** REVISION ** SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Higher Education TIME & DATE: 7:00 AM, Wednesday, April 15, 2009 PLACE: E1.012 (Hearing Room) CHAIR: Senator Judith Zaffirini SB 31 Zaffirini | et al. Relating to tuition rebates for students who complete certain coursework at two-year public institutions of higher education. SB 45 Zaffirini Relating to tuition exemptions at public institutions of higher education for students enrolled in certain interinstitutional academic programs. SB 46 Zaffirini Relating to tuition exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain students who volunteer for outreach programs. SB 145 Ellis | et al. Relating to the sale by textbook publishers of bundled instructional material for use by students at public institutions of higher education; providing a penalty. SB 201 Shapleigh | et al. Relating to the participation of the medical school at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso in the Joint Admission Medical Program. SB 215 Van de Putte Relating to the sale of instructional materials to students of public institutions of higher education. SB 255 Estes Relating to designation of Midwestern State University as a public liberal arts university. SB 256 Estes Relating to an intercollegiate athletics fee at Midwestern State University. SB 324 Shapleigh Relating to the tuition rebate program for certain undergraduate students at general academic teaching institutions. SB 473 Estes Relating to an intercollegiate athletics fee at the University of North Texas. SB 819 Davis, Wendy | et al. Relating to the vaccination against bacterial meningitis of certain first-time students at public institutions of higher education. SB 857 West Relating to the purchasing and contracting practices of junior college districts; providing criminal penalties. SB 1179 Patrick, Dan Relating to requiring general academic teaching institutions to offer health benefit plans to students.

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SB 1249 Zaffirini Relating to the creation of a pilot program to improve curricula alignment between junior colleges and general academic teaching institutions for engineering degree programs. SB 1327 Nelson Relating to the disposition of surplus data processing equipment of a university system or an institution or agency of higher education. SB 1334 Hegar Relating to continuation of the intercollegiate athletics fee for students at Prairie View A&M University. SB 1342 Hinojosa Relating to authorization for an exemption from tuition and fees charged by a junior college district for employees of the district and for state reimbursement of the district's revenue loss from the exemption. SB 1394 Zaffirini Relating to notification of an applicant for admission to a general academic teaching institution regarding the availability of degree programs in the applicant's preferred major field of study offered by other institutions. SB 1728 West Relating to the administration of and eligibility for the Joint Admissions Medical Program. SB 1729 West Relating to the terms of student members of certain Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board advisory committees. SB 1735 West Relating to the employment and commissioning of law enforcement personnel to provide security services to certain educational institutions. SB 1800 Zaffirini Relating to methods for increasing student success and degree completion at institutions of higher education. SB 1801 Zaffirini Relating to orientation programs for new students at public institutions of higher education. SB 1849 Shapleigh Relating to the student endowment scholarship and internship program fund at The University of Texas at El Paso. SB 2007 Hegar Relating to Prairie View A&M University's eligibility to participate in the research development fund. SB 2189 Lucio Relating to the degrees awarded by the Texas State Technical College System. SB 2210 West Relating to the formula funding for public institutions of higher education for certain credit hours that do not count toward a degree. SB 2243 Zaffirini Relating to the repayment of certain education loans for licensed physicians and dentists.

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SB 2244 Zaffirini Relating to the eligibility of employees of certain businesses or organizations established as part of the state's economic development program and of dependents of those employees to pay resident tuition at public institutions of higher education. SB 2246 Zaffirini Relating to eligibility requirements for the tuition equalization grant program. SB 2262 Zaffirini Relating to the administration of mathematics, science, and technology teacher preparation academies at institutions of higher education. SB 2348 Ogden Relating to the composition and appointment of the board of directors of a corporation to which the board of regents of The University of Texas System delegates investment authority for the permanent university fund or other funds under the control of the board of regents, and to the administration of that corporation. SB 2376 Lucio Relating to the change of the name of Texas A&M University--Kingsville to Texas A&I University. SB 2465 Seliger Relating to the payment of certain costs associated with educational programs of the John Ben Shepperd Public Leadership Institute of The University of Texas of the Permian Basin. SJR 12 West, Royce Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a student member of the board of regents of a state institution of higher education or state university system to serve a term that differs from the terms served by the other members of the board. 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 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 2376 ** See Committee Coordinator for previous versions of the schedule **