** REVISION ** HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Higher Education TIME & DATE: 4:00PM, Tuesday, April 1, 1997 PLACE: E2.016 CHAIR: Rep. Irma Rangel ___________________________________________________________________________ TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING: HB 271 Hilbert Relating to the costs of and reducing the need for remedial education of high school graduates. HB 1940 Price Relating to the Texas Academy of Leadership in the Humanities at Lamar University at Beaumont. HB 2055 Maxey Relating to prepaid higher education tuition scholarships for needy students. HB 2392 Hodge Relating to student loan repayment assistance for certain dentists. HB 2456 Swinford Relating to state funding for and tuition charged to certain undergraduate students who accumulate excessive credit hours and to the number of credit hours required in a degree program. HB 2517 Dunnam Relating to state oversight and evaluation of public junior college districts and other postsecondary institutions of vocational or technical education. HB 2544 Gray Relating to the power of the board of regents of The Texas A&M University System to designate Texas A&M University at Galveston as a branch campus of Texas A&M University. HB 2613 Cuellar Relating to the creation of the Faculty Enhancement Fund for Generalist Physicians. HB 2626 Delisi Relating to the creation of a statewide preceptorship program in public health settings. HB 2690 Cook Relating to the service areas of certain junior college districts. HB 2725 Maxey Relating to the use of standardized test scores in making admissions determinations and in awarding scholarships and financial aid at public institutions of higher education. HB 3125 Davila Relating to student participation in the selection or retention of food service providers at institutions of higher education. ___________________________________________________________________________ BILLS DELETED AFTER LAST POSTING: HB 1207