** REVISION **
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

 

COMMITTEE:   Higher Education 

TIME & DATE: 8:00 AM, Wednesday, May 03, 2017 

PLACE:       E2.030 
CHAIR:       Rep. J. M. Lozano 

 

PLEASE NOTE THE TIME CHANGE TO EARLIER TIME

 

Public testimony will be limited to three (3) minutes per witness.

 

HJR 110       Alvarado
Proposing a constitutional amendment to establish permanent funds for the support of state institutions and agencies of higher education that do not participate in funding from the permanent university fund.

HB 3048       Ortega | et al.
Relating to a study and report regarding shortages in certain health professions.

HB 817        Ortega
Relating to a study on increasing the number of medical residency programs, medical residents, and physicians practicing medical specialties in this state.

HB 3119       Allen                  
Relating to funding sources for the repayment of certain speech-language pathologist and audiologist education loans.

HB 3904       Schubert | et al.      
Relating to the automatic admission to general academic teaching institutions and eligibility for certain scholarships of a student who is the valedictorian of the student's high school graduating class.

SB 968        Watson | et al.        
Relating to requiring certain public and private institutions of higher education to provide students and employees an option to electronically report certain offenses to the institution.

SB 969        Watson | et al.        
Relating to requiring certain public and private institutions of higher education to provide amnesty to students who report incidents of sexual assault.

HB 2290       Lozano | et al.
Relating to the establishment of the Texas Returning Adult Student Grant Program for certain students enrolled in baccalaureate degree programs at certain postsecondary educational institutions.

 

Notice of this meeting was announced from the house floor.

 

 

 

Bills added after last posting:

HB 3048

HJR 110

 

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