HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Higher Education TIME & DATE: upon final adjourn./recess Wednesday, April 9, 2003 PLACE: Reagan Building, Room 120 CHAIR: Rep. Geanie Morrison ___________________________________________________________________________ Consider the following: HB 36 Luna Relating to the annexation by certain junior college districts of territory in a district's service area. HB 1621 Flores Relating to authorizing a public junior college to waive a portion of the tuition and fees for a student enrolled in a course for joint high school-junior college credit. HB 1912 Wolens / et al. Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds for The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas to finance biomedical research facilities and exempting the facilities financed by the bonds from prior approval by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. HB 1961 Luna Relating to the name of Southwest Texas State University. HB 2379 Hill Relating to the recreational facility fee charged at The University of Texas at Dallas. HB 2393 Goodman / et al. Relating to the governance and operation of The University of Texas at Arlington. HB 2447 Chavez Relating to the regulation of time, place, and manner of speech in a state institution of higher education. HB 2457 Rangel / et al. Relating to an intercollegiate athletics fee at Texas A&M University--Kingsville. HB 2522 Krusee Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds for the Southwest Texas State University Multi-Institution Teaching Center to finance facilities to address the Central Texas high growth corridor and exempting facilities financed by the bonds from prior approval by Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. HB 2555 Chavez Relating to requiring a course in multicultural or gender studies in baccalaureate degree programs at public institutions of higher education. HB 2574 Luna Relating to extending the boundaries of a junior college district to include territory in the district's service area. HB 2752 Brown, Fred Relating to the creation of nonprofit corporations to refund outstanding student loan bonds. HB 2915 Wise Relating to a nonprofit corporation. HB 3425 Lewis Relating to an intercollegiate athletic fee for students at Prairie View A&M University. HB 3526 Hamric / et al. Relating to the establishment of the research development fund to promote research at certain institutions of higher education and to the abolition of the Texas excellence fund and the university research fund. HB 2759 Wong Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds for The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center for biotechnology research and development facilities. HB 3350 Davis, John / et al. Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds for the University of Houston System. HB 3351 Davis, John Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds for The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston for the replacement of research and academic facilities lost in Tropical Storm Allison. HJR 82 Goodman / et al. Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for the continuation of funding for capital improvements and acquisitions at The University of Texas at Arlington. ___________________________________________________________________________