject to involuntary civil commitment.
Status: 2023-05-08 - Received from the House [HB4251 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4251-Fiscal_Note_House_Committee_Report_.html
TO: |
Honorable Abel Herrero, Chair, House Committee on Corrections |
FROM: |
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
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IN RE: |
HB4251 by Cook (Relating to the provision of postsecondary education and training to certain inmates in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted |
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would authorize the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) to contract with public and nonprofit institutions of higher education for the provision of post-secondary education and training programs for certain inmates. According to TDCJ, the Texas Education Agency, the Higher Education Coordinating Board, the State Office of Administrative Hearings, the Texas Workforce Commission, and the Department of Public Safety, any costs associated with the bill could be absorbed using existing resources.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: b > td > | 320 Texas Workforce Commission, 360 State Office of Administrative Hearings, 405 Department of Public Safety, 696 Department of Criminal Justice, 701 Texas Education Agency, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board |
LBB Staff: b > td > | JMc, DDel, KFB, CSh |