HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Higher Education 

TIME & DATE:  10:00 AM, Monday, April 3, 2023 

PLACE:        E2.010 
CHAIR:        Rep. John Kuempel 

Testimony may be limited at the discretion of the chair.

The Committee will hear public testimony on the following items:

HB 400         Klick                                     
Relating to innovation grant programs to support residency training programs in psychiatric specialty fields and recruitment, training, and retention programs in behavioral health fields.

HB 875         Harrison                                  
Relating to a campus of the Texas State Technical College System located in Ellis County.

HB 1142        Thierry                                    
Relating to measures to assist students enrolled at public institutions of higher education who are homeless or who are or were in foster care.

HB 1323        Talarico | et al.                         
Relating to the measures to encourage eligible students to claim certain tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for students who are or have been in foster or other residential care.

HB 1474        Guillen | et al.                          
Relating to protections for pregnant and parenting students enrolled in public institutions of higher education.

HB 2100        Price                                     
Relating to eligibility requirements for student loan repayment assistance for certain mental health professionals.

HB 2639        Clardy | et al.                           
Relating to the creation of a new university in Nacogdoches, Texas, within The University of Texas System; abolishing Stephen F. Austin State University.

HB 2672        Frazier                                   
Relating to the eligibility for student loan repayment assistance under the math and science scholars loan repayment program.

HB 3211        Stucky | et al.                           
Relating to a campus of the Texas State Technical College System located in Denton County.

HB 3287        Anderson | et al.                         
Relating to the locations of the campuses of the Texas State Technical College System.

HB 4005        Raney                                     
Relating to the establishment of the Texas Competency-Based Education Grant Program for certain students enrolled in competency-based baccalaureate degree programs and to formula funding and dropped and repeated course restrictions for students enrolled in those degree programs at public institutions of higher education.

HB 4997        Kuempel | et al.                          
Relating to a campus of the Texas State Technical College System located in Comal County and Guadalupe County.

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 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/home?c=c290

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