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9 Document(s) [ Subject: University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston ]
Committee: | Senate Finance | |
Title: | Interim Report | |
Library Catalog Title: | Interim charge recommendations to the 82nd Legislature | |
Subjects: | Affordable housing | Aging and Disability Services, Texas Department of | Border security | Business taxes | Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas | Disaster relief | Economic stabilization | Federal aid | Highway finance | Hospitals | Mineral rights | Nursing education | Prepaid tuition plans | Property tax exemptions | Property taxes | Rural health care | State budgets | Tax and expenditure limits | Tax appraisals | Tax incentives | Tax revenue | Tobacco taxes | Traffic | Transportation, Texas Department of | Tropical storms | University finance | University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston | | |
Library Call Number: | L1836.81 F49 | |
Session: | 81st R.S. (2009) | |
Online version: | View report [158 pages File size: 7,366 kb] | |
Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
1. | Review and make recommendations regarding existing and future public debt at all levels of government in Texas, including independent school districts, cities, other local governments and the Texas Guaranteed Tuition Plan. | |
2. | Study the impact of recent hurricanes for which a federal disaster declaration was issued on local economies. Examine the basis for the distribution of federal dollars for hurricane cleanup across the state. Review past methods of distribution, including those involving the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs and the Office of Rural Community Affairs. Develop policy and statutory recommendations to ensure that the system of distribution is effective to address needs of the various regions of the state in the event of future disasters. Provide effective budget oversight of state agencies that received appropriations as a result of hurricane damage. Examine the rebuilding of University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and the collection and proper deposit of federal reimbursements. | |
3. | Review the effect that Texas Business Tax credits, such as a research and development credit, have on economic development in Texas. Determine whether the costs of various tax credits would be adequately offset by the net increase in state sales tax and other revenues and jobs produced by each credit. Focus on businesses relocating to or from the State of Texas, the impact on the tax base, employment, and the overall economic condition of the state. | |
4. | Identify and evaluate potential improvements to the property tax system. Consider and make recommendations relating to the following:
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5. | Examine the Texas Tomorrow Fund and its impact on institutions of higher education. Assess current and future costs, the ability of institutions to absorb the costs, and make recommendations for ensuring a sound fiscal approach to managing the fund for the future. | |
6. | Study the impact of changing the constitutional and statutory spending limit based on the sum of the rate of population growth and the rate of inflation. Examine what past biennial spending limits would have been, and what the next biennium's limit might be, under a new definition. Consider the impact of exempting growth from federally mandated programs. | |
7. | Study and make recommendations regarding formula funding and its impact on the cost of attendance and methods of financing higher education institutions, including funding differences for pharmacy and nursing programs; research funding; performance funding; and funding for institutions that face capacity student enrollment. Specifically address the following:
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8. | Review the capacity of rural hospitals, rural hospital infrastructure, and the statewide impact of services provided by rural hospitals. Make recommendations for funding options to help communities that do not have adequate resources to replace aging infrastructure and consider the creation ofa rural hospital infrastructure support program similar to the courthouse preservations fund. | |
9. | Examine transportation funding concepts contained in legislation considered during the 81 st Legislature, Regular and Special Sessions. Analyze options and make recommendations relating to historical funding strategies, including prioritization of existing revenues, as well as alternative state and local transportation funding concepts. (Joint charge with Senate Transportation and Homeland Security Committee)
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10. | Monitor the implementation of legislation addressed by the Senate Committee on Finance, 81 st Legislature, Regular and Called Sessions, and make recommendations for any legislation needed to improve, enhance, and/or complete implementation. Specifically, monitor the following:
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Committee: | House Higher Education | |
Title: | Interim Report | |
Library Catalog Title: | House Committee on Higher Education, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 2010 : a report to the House of Representatives, 82nd Texas Legislature | |
Subjects: | Achievement gaps | Capital construction assistance projects | College preparedness | Community college finance | Community colleges | Developmental education | Dual credit high school programs | Grants | Higher education | Higher Education Coordinating Board, Texas | Minority students | Student aid | Student loans | Student transfers | Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station | Texas A&M Transportation Institute | Texas B-on-Time loans | Texas Engineering Extension Service | Textbooks | Toward EXcellence, Access & Success Grant Program | University curriculum | University finance | University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston | University rankings | University student transfers | | |
Library Call Number: | L1836.81 Ed84hh | |
Session: | 81st R.S. (2009) | |
Online version: | View report [80 pages File size: 1,755 kb] | |
Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
1. | Evaluate the state's continuing effort to close achievement gaps in success, participation, excellence, and research by 2015. Study how state public education institutions compare to peer institutions around the country. | |
2. | Study current financial aid programs, tuition and fee exemption programs, loan repayment programs, and professional incentive programs. Evaluate the impact of need-based versus merit-based assistance. Recommend changes where appropriate to improve the alignment of these programs to meet state needs. | |
3. | Review the structure and operation of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Evaluate the board's data collection systems, including costs to higher education institutions, and make recommendations for improvements. | |
4. | Study and recommend strategies for improving community college participation and success. Examine the role of community colleges within the state higher education system. Include a review of programs, practices, and incentives to improve efficiency and productivity, such as expanding dual credit options, encouraging credit by examination, and improving student preparation in high school. | |
