The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board proposes the repeal of §§13.100 - 13.106 concerning Formula Funding and Tuition Charged for Excess Credit Hours of Undergraduate Students. Specifically, these sections are being proposed for repeal and new §§13.100 - 13.110 are being proposed simultaneously in this issue of the Texas Register. The new sections restructure the sections being proposed for repeal and include new provisions regarding formula funding and tuition charged for excess and repeated hours required by amendments to Texas Education Code, §§61.0595 and 54.068.

Dr. Deborah Greene, Acting Assistant Commissioner for Planning and Accountability, has determined that for each year of the first five years the section is in effect, there will not be any fiscal implications to state or local government as a result of these rules.

Dr. Greene has also determined that for each year of the first five years the section is in effect, the public benefit anticipated as a result of this repeal will be that all Board rules regarding repeated or excessive hours will be in one subchapter. There is no effect on small businesses. There are no anticipated economic costs that result from this repeal. There is no impact on local employment.

Comments on the proposed repeal may be submitted to Deborah L. Greene, Acting Assistant Commissioner, Planning and Accountability, P.O. Box 12788, Austin, TX 78711; deborah.greene@thecb.state.tx.us. Comments will be accepted for 30 days following publication of the proposal in the Texas Register.

The repeal is proposed under the Texas Education Code, §61.027, which provides the Coordinating Board with the authority to adopt rules, Texas Education Code, §61.0595, which excludes funding for certain repeated or excessive hours, and Texas Education Code, §54.068, which permits institutions to charge increased tuition for certain repeated or excessive hours.

The repeal affects the Texas Education Code, §§54.068 and 61.0595.