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3 Document(s) [ Subject: Tuition%20Equalization%20Grants ]
| Committee: | House Higher Education | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Library Catalog Title: | House Committee on Higher Education, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 2006 : a report to the House of Representatives, 80th Texas Legislature | |
| Subjects: | Capital construction assistance projects | Community college finance | Community colleges | Higher Education Assistance Fund | Permanent University Fund | Student aid | Texas B-on-Time loans | Toward EXcellence, Access & Success Grant Program | Tuition Equalization Grants | University buildings | University enrollment | University finance | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.79 Ed84h | |
| Session: | 79th R.S. (2005) | |
| Online version: | View report [47 pages File size: 3,111 kb] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Evaluate state supported financial aid programs, and whether they are structured and administered in a manner that will most effectively allow the state to meet the goals set forth in Closing the Gaps. | |
| 2. | Consider formula funding models for institutions of higher education, and evaluate whether current formulas most effectively promote excellence and support the goals set forth in Closing the Gaps. | |
| 3. | Evaluate accessibility to higher education, and identify whether certain areas of the state are underserved with respect to bachelor's and associate's degree programs. | |
| 4. | Examine existing methods of facilities funding for institutions of higher education, and identify the most efficient means by which to allocate state resources. | |
| 5. | Study community college service areas, and determine whether - and to what extent - existing boundaries should be modified to reflect population shifts or other demographic changes. | |
| 6. | Review and analyze all higher education funding formulas. (Joint Interim Charge with the House Committee on Appropriations) | |
| Committee: | House Higher Education | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Library Catalog Title: | To the speaker and members of the Texas House of Representatives, 66th Legislature : report of the / Committee on Higher Education of the House of Representatives. | |
| Subjects: | Community college budgets | Community colleges | Higher education | Higher education affordability | Property taxes | Student aid | Student housing | Texas State Technical College | Tuition | Tuition Equalization Grants | University buildings | University finance | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.65 ed83h | |
| Session: | 65th R.S. (1977) | |
| Online version: | View report [49 pages File size: 1,711 kb] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Oversight responsibility of agency expenditures and related transactions. This function shall encompass a review and monitoring of all appropriations-related actions of those agencies assigned to this committee for appropriative purposes during the 65th Regular Session of the Legislature. | |
| 2. | Study of alternative means of aiding citizens of the State in obtaining a college education. This study should review possible alternatives to the Tuition Equalization Grant program, including voucher systems and offset grant programs and should include a review of the cost implications and educational significance thereof. | |
| 3. | A review of the financial necessity for and ramifications of allowing ad valorem tax funds available for higher education to be used for maintenance and renovation purposes as well as for new construction. | |
| 4. | A review of alternative methods for the funding of junior colleges in Texas, including recommendations for developing a long range plan for junior college financing. | |
| 5. | A study of the tuition policy of state institutions of higher education with regard to the realistic costs of education as compared to actual percentage paid as tuition. This study should include recommendations as to tuition paid not only by in-state students but by out-of-state and foreign students as well. | |
| 6. | A study of the desirability of terminating mandatory dormitory residency requirements for certain students of state institutions of higher education. | |
| 7. | Study the need to clarify the legal status of the Texas State Technical Institute. * | |
| Supporting documents | ||
| Committee: | House Higher Education | |
| Title: | Correspondence, Letter to Members of House Higher Education Committee from Judith Kay Wilson, February 22, 1977 | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Minutes | |
| Library Call Number: | L1801.9 Ed84h 65 | |
| Session: | 65th R.S. (1977) | |
| Online version: | View document [14 pages] | |
* This represents an abstract of the report contents. Charge text is incomplete or unavailable.
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