MINUTES 
                                           
                           SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION 
                          Subcommittee on Higher Education 
                             Monday, February 17, 2003 
                           1:30 p.m. or upon adjournment 
                      Betty King Committee Hearing Room, 2E.20 
                                           
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Higher  
         Education was held on Monday, February 17, 2003, in the Betty  
         King Committee Hearing Room, 2E.20, at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Royce West                      None 
         Senator Kip Averitt 
         Senator Kyle Janek 
         Senator Todd Staples 
         Senator Leticia Van de Putte 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 2:33 p.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         Senator Averitt moved adoption of the minutes from the previous  
         hearing held on February 10, 2003; without objection, it was so  
         ordered. 
          
         At 2:34 p.m. Senator Averitt assumed the chair. 
          
         The chair laid out SB 258 and recognized the author, Senator  
         West, to explain the bill. 
          
         Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on  
         the attached list.  The chair moved that the public testimony be  
         closed; without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         Senator West moved that SB 258 be reported favorably to the full  
         Committee with the recommendation that it do pass and be  
         printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 5 ayes, 0  
         nay, 0 present not voting, and 0 absent.  
          
         At 2:36 p.m. Senator West resumed the chair.  
          
         At 2:36 p.m. the chair moved the Committee stand at ease. 
          
         At 2:42 p.m. the chair laid out SB 87 and recognized Senator  
  
         Staples, in the absence of the author, to explain the bill.   
          
         Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on  
         the attached list.  The chair moved that the public testimony be  
         closed; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         Senator West moved that SB 87 be left pending; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.     
          
         There being no further business, at 3:03 p.m. Senator West moved  
         that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the  
         chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Royce West, Chair 
          
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         Tara Korstad, Clerk