SENATE
                          NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: S/C on Higher Education

TIME & DATE:  1:30PM Or upon adjournment
             Monday, April 11, 2005

PLACE: Betty King Committee Room

CHAIR: Senator Royce West

The Betty King Room is located in the capitol, Room 2E.20.

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The Subcommittee will meet to discuss the following bills:

SB 39            Zaffirini
Relating to forensic evidence training for students enrolled in certain
medical or nursing degree programs.

SB 549            Ellis / et al.
Relating to the disclosure of information relating to the
investment of the permanent university fund and other funds under
the management and control of the board of regents of The
University of Texas System.

SB 582            Van de Putte
Relating to tuition and fee exemptions for certain military
personnel and their dependents.

SB 817            West, Royce
Relating to financial transaction awareness plans to be adopted by
public institutions of higher education.

SB 1034            West, Royce
Relating to the use of gifts to fund technology workforce
development grants and to the evaluation of the technology
workforce development grant program.

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 1475            Shapleigh
Relating to prerequisites to an institution of higher education
increasing designated tuition.

SB 1502            West, Royce
Relating to improvements in and assessments of the status of higher
education in this state and to the coordination of public
institutions of higher education in this state.

SB 1529            Zaffirini
Relating to policies and measures to promote timely graduation of
students from public institutions of higher education.

SB 1544            West, Royce
Relating to purchasing practices of public junior college and
community college districts.

SB 1701            Averitt
Relating to tuition and fee rebates for timely completion of degree
programs offered by general academic teaching institutions.

SB 1716            Van de Putte
Relating to the sale of instructional materials and other
merchandise to students of institutions of higher education.

Pending Bills:

SB 30            Zaffirini
Relating to tuition and fee exemptions for students contracting to
graduate in a timely manner from public institutions of higher education.

SB 95            Shapleigh
Relating to the establishment of an asthma research center at the
Texas Tech University campus in El Paso.

SB 158            Fraser
Relating to the authority of another institution of higher
education to conduct vocational or technical courses in the service
area of a junior college district.

SB 448            Zaffirini
Relating to the Texas Academy of International Studies at Texas A&M
International University.

SB 676            West, Royce
Relating to identifying which public institutions of higher
education in this state are comprehensive research universities of
the first class.

SB 722            Lucio / et al.
Relating to the creation of the TexasNextStep grant program to pay
tuition and required fees and textbook costs of certain students
enrolled in two-year public institutions of higher education in
this state.

SB 1228            Shapiro / et al.
Relating to a statewide assessment and accountability system for
public institutions of higher education.

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