SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Education TIME & DATE: 8:30AM, Thursday, April 21, 2005 PLACE: E1.028 CHAIR: Senator Florence Shapiro ___________________________________________________________________________ The Committee will consider the following Subcommittee Reports: SB 31 Zaffirini Relating to requiring students receiving certain financial aid at institutions of higher education to meet timely graduation and academic progress requirements. SB 532 Shapiro Relating to tuition for a student registered in a public junior college. 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 1227 Shapiro / et al. Relating to payment of the costs of attending public and private postsecondary educational institutions and to financial aid and other measures to assist students to pay those costs. SB 1300 West, Royce Relating to an excused absence from a public institution of higher education for a person called to active military service. SB 1528 Zaffirini Relating to the payment of tuition and fees at public institutions of higher education and the determination of Texas residency for that purpose. SB 1529 Zaffirini Relating to policies and measures to promote timely graduation of students from public institutions of higher education. SB 1553 Ellis Relating to the creation of a program for alternative funding of Toward EXcellence, Access, & Success (TEXAS) grants. SB 1716 Van de Putte Relating to the sale of instructional materials and other merchandise to students of institutions of higher education. SB 1778 Van de Putte Relating to reporting requirements by officers of junior college districts. SCR 17 Madla / et al. Requesting Texas institutes of higher education to offer education and research opportunities in viticulture and enology. 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. ___________________________________________________________________________