** REVISION ** SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Higher Education TIME & DATE: 8:00 AM, Wednesday, April 08, 2009 PLACE: E1.012 (Hearing Room) CHAIR: Senator Judith Zaffirini SB 154 Ellis Relating to the portion of designated tuition required to be set aside to provide student financial assistance at institutions of higher education. SB 699 Ellis Relating to higher education student loan repayment assistance for peace officers. SB 845 Van de Putte Relating to the tuition and fee exemption available to certain military personnel and to permitting those personnel to transfer the exemption to a child. SB 1141 Van de Putte Relating to student loan repayment assistance for speech-language pathologists or audiologists employed by a public school or as faculty members of certain graduate programs at public institutions of higher education. SB 1760 Watson Relating to the Prepaid Tuition Unit Undergraduate Education Program, Higher Education Savings Plans, the Texas Save & Match Program and the treatment of a beneficiary's assets under the plans in determining eligibility for student financial assistance and other programs. SB 1765 Watson Relating to financial assistance funded from the amounts of certain fees charged to students enrolled at public institutions of higher education. SB 1796 Zaffirini Relating to the approval of certain construction, repair, or rehabilitation projects at public institutions of higher education in this state. SB 1798 Zaffirini Relating to certifying the eligibility of certain educational aides to receive an exemption from tuition and fees charged by public institutions of higher education. SB 1941 Shapiro Relating to the administration and operation of, and the participation of state employees in, the state's programs for prepaying or saving toward the costs of attending an institution of higher education. SB 2025 Watson Relating to the establishment of a prepaid tuition unit reward and incentive program for certain economically disadvantaged students who achieve commended performance levels on standardized assessments. Pending bills: SB 9 Zaffirini | et al. Relating to financial support and incentives for the development of national research universities and high-quality comprehensive regional universities and a review of the institutional groupings under the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's accountability system. SB 174 Shapiro | et al. Relating to online performance reports for public institutions of higher education.

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SB 816 Patrick, Dan | et al. Relating to the Texas Teach Corps Scholarship Program for students who agree to teach in public schools in this state that have shortages of teachers in math and science. SB 1443 Zaffirini | et al. Relating to the academic costs charged to resident undergraduate students by general academic teaching institutions and certain reports regarding the operational costs of those institutions. SB 1560 Duncan | et al. Relating to the national research university fund and the allocation of amounts appropriated from the fund, the abolition of the higher education fund, and the institutional groupings established by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. *Invited testimony will be limited to 03-10 minutes. Public testimony will be limited to three minutes. *If providing written testimony, please submit 15 copies, including a name, date, and source on each copy. Bills added after last posting: SB 1796 SB 1798 ** See Committee Coordinator for previous versions of the schedule **