** REVISION ** HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Higher Education TIME & DATE: 4:00PM, Tuesday, May 13, 1997 PLACE: E2.016 CHAIR: Rep. Irma Rangel ___________________________________________________________________________ TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING: SB 576 Sibley / et al. Relating to the establishment of the Texas New Horizons Scholarship Trust Fund to exempt worthy high school graduates from tuition and fees at public institutions of higher education. SB 926 Sibley Relating to the medical services fees at certain public institutions of higher education. SB 961 Ratliff / et al. Relating to state formula funding to an institution of higher education and tuition costs for certain resident doctoral students. SB 1476 Shapiro Relating to exempting certain children in foster or residential care from the payment of tuition and fees at state-supported institutions of higher education. SB 1808 Barrientos Relating to the international education fee at The University of Texas at Austin. SB 1907 Bivins Relating to tuition and fees charged by public institutions of higher education, including the redesignation of certain fees as tuition. SCR 74 Bivins Supporting the desire of the board of regents of The Texas A&M University System to combine the Baylor College of Dentistry, the Texas A&M University College of Medicine, the Texas A&M University Institute of Biosciences and Biotechnology, and the Texas A&M University School of Rural Public Health into a unified administrative structure to be named the Texas A&M University System Health Science Center. SCR 75 West, Royce Authorizing the creation of a commission to study the creation of an institution of higher education to be located in the southern portion of the County of Dallas. ___________________________________________________________________________ BILLS ADDED AFTER LAST POSTING: SB 1476