** REVISION ** SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Higher Education TIME & DATE: 7:00 AM, Wednesday, April 22, 2009 PLACE: E1.012 (Hearing Room) CHAIR: Senator Judith Zaffirini SB 114 Ellis | et al. Relating to the payment of higher education tuition and fees for certain military personnel and their dependents. SB 172 Shapiro Relating to financial incentives and other assistance to develop and maintain excellence in specific programs and fields of study at public institutions of higher education. SB 195 Shapleigh Relating to student Internet access to certain financial and academic information maintained by public institutions of higher education. SB 198 Shapleigh Relating to requiring general academic teaching institutions to offer personal financial literacy training. SB 326 Shapiro Relating to stabilizing the amount of tuition charged to certain residents of this state by general academic teaching institutions. SB 668 Shapleigh Relating to the establishment of a student mentorship pilot program at certain institutions of higher education. SB 814 Watson Relating to repayment assistance for certain physician education loans. SB 1312 Shapiro Relating to programs and funding to support adult and postsecondary education and workforce development at public junior colleges and public technical institutes. SB 1412 Williams Relating to scholarships for fifth-year accounting students. SB 1524 Shapleigh Relating to a report regarding research funds received by public institutions of higher education or employees of those institutions from pharmaceutical companies. SB 1559 Shapiro Relating to the public awareness campaign promoting higher education. SB 1561 Shapiro Relating to developing a developmental education plan for students entering public institutions of higher education. SB 1562 Shapleigh Relating to contracts entered into for the employment of the chief executive officer of a public institution of higher education.

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SB 1600 Watson Relating to the creation of a database to track specialized technology research projects conducted by public universities, public university research facilities, and other state institutions. SB 1603 Shapleigh Relating to requiring financial disclosure concerning reports prepared by public institutions of higher education for other entities. SB 1764 Watson Relating to the dissemination of information regarding the cost of attending public and private institutions of higher education and regarding the availability of financial aid to assist in paying that cost. SB 1942 Shapiro Relating to performance incentive funding for public institutions of higher education and to recognition of certain student achievement on degree completion. SB 2267 Gallegos Relating to eligibility for an award through the Early High School Graduation Scholarship program. 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 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 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. SB 2007 Hegar Relating to Prairie View A&M University's eligibility to participate in the research development fund. Additional bills may be added to the agenda. *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 deleted after last posting: SB 226 SJR 12 ** See Committee Coordinator for previous versions of the schedule **