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The House Committee on Appropriations
77th Legislature
March 13, 2001
7:00 a.m.
Capitol Extension, E1.030
Pursuant to a notice posted on March 8, 2001, the House
Committee on Appropriations met in a public hearing and was
called to order by the chair, Representative Junell, at 7:00
a.m.
The roll was answered as follows:
Present: Representatives Junell; West, George "Buddy"; Allen;
Delisi; Giddings; Hamric; Heflin; Hochberg; Janek;
King, Tracy; Moreno, Paul; Mowery; Pickett; Pitts;
Puente (15).
Absent: Representatives Coleman; Eiland; Farrar; Flores;
Gallego; Glaze; Gutierrez; Luna, Vilma; Maxey;
McReynolds; Smith; Turner, Sylvester (12).
A quorum was present.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
Higher Education Coordinating Board
(Representative Farrar now present.)(Representative Gutierrez
now present.)(Representative Luna, Vilma now
present.)(Representative Glaze now present.)(Representative
Flores now present.)(Representative Gallego now
present.)(Representative Maxey now present.)(Representative
McReynolds now present.)(Representative Smith now
present.)(Representative Turner, Sylvester now
present.)(Representative Coleman now present.)(Representative
Counts, David now present.)(Representative Kolkhorst, Lois now
present.)(Representative Eiland now present.)
Representative Delisi moved the adoption of LBB recommendations
with the following changes:
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Fiscal Changes
Funds for TEXAS Grants
Funds for Teach for Texas
Funds and FTEs for Information Access Initiative
Growth Funding at General Academics
Growth Funding in general academic nursing programs
Growth Funding in nursing programs at health-related
institutions
Technical Changes
Rename Strategy C.1.10., Family Practice Residency
Education Loan Repayment Program, to better
differentiate it from Strategy C.1.1., Physician's
Education Loan Repayment Program.
Reclassify money in Strategy C.1.21., Dentist's Education
Loan repayment Program, as General Revenue.
Increase federal funds in Strategy D.1.2.,
Technical/Vocational Programs, for the biennium.
Amend Rider #28, Toward Excellence, Access, and Success
(TEXAS) Grant Program, to be consistent with statute.
Amend Rider #34, Informational Rider-Tobacco Settlement
Receipts, to specify which portion applies to Baylor
College of Medicine.
Amend Rider #7, License Plate Scholarship Program, to
appropriate unexpended balances in each of the
scholarship programs.
Performance Measure Changes
Add the following four performance measures under Strategy
C.1.17., TEXAS Grant Program:
1. Retention rate of TEXAS Grant recipients after
one academic year.
2. Percentage of TEXAS Grant recipients who earn a
baccalaureate degree within six academic years.
3. Percentage of TEXAS Grant-eligible high school
graduates who receive a TEXAS Grant upon
enrollment in a higher education institution.
4. Percentage of low-income students completing the
Recommended High School Curriculum.
Raise the target for the measure, Percentage of Black and
Hispanic students graduating within 6 years.
Adjust the target for the measure, Percentage of students
enrolled in colleges who are Black and Hispanic.
Riders
Capital Budget rider (Delisi #1)
Information Access Initiative rider (Delisi #2)
Texas Academic Skills Program rider (Delisi #3)
Dramatic Enrollment Growth Funding for Two Year
Institutions rider (Delisi #4)
Enrollment Growth Funding for General Academic Institutions
rider (Delisi #5)
Enrollment Growth Funding for Nursing Programs at
Health-related Institutions rider (Delisi #6)
General Academic Development Education Accountability Pilot
Program rider (Delisi #7)
Community and Technical College Developmental Education
Accountability Pilot Program rider (Delisi #8)
Economically Disadvantaged Student Retention Performance
Fund rider (Delisi #9)
Higher Education Assistance Pilot Program rider (Delisi
#10)
Financial Aid Application Assistance rider (Delisi #11)
Amended Data Exchange to Facilitate Financial Aid
Eligibility Determination rider (Delisi #12)
Graduate and Post Graduate Medical Education Task Force
rider (Delisi #13)
P-16 Council rider (Delisi #14)
Graduation and Persistence Rates rider (Delisi #15)
Article IX, Section 6.38, Statewide Capital Planning rider
(Delisi #16)
Article XI
All exceptional items for the Higher Education Coordinating
Board
Contingency Appropriation for H.B. 140, to provide
financial assistance to Texas veterans for textbooks
and related course materials.
