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| The Senate Finance Higher Education Subcommittee will meet at 9 AM in |
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| E1.036. The committee will address the following interim charge: |
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| Review and make recommendations regarding the structure and organization |
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| of higher education, focusing on funding of the current higher education |
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| system, including financing capital projects for general academic |
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| institutions and for health-related institutions and changes to funding |
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| flagship research universities such as The University of Texas at Austin |
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| and Texas A&M at College Station. Determine the adequacy of formula |
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| funding to support basic functions as well as supporting critical |
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| statewide needs and improvements on the various methods of funding |
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| research. Reviews should include institutional structures that maximize |
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| efficiencies and incentive structures that increase the number of |
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| graduates. A review of funding formulas should also include the |
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| application of proportionality of state contributions for higher education |
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| employee health benefits. |
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| **Public testimony will be limited to three minutes. |
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