MINUTES 
                                           
                  STANDING SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION 
                               Monday, March 21, 2005 
                           1:30 p.m. or upon adjournment 
                      Betty King Committee Hearing Room, 2E.20 
                                           
                                       ***** 
                                           
         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Standing Senate Subcommittee on  
         Higher Education was held on Monday, March 21, 2005, in the  
         Betty King Committee Hearing Room, 2E.20, at Austin, Texas. 
          
                                       ***** 
                                           
         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Royce West                      Senator Kyle Janek 
         Senator Kip Averitt                     Senator Tommy Williams 
         Senator Todd Staples 
         Senator Judith Zaffirini 
                                           
                                       ***** 
                                           
         The chair called the meeting to order at 3:03 p.m.  The clerk  
         called the roll; a quorum was not present. 
          
         The chair laid out SB 302 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Ellis, to explain the bill.  Senator Averitt sent up a committee  
         substitute; the chair recognized Senator Ellis to explain the  
         difference between the committee substitute and the bill as  
         filed.  Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are  
         shown on the attached list.  The chair moved that the public  
         testimony be closed; without objection, it was so ordered. 
          
         A quorum was present at 3:10 pm. 
          
         Senator Averitt moved adoption of the minutes from the previous  
         hearings held on March 14, 2005, and March 16, 2005; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         Senator Averitt moved adoption of the committee substitute for  
         SB 302; without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Zaffirini  
         moved that SB 302 do not pass but that CSSB 302 be reported back  
         to the Full Committee with the recommendation that it do pass  
         and be printed.  The motion carried with a record vote of 4  
         ayes, 0 nay, 0 present not voting, and 2 absent.   
          
         At 3:14 p.m. Senator West moved that the committee stand  
         recessed until 5 minutes upon adjournment of the caucus.;  
         without objection, it was so ordered.   
  
         At 3:36 p.m. the committee reconvened.   
          
         The chair laid out SB 157 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Fraser, to explain the bill.  Witnesses testifying and  
         registering on the bill are shown on the attached list.  The  
         chair moved that the public testimony be closed; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.  Senator West moved that SB 157 be  
         left pending; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         The chair laid out SB 158 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Fraser, to explain the bill.  Witnesses testifying and  
         registering on the bill are shown on the attached list.  The  
         chair moved that the public testimony be closed; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.  Senator West moved that SB 158 be  
         left pending; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         The chair laid out SB 870 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Shapleigh, to explain the bill.  Witnesses testifying and  
         registering on the bill are shown on the attached list.  The  
         chair moved that the public testimony be closed; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.  Senator West moved that SB 870 be  
         left pending; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         The chair laid out SB 114 and recognized the author, Senator Van  
         de Putte, to explain the bill.  Witnesses testifying and  
         registering on the bill are shown on the attached list.  The  
         chair moved that the public testimony be closed; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.  Senator West moved that SB 114 be  
         left pending; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         There being no further business, at 4:49 p.m. Senator West moved  
         that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the  
         chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         _____________________________ 
         Senator Royce West, Chair 
          
         _____________________________ 
         Michelle Farley, Clerk