Contingency Appropriation for H.B. 733, to appropriate
funds for a financial aid program for community and
technical college students.
Transfer of funds from General Revenue - Dedicated to
General Revenue and appropriate it to the Coordinating
Board for the Pharmacy Residency Program Fund.
Contingency Appropriation for H.B. 1998, Amend Rider #31,
Teach for Texas Conditional Grant Program.
Additional funds to finance a Texas State Science and
Engineering Fair for middle and secondary school
students.
New Campus Funding for Public Community/Junior Colleges.
Funds for Research Partnership and Global Education
Matching Fund Pilot Program.
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Two Year Institutions
(Secretary Cuellar now present.)
Representative Mowery moved the adoption of LBB recommendations
with the following changes:
Fiscal Changes
Enrollment Update
Technical Changes
TSTC Sweetwater: Change name to TSTC West Texas.
TSTC: Revise graduation performance measure to reference
"degree-seeking" students rather than "declared-major"
students.
Two Year Institutions: Amend Texas State University System
Central Office Rider #2, Audit of Base Period Contact
Hours, to reference "total contact hour formula
appropriations." Make similar amendments to Public
Community/Junior Colleges Rider #7 and to Special
Provisions Relating Only to Components of the Texas
State Technical College Rider #9. And in Special
Provisions Relating Only to State Agencies of Higher
Education, Section 18.
Delete Public Community/Junior Colleges, Rider #13,
Performance Reporting.
Article XI
Texas State Technical College, Environmental Clean-Up
(Amarillo).
Texas State Technical College, Small School Supplement in
infrastructure formula.
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
At 10:00 a.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection,
the meeting was recessed until 1:30 p.m., March 13, 2001.
The committee reconvened at 1:37 p.m. and was called to order by
the chair, Representative Junell. The roll was answered as
follows:
Present: Representatives Junell; West, George "Buddy"; Delisi;
Gallego; Giddings; Gutierrez; Hamric; Heflin;
Hochberg; King, Tracy; Luna, Vilma; McReynolds;
Mowery; Puente; Smith (15).
Absent: Representatives Allen; Coleman; Eiland; Farrar;
Flores; Glaze; Janek; Maxey; Moreno, Paul; Pickett;
Pitts; Turner, Sylvester (12).
A quorum was present.
Testimony was taken. (See attached witness list.)
General Academic Institutions
(Representative Eiland now present.)(Representative Flores now
present.)(Representative Glaze now present.)(Representative
Williams, Thomas now present.)(Representative Moreno, Paul now
present.)(Representative Turner, Sylvester now
present.)(Representative Coleman now present.)(Representative
Maxey now present.)(Representative Pitts now
present.)(Representative Janek now present.)
Representative Giddings moved the adoption of LBB
recommendations for the University of Texas Arlington,
University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas at Dallas,
University of Texas El Paso, University of Texas Pan American,
University of Texas Brownsville, University of Texas Permian
Basin, University of Texas San Antonio, University of Texas
Tyler, Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University - Galveston,
Prairie View A&M University, Tarleton State University, Texas
A&M University - Corpus Christi, Texas A&M University -
Kingsville, Texas A&M International University, West Texas A&M
University, Texas A&M University - Commerce, Texas A&M
University - Texarkana, University of Houston, University of
Houston- Clear Lake, University oh Houston - Downtown,
University of Houston - Victoria, Midwestern State University,
University of North Texas, Stephen F. Austin State University,
Texas Southern University, Texas Tech University, Texas Woman's
University, Angelo State University, Lamar-Beaumont University,
Sam Houston State University, Southwest Texas State University,
Sul Ross State University, Sul Ross State University - Rio
Grande with the following changes:
Fiscal Changes
Funding for Enrollment Update
Deduct Growth Supplement funding from the general academics
Additional funding for Texas Southern University for
programs and enhancements.
