SENATE
                          NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Subcommittee on Higher Education

TIME & DATE:  8:00AM, Tuesday, July 20, 2004

PLACE: E1.036 - Finance Com. Rm.

CHAIR: Senator Royce West

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The Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education will hold a joint hearing
with the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday, July 20, 2004 at 8:00 a.m.
in the Senate Finance Committee Room, E1.036.

The Committee will hear invited testimony on the Joint Interim Charge
with the Senate Finance Committee relating to studying and making
recommendations relating to the development of a statewide accountability
system for higher education that is consistent with funding strategies
for higher education.

The Committee will hear invited tesimony on the Joint Interim Charge
with the Senate Finance Committee relating to studying the budgetary
impact of legislation to deregulate tuition at institutions of
higher education.  This study should include, but not be limited to, a
review of recent tuition increases authorized by this Act, their impact
on affordability of higher education, and an evaluation of the expenditure
of these funds.

At the conclusion of the joint hearing, the Senate Subcommittee on Higher
Education will receive public testimony on Charge #4 relating to studying
and making recommendations to modify the student financial assistance
programs to provide better incentives for students to graduate on time with
better grades, such as the B-On-Time program and workstudy programs, and
to simplify the application process for financial aid programs.  The Senate
Subcommittee on Higher Education and the Senate Finance Committee will
receive public testimony on joint charges relating to higher education
funding, tuition deregulation, and accountability.

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