HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Higher Education

TIME & DATE:  4:00PM, Tuesday, April 6, 1999

PLACE: E2.016

CHAIR: Rep. Irma Rangel

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TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING:


HB 889            Lewis, Glenn / et al.
Relating to establishing an institute for the preservation of
history and culture at Prairie View A&M University.

HB 1056            Dutton
Relating to the authority of a member of the governing board of a
public university system or institution of higher education.

HB 1678            Rangel / et al.
Relating to the creation of a uniform strategy to attract a student
population that reflects the population of the state at
institutions of higher education.

HB 2127            Solis, Jim
Relating to exempting certain children of emergency medical
services personnel killed in the line of duty from higher education
tuition and fees.

HB 2167            Naishtat / et al.
Relating to the right of junior college district employees to
voluntarily designate a portion of their earned income to certain
organizations.

HB 2410            Delisi
Relating to exempting transfer students from certain requirements
of the Texas Academic Skills Program.

HB 2415            Keffer
Relating to the authority of a junior college district to
establish, operate, or offer a branch campus, center, extension
facility, or course in certain areas.

HB 2528            Van de Putte / et al.
Relating to the support of graduate pharmacy education and resident
pharmacists.

HB 2686            Coleman
Relating to tuition charged for students of optometry.

HB 2799            Driver
Relating to establishing date rape awareness week and providing
related information to students at general academic teaching
institutions.

HB 2803            George
Relating to a state initiative encouraging the development of
research in biotechnology and biogenetics.

HB 3073            Wilson
Relating to the admission of scholarship athletes to institutions
of higher education.

HB 3138            Naishtat
Relating to the authority of a governing board of a public
institution of higher education to reduce tuition or prorate fees
charged to a student at that institution.

HB 3164            McReynolds / et al.
Relating to faculty compensation policies at institutions of higher
education.

HB 3226            Capelo
Relating to the disposition of surplus and salvage property of
certain institutions of higher education.

HB 3284            Van de Putte
Relating to the establishment and use of the women's athletic
development fund.

HB 3292            Greenberg
Relating to certain fees charged at certain institutions of higher
education.

HB 3447            Swinford
Relating to the creation of a student endowment scholarship and
internship  program.

HB 3525            Coleman / et al.
Relating to the continued independence of Texas Southern
University.

HB 3538            Luna, Vilma
Relating to tuition and fee exemptions for certain classroom
teachers seeking additional certification to teach in an area or
field of acute teacher shortage.

HB 3634            Naishtat
Relating to certain fees charged at certain institutions of higher
education.

HB 3651            Rangel
Relating to the initiation of or the affiliation with certain
entities by a university system, a general academic teaching
institution, or a medical and dental unit.

HB 3708            Rangel
Relating to tuition rates for resident students at general academic
teaching institutions.

HB 3727            Maxey
Relating to the election of the student members of the student fees
advisory committee at The University of Texas at Austin.

SB 192            Ogden
Relating to contracts with and compensation of administrators of
public institutions of higher education.

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