MINUTES 
                                           
                  STANDING SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION 
                              Tuesday, April 26, 2005 
                                  Upon adjournment 
                                   Senate Chamber 
                                           
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         Pursuant to suspension of Senate Rule 11.18, a public hearing of  
         the Standing Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education was held on  
         Tuesday, April 26, 2005, in the Senate Chamber at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Royce West                      Senator Kyle Janek 
         Senator Kip Averitt                     Senator Tommy Williams 
         Senator Todd Staples 
         Senator Judith Zaffirini 
                                           
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         The posting rule, Senate Rule 11.18, was suspended to hear the  
         following bill(s):  SB 1208, SB 1701, SB 1844. 
          
         The chair called the meeting to order at 12:58 p.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         The chair laid out SB 1208.  Senator Zaffirini moved that SB  
         1208 be reported favorably 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.   
          
         The chair laid out SB 1701. Senator Averitt moved to pull down  
         the committee substitute and Committee Amendment 1 sent up on  
         April 11, 2005; without objection, it was so ordered. Senator  
         Averitt sent up a new committee substitute; the chair recognized  
         Senator Averitt to explain the difference between the committee  
         substitute and the bill as filed.  Senator Averitt moved  
         adoption of the committee substitute; without objection, it was  
         so ordered.   Senator Staples moved that SB 1701 do not pass but  
         that CSSB 1701 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.   
          
         The chair laid out SB 1844.  Senator Averitt moved adoption of  
         the committee substitute sent up on April 25, 2005; without  
  
         objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Averitt moved that SB  
         1844 do not pass but that CSSB 1844 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.   
          
         Senator Averitt moved adoption of the minutes from the previous  
         hearings held on April 18, 2005, and April 19, 2005; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         There being no further business, at 1:02 p.m. Senator West moved  
         that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the  
         chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Royce West, Chair 
          
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         Michelle Farley, Clerk