MINUTES 
                                           
                  STANDING SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION 
                               Tuesday, June 8, 2004 
                                     8:00 a.m. 
                             Capitol Extension, E1.030 
                                           
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Standing Senate Subcommittee on  
         Higher Education was held on Tuesday, June 8, 2004, in the  
         Capitol Extension, E1.030, in Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Royce West                      Senator Kip Averitt 
         Senator Kyle Janek                      Senator Leticia Van de  
                                                 Putte 
         Senator Todd Staples 
                                           
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         A joint hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education  
         Committee and the Senate Finance Committee was held.  Chairs  
         West and Ogden shared presiding duties. 
          
         Senator Ogden called the meeting to order at 8:01 a.m for the  
         Senate Finance Committee.  Senator West called the meeting to  
         order at 8:02 a.m. for the Senate Subcommittee on Higher  
         Education.   
          
         The following business was transacted:  
          
         The clerk called a roll call for the Senate Subcommittee on  
         Higher Education.  A quorum was present for the Senate  
         Subcommittee on Higher Education.  
          
         Senator Janek moved adoption of the minutes from the previous  
         Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education hearing held on May 6,  
         2004; without objection, it was so ordered.   
                                   
         Witnesses testifying and registering on funding for higher  
         education are shown on the attached list.   
          
         The clerk called a roll call for the Senate Finance Committee.   
         A quorum was present for the Senate Finance Committee.  
          
         Senator Zaffirini moved adoption of the minutes from the  
         previous Senate Finance Committee hearings held on May 24 and  
         25, 2004; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         Invited testimony resumed. 
          
         The chair moved that the public testimony be closed; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         There being no further business, at 12:55 p.m. Senator Ogden  
         moved that the Senate Finance Committee stand recessed subject  
         to the call of the chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         There being no further business, at 12:55 p.m. Senator West  
         moved that the Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education 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