Bill > HB299

This bill directs the Legislative Budget Board (LBB) to conduct a comprehensive study on the potential long-term impacts of regulating tuition rates at public higher education institutions in Texas. The study will explore the costs, benefits, and consequences of potentially removing institutions' current authority to set their own tuition rates, with a balanced approach that considers both educational affordability and maintaining institutional quality. Specifically, the LBB must recommend appropriate tuition rates, evaluate potential effects on student access and enrollment (particularly for disadvantaged or underrepresented students), estimate potential revenue losses or gains for institutions, and if revenue loss is projected, identify alternative funding sources like institutional endowments to offset those losses. The board is required to submit a detailed report with its findings and recommendations to key state leaders by December 1, 2026, and the study authorization will expire on September 1, 2027. The bill will take effect immediately if it receives a two-thirds vote in the Texas legislature, or otherwise will take effect on September 1, 2025.

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