HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Higher Education TIME & DATE: 2:30PM or upon final adjourn./recess Wednesday, April 23, 2003 PLACE: Reagan Building, Room 120 CHAIR: Rep. Geanie Morrison ___________________________________________________________________________ Consider the following: HB 613 Castro / et al. Relating to requiring institutions of higher education to use uniform grading methods for each class or section of the same course. HB 838 Smith, Todd Relating to student preparedness for higher education. HB 1746 Hunter Relating to an exemption from tuition and fees at public institutions of higher education for certain adopted students. HB 1058 Alonzo / et al. Relating to Mexican-American studies programs and course work at certain public junior colleges. HB 2117 Brown, Fred Relating to the protection of students and employees from acts of violence on campus by another student or employee at a state-supported institution of higher education. HB 2862 Morrison Relating to institutions of higher education, including the administration, operation, governance, and financing of those institutions. HB 3552 Gallego / et al. Relating to naming the school of pharmacy at Texas A&M University--Kingsville after Irma Rangel. HB 3331 Crownover / et al. Relating to the authority of a higher education authority or nonprofit organization exercising the powers of a higher education authority to acquire, construct, improve, or finance facilities. HB 3321 Eiland / et al. Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds for The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston to finance biomedical research facilities and exempting the facilities financed by the bonds from prior approval by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. HB 2633 Quintanilla Relating to eligibility to receive a TEXAS grant. HB 531 Giddings Relating to tuition rebate incentives for persons who complete certain degree and certificate programs without excessive credit hours. HB 3262 Ritter Relating to the establishment of a Center for Excellence at Lamar University at Beaumont. HB 2802 Giddings Relating to the establishment of a school of pharmacy at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. SB 86 Wentworth Relating to the eligibility of a high school graduate for automatic admission to an institution of higher education. ___________________________________________________________________________