MINUTES 
                                           
                    JOINT INTERIM COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION 
                             Tuesday, February 17, 2004 
                                     9:00 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 Joint Interim Committee on Higher  
         Education was held on Tuesday, February 17, 2004, in the Capitol  
         Extension, E1.030, at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Florence Shapiro                Representative Roberto  
                                                 Gutierrez 
         Senator Kip Averitt 
         Senator Robert Duncan 
         Senator Kyle Janek 
         Senator Royce West 
         Senator Judith Zaffirini 
         Representative Geanie Morrison 
         Representative Fred Brown 
         Representative Tony Goolsby 
         Representative Lois Kolkhorst 
         Representative Sylvester Turner 
         Martin Basaldua 
         Jerry Farrington 
         Jodie Jiles 
         Robert Shepard 
          
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         (Representative Morrison in the chair) 
          
         The chair called the meeting to order at 9:16 a.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         Witnesses testifying and registering on the College For Texans  
         Campaign and Overview on Formula Funding are shown on the  
         attached list.   
          
         At 11:06 a.m. Senator Shapiro assumed the chair.   
         At 11:14 a.m. Representative Morrison resumed the chair.  
          
         At 12:00 p.m. Senator Shapiro assumed the chair.   
          
         At 12:10 p.m. Representative Morrison resumed the chair.    
  
         The chair moved that the public testimony be closed; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         There being no further business, at 12:49 p.m. Representative  
         Morrison moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the  
         call of the chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Representative Geanie Morrison, Co-Chair                          
                                                                Senator  
                                                                Florence  
                                                                Shapiro,  
                                                                Co-Chair 
          
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         Tara Korstad, Clerk