HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Higher Education TIME & DATE: upon final adjourn./recess Thursday, May 19, 2005 PLACE: JHR 120 CHAIR: Rep. Geanie Morrison ___________________________________________________________________________ 5-day Posting Rule suspended 5/19 SB 302 Ellis / et al. Relating to reports regarding participation in higher education. SB 448 Zaffirini Relating to the Texas Academy of International Studies at Texas A&M International University. SB 927 Ellis Relating to the annexation of territory in political subdivisions by certain junior college districts. SB 1037 Lucio Relating to tuition rates for Olympic athletes residing and training in Texas. SB 1452 Lucio Relating to the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at The University of Texas at Brownsville. SB 1716 Van de Putte Relating to the sale of instructional materials to students of institutions of higher education. SB 1780 Van de Putte Relating to the issuance of bonds or other obligations by certain junior college districts. SB 1809 Wentworth Relating to statewide evaluation of tech-prep consortia. SB 1844 Harris Relating to scholarships for the fifth year of accounting programs at public and private institutions of higher education. SB 1852 Van de Putte Relating to consideration of a person's eligibility for a tuition and fee exemption for certain veterans or their family members in determining whether to admit the person into a certificate or degree program of a public institution of higher education. SB 1883 Ogden Relating to the lands managed and controlled by the board of regents of The Texas A&M University System. SCR 17 Madla / et al. Requesting Texas institutes of higher education to offer education and research opportunities in viticulture and enology. SCR 19 Madla / et al. Requesting the Texas Wine Marketing Research Institute at Texas Tech University include comparisons of the economic impacts of the states in the wine industry. SCR 27 West, Royce / et al. Memorializing Congress to eliminate current caps on funded Medicare resident training slots and related limits on costs per resident used to determine Medicare graduate medical education reimbursement payments. ___________________________________________________________________________