SENATE
                          NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Subcommittee on Higher Education

TIME & DATE:  1:30PM Or upon adjournment
             Monday, March 31, 2003

PLACE: Betty King Comm. Room

CHAIR: Senator Royce West

The Betty King Committee Room is located in the Capitol - Room 2E.20

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1.     Call to Order

2.     Roll Call

3.     Approval of Minutes

4.     The Committee will consider the following:


SB 26            Zaffirini
Relating to the establishment of a pilot program for retention of
students in higher education.


SB 111            Barrientos
Relating to a voting student member on the board of regents of The
University of Texas System.


SB 337            Shapleigh
Relating to requiring the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
to publish certain performance data provided to the board by
general academic teaching institutions.


SB 413            Madla
Relating to the study of educational opportunities for emergency
services personnel.


SB 415            Carona
Relating to the powers of certain nonprofit corporations to finance
facilities for an institution of higher education under the Higher
Education Authority Act.


SB 503            Ogden
Relating to the provision of certain higher education information
to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and to the public.


SB 545            Hinojosa
Relating to an intercollegiate athletics fee at Texas A&M
University--Corpus Christi.


SB 766            Van de Putte
Relating to a pilot program to monitor the postsecondary
educational plans of seniors at certain public high schools.


SB 1006            West
Relating to requiring state institutions of higher education to
develop plans for increasing the use of historically underutilized
businesses in purchasing and contracting.

5.     Pending Business:


SB 334            Staples
Relating to student center fees at Stephen F. Austin State
University.

6.     Adjourn/Recess

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