SENATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Higher Education 

TIME & DATE:  9:00 AM, Wednesday, March 06, 2013 

PLACE:        E1.012 (Hearing Room) 
CHAIR:        Senator Kel Seliger 

To consider the following:

SB 24         Hinojosa | et al.      
Relating to the creation of a new university in South Texas within The University of Texas System.

SB 31         Zaffirini              
Relating to formula funding for certain semester credit hours earned for dual course credit.

SB 120        Rodríguez | et al.     
Relating to the creation of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso as a component institution of the Texas Tech University System.

SB 497        Seliger | et al.       
Relating to the number of semester credit hours required to earn an associate degree at public institutions of higher education.

SB 498        Seliger | et al.       
Relating to applying credit earned by a student at a general academic teaching institution to an associate's degree at a lower-division institution of higher education previously attended by the student.

Public testimony will be limited to 3 minutes. If submitting written testimony, please provide 20 copies to the committee clerk with your name on each.