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| The Senate Finance Committee will meet on August 4, 2010 at 10:00 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 following interim charges. |
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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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| Monitor the implementation of legislation addressed by the Senate |
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| Committee on Finance, 81st Legislature, Regular and Called Sessions, and |
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| make recommendations for any legislation needed to improve, enhance, |
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| and/or complete implementation. Specifically, monitor the following: |
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| Monitor ongoing faculty recruitment and retention for Texas nursing |
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| schools, and assess the impact of increased state funds to nursing schools |
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| to increase faculty salaries and add new teaching schools. |
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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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