** REVISION ** HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Higher Education TIME & DATE: 5:00PM, Tuesday, April 24, 2001 PLACE: E2.010 CHAIR: Rep. Irma Rangel ___________________________________________________________________________ To Consider the Following: SB 386 Bivins Relating to updating references to the campuses of the Texas State Technical College System. SB 555 Ellis, Rodney / et al. Relating to a college savings plan for qualified higher education expenses. SB 743 Lucio Relating to the tuition charged to certain foreign students enrolled in a graduate public health course in a border county. SB 924 Barrientos Relating to a uniform strategy to ensure that public institutions of higher education employ faculty and staff who reflect the population of Texas. SB 940 Bivins / et al. Relating to the establishment of the Joint Admission Medical Program to assist certain economically disadvantaged students in preparing for and succeeding in medical school. SB 1014 Ogden Relating to the service areas of certain junior college districts. SB 1057 Ellis, Rodney Relating to the administration of the TEXAS grant program and to the dissemination of student financial aid information. SB 1190 Ellis, Rodney Relating to technology development and transfer by institutions of higher education. SB 1595 Bivins Relating to financial assistance for certain persons seeking certification as public school teachers, including revisions to the Teach for Texas grant program, and to loan repayment assistance for certain classroom teachers. SB 1596 Bivins / et al. Relating to the establishment and operation of the Toward EXcellence, Access, & Success (TEXAS) grant II program. ___________________________________________________________________________