5. | Study and recommend strategies for reducing the costs of instructional materials in higher education institutions, including electronic textbooks, open source materials, and other web-based resources. | |
6. | Examine the state's higher education funding mechanisms, including approaches to funding capital improvement projects at public institutions of higher education. Evaluate modifications that would improve the institutions' national peer rankings and help the state to achieve its Closing the Gaps objectives, including improved community college transfer pathways and the impact of shifting the basis of the formula funding methodologies from attempted to completed hours. Joint Interim Charge with House Committee on Appropriations | |
7. | Monitor the progress of the capital improvement plan and use of state funds at The University of Texas at Galveston involving the renovation and upgrade of existing facilities and the construction of new facilities. Joint Interim Charge with House Committee on Appropriations | |
8. | Study the feasibility of offering an optional curriculum that emphasizes ethics, Western civilization, and American traditions to satisfy portions of the Texas Core Curriculum. | |
9. | Monitor the agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction. | |
Committee: | Joint University of Texas Medical Department, Investigate | |
Title: | Report | |
Library Catalog Title: | Report of the Committee of Inquiry on the Location and Organization of the Medical Branch of the University of Texas. | |
Subjects: | Galveston, Texas | University buildings | University of Texas at Austin | University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston | | |
Library Call Number: | H.J. of Tex., 37th Leg., R.S., 25 (1921) | |
Session: | 36th R.S. (1919) | |
Online version: | View report [8 pages] | |
Charge: | This report should address the charge below. | |
1. | To make an inquiry into the facts concerning the establishment of the Medical Department in Galveston and the relative advantages of its continued location in that city or of the removal therefrom. | |
Committee: | Joint Central Investigating Committee | |
Title: | Report | |
Library Catalog Title: | Report | |
Subjects: | Agriculture, Texas Department of | Attorney General of Texas | Bachelor's degrees | Comptroller of Public Accounts, Texas | Courts | Education Agency, Texas | General Land Office, Texas | Higher education | Highway Department, Texas State | Investment of public funds | Juvenile detention facilities | Legislative staff | Library & Archives Commission, Texas State | Office of the Governor | Prairie View A&M University | Prison farms | Prison labor | Prisons | Quarantines | Rabies | Railroad Commission of Texas | Sam Houston State University | Secretary of State, Texas | State agencies | State agency budgets | State land | State purchasing | Tarleton State University | Tax administration | Teacher training | Texas A&M University | Texas A&M University - Commerce | Texas State University | Texas Woman's University | Treasury Department, Texas State | University of North Texas at Denton | University of Texas at Austin | University of Texas at El Paso | University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston | Veterinary Medical Examiners, Texas State Board of | West Texas A&M University | | |
Library Call Number: | L1836.35 In8r / H.J. of Tex., 35th Leg., 4th C.S. 228 (1918) | |
Session: | 35th R.S. (1917) | |
Online version: | View report [58 pages] | |
Charge: | This report should address the charge below. | |
1. | To make a through investigation into the affairs of all departments of the state and every state institution. * | |
Committee: | House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Medical Department of the State University | |
Title: | Report | |
Library Catalog Title: | Report of Committee to Visit Medical College. | |
Subjects: | University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston | | |
Library Call Number: | H.J. of Tex., 32nd Leg., R.S. 246 (1911) | |
Session: | 32nd R.S. (1911) | |
Online version: | View report [3 pages File size: 77 kb] | |
Charge: | This report should address the charge below. | |
1. | Visit and make report relative to the Medical Department of the State University. | |
Committee: | House University of Texas and its Medical Branch | |
Title: | Report | |
Library Catalog Title: | Report of Special Committee appointed to visit the University of Texas and Medical Branch. | |
Subjects: | University of Texas at Austin | University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston | | |
Library Call Number: | H.J. of Tex., 27th Leg., R.S. 514 (1901) | |
Session: | 27th R.S. (1901) | |
Online version: | View report [12 pages File size: 772 kb] | |
Charge: | This report should address the charge below. | |
1. | Visit said institutions, diligently examine and inquire into their conditions and needs, and report to the House; may also make recommendations. | |
Committee: | House University and Medical Branch, Special | |
Title: | Report | |
Library Catalog Title: | [Report]. | |
Subjects: | University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston | | |
Library Call Number: | H.J. of Tex., 25th Leg., R.S. 449 (1897) | |
Session: | 25th R.S. (1897) | |
Online version: | View report [3 pages File size: 85 kb] | |
Charge: | This report should address the charge below. | |
1. | Visit the University of Texas and the medical branch and make a report. * | |
Committee: | Senate University of Texas Medical Branch, Special Committee to Inspect | |
Title: | University Medical Branch Visit | |
Library Catalog Title: | [Report]. | |
Subjects: | University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston | | |
Library Call Number: | S.J. of Tex., 25th Leg., R.S. 473 (1897) | |
Session: | 25th R.S. (1897) | |
Online version: | View report [3 pages File size: 128 kb] | |
Charge: | This report should address the charge below. | |
1. | Visit and inspect the University of Texas Medical Branch and report the condition of the institution with reference to necessities for the respective appropriations asked for from the Legislature. | |
Committee: | Joint State Institutions of Learning, Joint Committee on | |
Title: | State Institutions of Learning | |
Library Catalog Title: | Report. | |
Subjects: | Prairie View A&M University | Sam Houston State University | Texas A&M University | University of Texas at Austin | University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston | | |
Library Call Number: | H.J. of Tex., 23rd Leg., R.S. 526 (1893) | |
Session: | 23rd R.S. (1893) | |
Online version: | View report [8 pages File size: 460 kb] | |
Charge: | This report should address the charge below. | |
1. | Examine carefully and thoroughly into the condition and management of the University of Texas, the Agricultural and Mechanical College, the Prairie View Normal School, and the Sam Houston Normal Institute, and make a report to the Legislature with suggestions for the benefit of such institution as the committee may deem necessary. |
* This represents an abstract of the report contents. Charge text is incomplete or unavailable.
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