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| The Senate Higher Education Committee and the House Higher Education |
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| Committee will meet jointly to address the following Interim Charge: |
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| Review the structure and operation of the Texas Higher Education |
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| Coordinating Board. Evaluate the board's data collection systems, |
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| including costs to higher education institutions, and make recommendations |
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| for improvements. Include an assessment of higher education reporting |
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| requirements and make recommendations to eliminate duplicate requirements |
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| and streamline reporting. |
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| Upon conclusion of the joint committee hearing, or at a time announced by |
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| the Chair, the Senate Higher Education Committee will consider the |
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| following Interim Charge: |
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| Monitor the implementation of legislation addressed by the Senate |
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| Committee on Higher Education, 81st Legislature, Regular and Called |
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| Sessions, and make recommendations for any legislation needed to improve, |
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| enhance and/or complete implementation. Specifically, focus on the |
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| following, as well as on tuition legislation: |
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| - HB 51 relating to emerging research Tier 1 universities; |
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| - SB 175 relating to top ten percent. |
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| *Public testimony will be limited to three minutes. If submitting written |
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| testimony or distributing handouts, please provide 15 copies, with your |
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| name on each copy, to the committee when called to testify. |
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