Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

House Higher Education Committee Bills & Legislation

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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB175

Filed
11/10/08  
Out of Senate Committee
3/9/09  
Voted on by Senate
3/25/09  
Out of House Committee
4/17/09  
Voted on by House
5/26/09  
Governor Action
6/19/09  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Enrolled
5/30/09  
Relating to the automatic admission of undergraduate students to certain general academic teaching institutions and to scholarship and other programs to facilitate enrollment at institutions of higher education.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB194

Filed
11/10/08  
Out of Senate Committee
3/23/09  
Voted on by Senate
4/2/09  
Out of House Committee
5/22/09  
Voted on by House
5/27/09  
Governor Action
6/19/09  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Enrolled
5/30/09  
Relating to a prohibition against certain activities by a person employed in the financial aid office of a public institution of higher education or of a career school or college.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB201

Filed
11/10/08  
Out of Senate Committee
4/20/09  
Voted on by Senate
4/30/09  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the participation of the medical school at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso in the Joint Admission Medical Program.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1249

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
4/20/09  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the creation of a pilot program to improve curricula alignment between junior colleges and general academic teaching institutions for engineering degree programs.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2146

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
4/16/09  
Voted on by Senate
4/24/09  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the annual allocation of certain constitutional funds to eligible agencies and institutions of higher education.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2240

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
5/1/09  
Voted on by Senate
5/12/09  
Out of House Committee
5/22/09  
Voted on by House
5/27/09  
Governor Action
6/19/09  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Enrolled
5/28/09  
Relating to the financing of educational and related facilities by higher education facility authorities or nonprofit corporations performing the functions of those authorities and to the governance of certain higher education facility authorities.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2244

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
4/16/09  
Voted on by Senate
4/24/09  
Out of House Committee
5/18/09  
Voted on by House
5/26/09  
Governor Action
6/19/09  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Enrolled
5/27/09  
Relating to the eligibility of employees of certain businesses or organizations established as part of the state's economic development program and of dependents of those employees to pay resident tuition at public institutions of higher education.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2210

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
4/16/09  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the formula funding for public institutions of higher education for certain credit hours that do not count toward a degree.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2182

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
4/30/09  
Voted on by Senate
5/6/09  
Out of House Committee
5/18/09  
Voted on by House
5/26/09  
Governor Action
6/19/09  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Enrolled
5/27/09  
Relating to an environmental service fee at public institutions of higher education.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2465

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
4/16/09  
Voted on by Senate
4/24/09  
Out of House Committee
5/18/09  
Voted on by House
5/26/09  
Governor Action
6/19/09  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Enrolled
5/27/09  
Relating to the payment of certain costs associated with educational programs of the John Ben Shepperd Public Leadership Institute of The University of Texas of the Permian Basin.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SJR35

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
3/31/09  
Voted on by Senate
4/6/09  
Sent toSOS
 
Proposed Const. Amend.
 
Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the national research university fund to enable emerging research universities in this state to achieve national prominence as major research universities and transferring the balance of the higher education fund to the national research university fund.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB567

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
4/2/09  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the course levels offered by the University of Houston-Victoria.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB819

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
4/20/09  
Voted on by Senate
4/24/09  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the vaccination against bacterial meningitis of certain first-time students at public and private or independent institutions of higher education.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB811

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
3/23/09  
Voted on by Senate
4/2/09  
Out of House Committee
4/27/09  
Voted on by House
5/5/09  
Governor Action
5/19/09  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Enrolled
5/6/09  
Relating to authorizing the board of regents of the Texas Tech University System to transfer the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts to a nonprofit organization to operate the museum.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB816

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
4/16/09  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the Texas Teach Corps Student Loan Repayment Assistance Program for undergraduate students who agree to teach in school districts in this state that have shortages of teachers in mathematics or science.