HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:   Higher Education 

TIME & DATE: 8:00 AM, Wednesday, March 25, 2015 

PLACE:       E2.014 
CHAIR:       Rep. John Zerwas 

The committee will meet to consider the following:

HB 671        Clardy                 
Relating to an intercollegiate athletics fee at Stephen F. Austin State University; authorizing imposition of a fee.

HB 700        Giddings               
Relating to the repeal of the Texas B-On-time student loan program.

HB 1054       Clardy                 
Relating to developmental education programs under the Texas Success Initiative for public institutions of higher education.

HB 1517       Crownover              
Relating to the imposition of the student centers fee at Texas Woman's University.

HB 1583       Clardy                 
Relating to block scheduling for associate degree and certificate programs at public junior colleges.

HB 1903       Raney                  
Relating to the distribution of funds to campuses in the Blinn Junior College District service area.

HB 1992       Zerwas                 
Relating to the granting of undergraduate course credit by advanced placement examination at public institutions of higher education.

HB 2396       Howard                 
Relating to eliminating requirements that certain public institutions of higher education set aside portions of tuition for student loan repayment programs for certain physicians and state attorneys.

HB 2472       Zerwas                 
Relating to the automatic admission of undergraduate students to The University of Texas at Austin.

HB 2483       Zerwas                 
Relating to a maximum tuition rate under a fixed tuition price plan.

HB 2568       Morrison               
Relating to authorizing a student center fee at the University of Houston-Victoria.

HB 2624       Turner, Chris          
Relating to the effects of default on a student loan administered by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board on renewal of certain licenses.

HB 2848       Crownover              
Relating to the amount and allocation of the annual constitutional appropriation to certain agencies and institutions of higher education.

HB 2921       Paul                   
Relating to authorizing a recreation and wellness facility fee at the University of Houston-Clear Lake.

HB 3245       Crownover              
Relating to qualified nonprofit corporations acting for and on behalf of two or more cities.

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