| HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING | 
| COMMITTEE: Appropriations TIME & DATE: 8:00 AM, Friday, September 9, 2022 PLACE:       E1.030   | 
| The House Appropriations Committee will meet to hear invited testimony only on the following: 
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| 1. Texas Education Agency | 
| ˇ Interim Charge 6: Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund Expenditures 
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| 2. Higher Education: Access and Affordability | 
| ˇ Examine options for increasing access to and affordability of successfully obtaining post-secondary degrees and credentials. 
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| 3. Higher Education: Excellence and Research Funding | 
| ˇ Review current Texas research and endowment funds and explore opportunities for enhanced state investments. 
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| 4. Texas Juvenile Justice Department | 
| ˇ Explore the role of appropriations in the agency's current efforts to improve staff recruitment and retention. 
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| Electronic public comments will be available for: Texas Education Agency Higher Education Access and Affordability Higher Education Excellence and Research Funding Texas Juvenile Justice Department 
 For those persons who will be testifying, information for in-person witness registration, can be found here: https://mytxlegis.capitol.texas.gov/HWRSPublic/About.aspx 
 A live video broadcast of this hearing will be available here: https://house.texas.gov/video-audio/ 
 Instructions related to public access to the meeting location and health and safety protocols for attending this meeting are available here: https://house.texas.gov/committees/public-access-house-committee-meetings/ 
 Texas residents who wish to electronically submit comments related to agenda items on this notice without testifying in person can do so until the hearing is adjourned by visiting: https://comments.house.texas.gov/?c=c030 
 
 
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| NOTICE OF ASSISTANCE AT PUBLIC MEETINGS Persons with disabilities who plan to attend this meeting and who may need assistance, such as a sign language interpreter, are requested to contact Stacey Nicchio at (512) 463-0850, 72 hours prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made. 
 
 
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