Sources of Revenue:

Other Fund N/A

Legislation creates:

Neither Program nor Fund

Fiscal Note Summary

Effect this measure will have on costs and revenues of state government.

Fiscal Note: -0- House Bill 3191 would require public higher education institutions and the private higher education institutions receiving state funding to submit a plan to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance by October 1, 2009 that would make campuses more “military or veteran friendly.” Components of the plan are to include, but are not limited to, devising methods of lowering the bureaucratic barriers facing veterans in enrollment, reenrollment, financial aid, and transitioning into the educational process, appoint veterans’ advocates and providing training for them in as many institutional units as is feasible, designing one or more areas on campus for veterans to congregate and discuss shared concerns, developing programs to ease the transition from military life into higher education, and assisting veterans in gaining knowledge and applying for benefits. Staff time would be required to develop the plan, but there would be no additional cost to the public higher education institutions to perform this study.

Fiscal Note Detail

Effect of Proposal	Fiscal Year
Effect of Proposal	2009 Increase/Decrease (use"-")	2010 Increase/Decrease (use"-")	Fiscal Year (Upon Full Implementation)
1. Estmated Total Cost	0	0	0
Personal Services	0	0	0
Current Expenses	0	0	0
Repairs and Alterations	0	0	0
Assets	0	0	0
Other	0	0	0
2. Estimated Total Revenues	0	0	0

Explanation of above estimates (including long-range effect):

Memorandum

Person submitting Fiscal Note: Terry Hess
Email Address: hess@hepc.wvnet.edu