HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Higher Education TIME & DATE: 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess Wednesday, April 01, 2009 PLACE: E2.014 CHAIR: Rep. Dan Branch HB 2954 Coleman Relating to authorizing an increase in the student center fee at Texas Southern University. HB 2961 Coleman Relating to authorizing an increase in the student union fee at the University of Houston. HB 2013 Keffer | et al. Relating to tuition and laboratory fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain volunteer firefighters enrolled in fire science courses. HB 2504 Kolkhorst Relating to requiring a public institution of higher education to make available to the public on the institution's Internet website certain course information; authorizing a penalty. HB 1568 Gonzales Relating to authorizing an exemption from tuition and fees charged by a junior college district for employees of the district. HB 351 Dutton Relating to an exemption from or refund of tuition and fees for lower-division students enrolled in a general academic teaching institution who maintain a high grade-point average. HB 4304 Hilderbran Relating to the granting or renewal of certain easements on or leases of certain university land. HB 603 Farabee Relating to an intercollegiate athletics fee at Midwestern State University. HB 1056 Morrison Relating to the course levels offered by the University of Houston-Victoria. HB 399 Villarreal Relating to state employees' enrollment in the higher education savings plan and the prepaid tuition unit undergraduate education program. HB 685 Herrero Relating to a fixed tuition rate provided by general academic teaching institutions and public junior colleges to certain undergraduate students. HB 1266 Darby Relating to authorizing the board of regents of the Texas Tech University System to transfer the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts to a nonprofit organization to operate the museum. HB 2687 Shelton Relating to a physician residency grant program.

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HB 364 Thibaut | et al. Relating to a fixed tuition rate provided by general academic teaching institutions and public lower-division institutions of higher education to certain undergraduate students. HB 180 Alonzo Relating to the establishment of a program at the University of North Texas at Dallas to provide financial incentives to certain students who agree to teach bilingual education, English as a second language, or Spanish in certain public schools. HB 3276 Howard, Donna Relating to the determination of student priority in awarding TEXAS grants. *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 15 copies to the Committee Clerk when called to testify.