HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Higher Education 

TIME & DATE:  8:00 AM, Tuesday, April 1, 2025 

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

The committee will meet to consider pending business and the following bills:

HB 173         Capriglione | et al.                      
Relating to prohibiting public institutions of higher education from soliciting or accepting gifts, grants, or donations from certain foreign countries.

HB 184         Guillen | et al.                          
Relating to student loan repayment assistance for certain prosecuting attorneys who are employed as part of the border prosecution unit.

HB 484         Lalani                                    
Relating to the use of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and tobacco products on the campus of a public institution of higher education.

HB 678         Walle                                     
Relating to the inclusion of the National Sexual Assault Hotline on certain student identification cards issued by a public institution of higher education.

HB 1211        Lujan | et al.                            
Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain students who were under the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.

HB 1507        Ashby                                     
Relating to tuition and fee exemptions for firefighters enrolled in certain courses at public institutions of higher education.

HB 1705        Shofner                                   
Relating to the accreditation of certain postsecondary educational institutions in this state or of certain programs offered by those institutions.

HB 1868        Leo Wilson | et al.                       
Relating to performance tier funding under the public junior college state finance program.

HB 2290        Johnson                                   
Relating to health benefits offered by institutions of higher education to students and their families.

HB 2851        Howard                                    
Relating to including nursing school applications in a consolidated application service.

HB 2856        Howard                                    
Relating to a study by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board on the feasibility of implementing a statewide system for coordinating clinical training placements.

HB 3041        Paul                                      
Relating to measures to support the enrollment of students with a nontraditional secondary education at public institutions of higher education, including eligibility for certain student financial assistance programs.

HB 3204        Metcalf                                   
Relating to the Polytechnic College at Sam Houston State University, including the college's eligibility to participate in certain programs.

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

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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.