Additional funding for Prairie View A&M University for
programs and enhancements.
Additional funding in general revenue for a Small Business
Development Center at Midwestern State University.
Technical Changes
Lamar-Beaumont: Amend Strategy B.1.2., Tuition Revenue Bond
Retirement.
Midwestern State: Amend Rider #1, Appropriation of Special
Mineral Fund, to reflect Comptroller's estimates.
Riders
Prairie View A&M University: Establishment of America's
Promise School rider (Giddings #1)
Stephen F. Austin State University: Recruitment and
Enrollment of Students from East Texas rider (Giddings
#2)
Article XI
UT Austin: Center for Public Policy Dispute Resolution
All Exceptional Items for General Academic Institutions
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Health Related Institutions
Representative Giddings moved the adoption of LBB
recommendations for University of Texas Southwestern Medical
Center, University of Texas Medical Branch, University of Texas
Health Science Center - Houston, University of Texas Health
Science Center - San Antonio, University of Texas MD Anderson
Cancer Center, University of Texas Health Center at Tyler, Texas
A&M System Health Science Center, University of North Texas
Health Science Center, Texas Tech University Health Sciences
Center with the following changes:
Fiscal Changes
UT Health Science Center - Houston: Delete Strategy E.1.1.,
Satellite Public Health Program. Add Strategy A.1.6.,
Graduate Training in Public Health, for UT Health
Science Center - Houston.
Transfer all appropriations from Strategy E.1.1., Academic
and research Support, to Strategy D.1.1., Patient Care
Activities; and transfer all appropriations from
Strategy E.2.1., Science Park Operations, to a new
strategy, B.1.3., Science Park.
Technical Changes
Re-classify funds of Other E&G Income as Patient Income.
Reduce funds in Other E&G Income included in the
health-related formulas.
Adjust General Revenue appropriations at the health-related
institutions due to a correction in the enrollment
numbers.
Adjust the formula rates in Article III Special Provisions
Section 33.
Reduce Patient Income for UT Medical Branch at Galveston.
Add "Estimated" to the Health-Related Institutions Patient
Income method of finance.
For Texas A&M Health Science Center Strategy E.1.1.,
Coastal Bend health Education Center, appropriate any
unexpended balances from FY 2002 for FY 2003.
Move Article III Special Provisions Section 44 rider
appropriations for the UT Health Center at Tyler and
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center into the
appropriate strategies.
Add FTEs to The UT Health Center at Tyler for items funded
through rider appropriation discussed in item No.8.
Reduce the number of FTEs at UT Medical Branch at
Galveston.
Add funds to Texas A&M University System Health Science
Center Strategy C.2.1., Tuition Revenue Bond
Retirement.
Riders
UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center: Department of Veterinary
Sciences - Bastrop rider (Giddings #1)
University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort
Worth: Forensic Laboratory rider (Giddings #2)
Article XI
All Exceptional Items for Health-Related Institutions
UT Health Science Center - Houston, Texas Border Health
Outreach Center.
UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, Medical Technology
Equipment.
UT Health Center at Tyler, Funding for Increases in
Indigent Care.
Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, South
Texas Center for Rural Public Health.
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Texas A&M University System Research and Service Agencies
(Representative Gallego in chair.)(Representative Junell in
chair.)
