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 ___________________________________________________________________________ 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. ___________________________________________________________________________