HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Higher Education 

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

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

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

HB 42          Wilson                                                
Relating to the amount and allocation of the annual constitutional appropriation to certain agencies and institutions of higher education and to the permissible uses of that money.

HB 125         Slawson | et al.                                       
Relating to the creation of the Tarleton State University College of Osteopathic Medicine.

HB 1233        Guillen                                               
Relating to measures to encourage the earning of credentials of value at public institutions of higher education.

HB 2853        Perez, Vincent                                         
Relating to student union building fees at The University of Texas at El Paso.

HB 3148        Hickland                                              
Relating to the automatic admission of students to general academic teaching institutions.

HB 3326        Allen                                                 
Relating to certain duties of a public institution of higher education in relation to the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

HB 3701        Dyson                                                 
Relating to the authority of the board of regents of the Texas A&M University System to construct, acquire, improve, extend, and equip utility systems located on university system property.

HB 4066        Bonnen                                                
Relating to the repeal of the Texas Research Incentive Program.

HB 4361        Ward Johnson                                          
Relating to establishing policies regarding the timely issuance of emergency notifications at public institutions of higher education.

HB 4762        Wilson                                                
Relating to establishing the Higher Education Research Security Council.

HB 4909        Wilson                                                
Relating to the creation of an electronic platform and submission portal, known as My Texas Future, to facilitate the awareness and application of public high school students into institutions of higher education using the electronic common admission application form.

HB 4912        Wilson                                                
Relating to requiring the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to waive fees for admission applications submitted to public institutions of higher education during certain periods.

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

A live video broadcast of this hearing will be available here: https://house.texas.gov/video-audio/

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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.