Representative Gutierrez moved the adoption of LBB
recommendations for Texas Agriculture Experiment Station, Texas
Agriculture Extension Service, Texas Forest Service, Texas
Wildlife Damage Management Service, Texas Veterinary Medical
Diagnostic Lab, Texas Engineering Experiment Station, Texas
Transportation Institute, Texas Engineering Extension Service
with the following changes:
Technical Changes
Texas Forest Service: Shift funds between strategies to
correct for OASI revisions.
Riders
Texas Agriculture and Engineering Extension Services:
Increased Inter-agency Collaboration rider (Gutierrez
#1)
Texas Engineering Extension Service: Training Related to
Workplace Violence rider (Gutierrez #2)
Article XI
All Exceptional Items for Texas A&M Research and Service
Agencies with the exception of the following:
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Baby Boomer Generation
Texas Forest Service
Statewide Emergency
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, PLANT: Improved
Produce for a Healthier Texas.
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Socioeconomic
Research, plus a new rider for Texas State Data
Center.
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Texas Food and Fibers Commission
Representative Gutierrez moved the adoption of LBB
recommendations with the following changes:
Article XI
Additional research funds.
Texas Agricultural Research Database, as recommended by the
House Committee on Agriculture and Livestock.
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Special Provisions Relating Only to State Agencies of Higher
Education
Representative Gutierrez moved the adoption of LBB
recommendations with the following changes:
Riders
Reinstate Section 45, Faculty Salary Increase Report rider
(Gutierrez #1)
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
Texas Education Agency
(Representative Farrar now present.)
(Representative Turner, Sylvester in chair.)(Representative
Hochberg in chair.)(Representative Junell in chair.)
(Representative Pickett now present.)(Representative Allen now
present.)
Representative Hochberg moved the adoption of LBB
recommendations with the following changes:
Technical Changes
Adjust the methods of finance within the Foundation School
Program.
Adjust federal funds in each strategy to reflect updated
estimate.
Amend Rider 43 to reflect the increase per year for summer
school in the Juvenile Justice Alternative Education
Program.
Addition of the following Performance Measure additions:
Percent of Students Graduating Under the Recommended
or Distinguished Achievement High School Program.
Percent of Campuses Receiving After-School Initiative
Funds showing a Decrease in DAEP Referrals.
Percent of DAEPs Meeting All Accountability Standards.
Performance Measure Changes
Revised LBB recommendations on Targets for:
Percent of Students Whose Assessment Results are Inc.
in Accountability System.
Percent of Special Ed Students Who are Tested and Inc.
in Accountability System.
Percent of LEP Students Who are Tested and Inc. in the
Accountability System.
Number of Offenders Passing General Education
Development (GED) Tests.
Riders
Capital Budget rider (Hochberg #1)
Amend Rider #30, Investment Capital Fund rider (Hochberg
#2)
Amend Rider #54, School Improvement and Parental
Involvement Initiative rider (Hochberg #3)
Amend Rider #63, Ready to Read Program rider (Hochberg #4)
Amend Rider #66, Student Success Initiative rider (Hochberg
#5)
Windham School District Young Offenders rider (Hochberg #6)
Texas Advanced Placement Incentive Program rider (Hochberg
#7)
As amended, Progress Report on Full Time Equivalent
Positions rider (Hochberg #8)
Funds for Teacher Mentoring Programs rider (Hochberg #9)
Article IX
Exemptions from Limitations on Salary Increases
Article XI
Student Success Initiative
Student Success in Math
Monitoring and Accountability
Reading Initiative
Instructional Facilities allotment
LEP Summer School
Adult Literacy and Community Education
Advanced Placement/International Baccalaureate
Technology Allotment
School Finance Assistance
Contingency rider for HB 1224, Worksite School Assessments
Contingency rider for HB 1427 or similar legislation to
create fund for exceptionally high cost special
education students.
Without objection, the motion was adopted.
At 6:25 p.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection,
the meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the chair.
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Rep. Junell, Chair
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Darshoel Willis, Clerk