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| The Senate Finance Committee will meet on June 23, 2010 at 10 a.m. in |
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| E1.036 of the Capitol Extension. The Committee will hear invited and |
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| public testimony regarding the following interim charge: Study and make |
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| recommendations regarding formula funding and its impact on the |
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| cost of attendance and methods of financing higher education institutions, |
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| including funding differences for pharmacy and nursing programs; |
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| research funding; performance funding; and funding for institutions |
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| that face capacity student enrollment. Specifically address the following: |
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| Methods of financing capital projects at higher education institutions, |
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| including the levels of deferred maintenance, the impact of deferred |
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| maintenance on the ability to offer basic instructional services, and |
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| the methods used to finance deferred maintenance projects. Recommend |
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| alternatives for providing a structured and recurring funding mechanism |
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| more suited to the state's fiscal capacity and institutional needs. |
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| Supplemental funding for structured programs that are essential for |
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| student success and for meeting the goals of Closing the Gaps, |
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| including those that provide concentrated academic and personal |
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| support services for universities that enroll a high proportion of |
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| non-traditional or at-risk students. Study and make recommendations |
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| regarding the quality and effectiveness of academic advising, focusing |
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| on resources, staff development and impact or time-to-degree. |
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| Those wishing to give public testimony, please limit prepared remarks to 3 |
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| minutes. If submitting written testimony, please provide 25 copies, with |
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| your name on each copy, to the Committee during the hearing. |
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