HBA-KDB H.B. 2349 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2349
By: Hilderbran
Higher Education
3/18/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, the Marble Falls Independent School District (MFISD) is served
by Austin Community College (ACC).  Since the ACC campus is approximately
40 miles away from Marble Falls,  MFISD  patrons and students may not
benefit from ACC's programs as much as they may benefit from programs
offered at Central Texas College (CTC) located in Burnet which is
approximately 10 miles from Marble Falls.  House Bill 2349 reassigns MFISD
from ACC's service area to CTC's service area. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 2349 amends the Education Code to reassign the Marble Falls
Independent School District from the Austin Community College District
service area to the Central Texas College District service area.  The bill
provides that during the 2001-2002 academic year the Austin Community
College District may continue to treat an area removed by the bill from the
district's service area as if the area were still in the district's service
area as necessary to avoid an unreasonable interruption of junior college
services in the area. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or if the Act does not receive the necessary vote, the Act
takes effect September 1, 2001. The Act applies beginning with the 2001
fall semester.