SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Education TIME & DATE: 9:00AM, Wednesday, April 4, 2001 PLACE: E1.012 CHAIR: Senator Teel Bivins ___________________________________________________________________________ To consider the following: SB 641 Duncan Relating to the acquisition of goods and services by institutions of higher education. SB 724 Wentworth Relating to the determination under the school finance system of the amount of collected taxes for certain school districts. SB 752 Barrientos Relating to the application of the higher education uniform admission policy to graduates of certain special high school programs. SB 914 Ogden Relating to the location of certain facilities financed or refinanced by higher education authorities or by nonprofit corporations exercising the powers of those authorities. SB 1102 Barrientos Relating to a survey concerning persons who drop out of school. SB 1155 Ellis, Rodney Relating to the names of certain entities within The University of Texas System. SB 1178 Gallegos Relating to the procedure under the open meetings law in certain independent school districts for the appointment of a school trustee. SB 1180 Gallegos Relating to the filing deadline for candidacy for the governing body of certain school districts. SB 1186 Shapleigh Relating to the ranking of undergraduate state universities by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. SB 1190 Ellis, Rodney Relating to technology development and transfer by institutions of higher education. SB 1260 Shapleigh Relating to the authority of the comptroller to conduct performance reviews of general academic teaching institutions. SB 1472 Ogden Relating to the general property deposit paid by a student of a public institution of higher education. SB 1543 Nelson Relating to the review of curriculum rules. SB 1785 Nelson Relating to the limit on assistance under the state program for assisting school districts with the payment of existing debt. HB 1212 Dunnam SP: Fraser Relating to installment payments of tuition and fees by a student enrolled for a summer session at a public institution of higher education. HB 1753 Gutierrez SP: Zaffirini Relating to authorizing The University of Texas--Pan American to establish an upper-division extension campus in Rio Grande City and to enter into a partnership agreement with a junior college district for lower-division courses. Pending business: SB 526 Armbrister Relating to the age at which a child may be admitted to public school. SB 704 West, Royce Relating to school district dress codes. SB 1465 Bivins Relating to the operation, regulation, and administration of public institutions of higher education. SB 1466 Bivins Relating to the tuition and fees that can be charged at certain institutions of higher education. ___________________________________________________________________________