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The Senate Finance Committee will meet on May 12,
2010 at 9:00 a.m. in
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room E1.036 of the Capitol
Extension. The Committee will hear invited and
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public testimony regarding the Committee's interim
charge to
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study and make recommendations regarding formula
funding and its impact on
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the cost of attendance and methods of financing
higher education
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institutions, including funding differences for
pharmacy and nursing
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programs; research funding; performance funding;
and funding for
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institutions that face capacity student
enrollment. Specifically address
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Methods of financing capital projects at higher
education institutions,
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including the levels of deferred maintenance, the
impact of deferred
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maintenance on the ability to offer basic
instructional services, and the
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methods used to finance deferred maintenance
projects. Recommend
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alternatives for providing a structured and
recurring funding mechanism
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more suited to the state's fiscal capacity and
institutional needs.
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Supplemental funding for structured programs that
are essential for
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student success and for meeting the goals of
Closing the Gaps, including
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those that provide concentrated student academic
and personal support
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services for universities that enroll a high
proportion of non-traditional
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or at-risk students. Study and make
recommendations regarding the quality
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and effectiveness of academic advising, focusing
on resources, staff
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development, and impact on time-to-degree.
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Those wishing to give public testimony, please
limit prepared remarks to 3
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minutes. If submitting written
testimony, please provide 25 copies, with
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your name on each copy, to the Committee during
the hearing.
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