HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Higher Education 

TIME & DATE:  8:00 AM, Tuesday, March 25, 2025 

PLACE:        E2.036 
CHAIR:        Rep. Terry M. Wilson 

The committee will meet to consider the following bills:

HB 102         Wilson                                    
Relating to early registration for certain students at public institutions of higher education.

HB 126         Tepper                                    
Relating to the compensation and professional representation of prospective student athletes and student athletes participating in intercollegiate athletic programs at certain institutions of higher education.

HB 271         González, Mary                            
Relating to a report by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board regarding enrollment and success in higher education for students with disabilities.

HB 290         Lopez, Ray | et al.                       
Relating to assistance for tuition and fees at postsecondary educational institutions for certain members of the Texas military forces.

HB 300         Wilson                                    
Relating scholarships under the Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program.

HB 538         Bernal                                    
Relating to student access to certain academic records; authorizing a fee.

HB 718         Bell, Cecil                               
Relating to prohibiting a public institution of higher education from partnering with certain private entities for the construction of a student housing facility.

HB 1022        Morales, Eddie | et al.                   
Relating to the course levels offered at Sul Ross State University Rio Grande College.

HB 1330        Howard                                    
Relating to the period for which an applicant for admission as an undergraduate student to a public institution of higher education is entitled to an academic fresh start.

HB 2110        VanDeaver | et al.                        
Relating to public higher education.

HJR 5          Lambert | et al.                          
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of funds to support the capital needs of educational programs offered by the Texas State Technical College System and repealing the limitation on the allocation to that system and its campuses of the annual appropriation of certain constitutionally dedicated funding for public institutions of higher education.

The length of public testimony and the number of witnesses may be limited at the discretion of the chair.

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

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/

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.