** REVISION ** HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Higher Education TIME & DATE: 4:00PM, Tuesday, February 23, 1999 PLACE: E2.016 CHAIR: Rep. Irma Rangel ___________________________________________________________________________ TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING: HB 33 Goolsby Relating to placement of the state seal on the athletic uniform of teams representing public institutions of higher education. HB 178 Cuellar Relating to tuition and fee exemptions for the children of certain classroom teachers or school librarians enrolled at a public institution of higher education. HB 229 West, George "Buddy" Relating to student union fees at The University of Texas of the Permian Basin. HB 393 Hupp Relating to exempting certain military personnel and their dependents from certain requirements of the Texas Academic Skills Program. HB 454 Gutierrez Relating to the establishment of the Texas Literacy Pilot Program to exempt certain students from tuition and fees at eligible institutions of higher education. HB 546 Maxey Relating to the use of standardized test scores in making admissions determinations and in awarding scholarships and financial aid for certain persons at public institutions of higher education. HB 547 Maxey Relating to the use of standardized test scores in making admissions determinations and in awarding scholarships and financial aid at institutions of higher education. HB 713 Cuellar / et al. Relating to the consolidation, modification, or repeal of student financial aid, grant, and scholarship programs or tuition and fee waivers and the creation of the Texas Gateway to the Future Scholarship Program. HB 746 Gallego Relating to a report on certain higher education employees serving as expert witnesses in suits against the state. HB 878 Cuellar Relating to the establishment and creation of the Creating Teaching Excellence Scholarship Program. HB 1027 Solomons Relating to the authority of the board of regents of Texas Woman's University to levy fees for student centers. HB 1049 Sadler Relating to designating the Texas State Technical College System extension center in the city of Marshall as a campus of the system. HB 1114 Christian Relating to the sale of instructional materials to students of institutions of higher education. HB 1128 Cuellar / et al. Relating to programs for admission by performance to graduate degree programs in law, medicine, and other professional fields. ___________________________________________________________________________ BILLS DELETED AFTER LAST POSTING: HB 893