HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Higher Education TIME & DATE: 4:00PM, Tuesday, March 27, 2001 PLACE: E2.010 CHAIR: Rep. Irma Rangel ___________________________________________________________________________ To Consider the Following: HB 658 Junell / et al. Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds for certain public institutions of higher education. HB 1011 Swinford Relating to the transfer of the Amarillo campus of the Texas State Technical College System to Amarillo College. HB 1446 Junell / et al. Relating to a college savings plan for qualified higher education expenses. HB 1799 Villarreal, Mike Relating to long-range planning for higher education. HB 1946 Garcia / et al. Relating to undergraduate and postgraduate admissions criteria to enroll at a state-supported college or university. HB 2279 Naishtat Relating to the exemption from the payment of higher education tuition and fees for certain recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits. HB 2323 Gallego Relating to repayment assistance for certain law school loans of persons providing legal services to the indigent. HB 2513 Coleman Relating to the Teach for Texas grant program and the Teach for Texas alternative certification program. HB 2521 Wilson Relating to the establishment of a medical school at Prairie View A&M University. HB 2531 Junell Relating to tuition rates at public institutions of higher education. HB 2575 Goolsby Relating to the total amount of student services fees that may be charged at certain institutions of higher education. HB 2603 Coleman Relating to the tuition to be charged to certain foreign students. HB 2765 Brown, Fred / et al. Relating to the sale of instructional materials to students of institutions of higher education. HB 2766 Delisi Relating to repayment of certain law school education loans. HB 2840 Telford Relating to a partnership between Texas A&M University--Texarkana and Texarkana College District. HB 3050 Rangel Relating to the establishment and operation of the Toward EXcellence, Access, & Success (TEXAS) II grant program. HB 3054 Rangel Relating to student financial aid to supplement a TEXAS grant for a student of an institution of higher education. SB 31 Zaffirini / et al. Relating to providing information about bacterial meningitis to students of public schools and students of institutions of higher education. SB 179 Fraser / et al. Relating to exempting members of the armed forces from the Texas Academic Skills Program. ___________________________________________________________________________