HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Higher Education TIME & DATE: 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess Wednesday, March 11, 2009 PLACE: E2.014 CHAIR: Rep. Dan Branch HB 962 Guillen Relating to the purchase of library goods and services by public junior colleges. HB 51 Branch | et al. Relating to funding and other measures to support emerging public research universities in developing and maintaining programs of the highest tier. HB 152 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 1262 Villarreal Relating to increasing the number of undergraduate transfer students at general academic teaching institutions. HB 1676 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 203 Castro | et al. Relating to notice to certain public school high school seniors  and their parents or guardians of automatic college admission. HB 156 Woolley | et al. Relating to eliminating automatic admission to certain public institutions of higher education based on high school grade point average. HB 52 Branch | et al. Relating to limitations on the automatic admission of undergraduate students to general academic teaching institutions. Although written testimony will not be considered a part of the record, persons wishing to distribute handouts may do so by providing no fewer than 14 copies to the Committee Clerk when called to testify.