SENATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:     Higher Education 

TIME & DATE:   9:00 AM, Wednesday, April 22, 2015 

PLACE:         E1.012 (Hearing Room) 
CHAIR:         Senator Kel Seliger 

To consider the following:

SB 1351        Hinojosa
Relating to transferring to the Texas Workforce Commission certain duties of the comptroller related to the Jobs and Education for Texans Grant Program.

SB 1438        Zaffirini
Relating to funding sources for the repayment of certain speech-language pathologist and audiologist education loans.

SB 1624        Rodríguez
Relating to a requirement that entering undergraduate students at a public institution of higher education attend an orientation regarding mental health and suicide prevention services.

SB 1655        West
Relating to Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board fees for the administration of certificates of authorization and certificates of authority issued to certain postsecondary educational institutions; authorizing fees.

SB 1735        Birdwell | et al.
Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain military personnel and their dependents.

Public testimony will be limited to three (3) minutes. If submitting written testimony, please provide twenty (20) copies to the committee clerk with your name on each.