SENATE
                          NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: S/C on Higher Education

TIME & DATE: Or upon adjournment
             Tuesday, April 12, 2005

PLACE: Senate Chamber

CHAIR: Senator Royce West

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The 24-hour posting rule was suspended to take up the following 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 39            Zaffirini
Relating to forensic evidence training for students enrolled in certain
medical or nursing degree programs.

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

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

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

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

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