HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Higher Education TIME & DATE: 8:00AM, Tuesday, March 29, 2005 PLACE: JHR 120 CHAIR: Rep. Geanie Morrison ___________________________________________________________________________ HB 730 Nixon Relating to training for members of the governing boards of public institutions of higher education. HB 868 Ritter Relating to the establishment of a Center for Excellence in Deaf Education and Communication Disorders at Lamar University in Beaumont. HB 495 Miller Relating to the student enrollment required for the operation of Texas A&M University--Central Texas as an independent general academic teaching institution. HB 605 Berman / et al. Relating to authorizing The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler to offer courses and degree programs in allied health and related fields. HB 1697 McCall Relating to the use of gifts to fund technology workforce development grants and to the evaluation of the technology workforce development grant program. HB 2274 Cook, Byron Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation. HB 19 Brown, Fred Relating to tuition and fee rebates for timely completion of degree programs offered by general academic teaching institutions. HB 20 Brown, Fred Relating to a pilot program to provide for reduced undergraduate tuition during a summer term or session at Texas A&M University. HB 1172 Brown, Fred Relating to the tuition charged to resident undergraduate students of institutions of higher education for excess credit hours and to related formula funding. HB 1214 Morrison Relating to tuition for a student registered in a public junior college. HB 1215 Morrison Relating to the degree programs offered by the University of Houston-Victoria. HB 2332 Morrison Relating to the tuition rebate program for certain undergraduates at certain public institutions of higher education. ___________________________________________________________________________