TX HB299

Requires the Legislative Budget Board to conduct a study examining the long-term costs, benefits, and effects of regulating tuition rates at public institutions of higher education, including the potential impact of repealing universities' authority to set their own tuition

Study must evaluate effects on student access to higher education, enrollment by disadvantaged or underrepresented Texans, affordability, financial aid, and student loan debt

Study must recommend appropriate tuition rates compared to current institution-set rates and estimate potential revenue gains or losses from tuition regulation

If revenue loss is projected, the board must identify alternative funding sources, including institutional endowments, and recommend specific endowment amounts that could offset reduced tuition revenues

Report due to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker, and relevant committee chairs by December 1, 2026; the provision expires September 1, 2027