HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Higher Education TIME & DATE: 8:00 AM, Monday, February 26, 2007 PLACE: JHR 120 CHAIR: Rep. Geanie Morrison The Committee on Higher Education will meet to consider the following: HB 78 Branch Relating to limitations on the automatic admission of undergraduate students to general academic teaching institutions. HB 212 Woolley Relating to eliminating automatic admission to certain public institutions of higher education based on high school grade point average. HB 383 Bonnen Relating to providing for a student who qualifies for automatic admission to an institution of higher education to maintain that status for transferring between institutions in certain circumstances. HB 400 Goolsby Relating to the eligibility of a high school graduate for automatic admission to an institution of higher education. HB 415 Eissler Relating to the automatic admission of undergraduate students to a general academic teaching institution that is a component institution of a university system. HB 695 Villarreal Relating to the effect of changes in high school enrollment on the eligibility of a graduating high school student for automatic admission to a general academic teaching institution. HB 794 Dutton Relating to exempting certain general academic teaching institutions from the requirement that certain high school graduates be granted automatic admission. HB 1186 Morrison Relating to the automatic admission of undergraduate students to general academic teaching institutions.