CAPITOL WATCH
As a service to its members, the Texas College Reading and Learning Association will post legislative news as it becomes available. Additionally, this page will provide important links to other sites associated with legislative action affecting higher education support program issues.
THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE CONVENED AT NOON, JANUARY 11, 2011
Members of Committees on Higher Education: House Senate
HB 104 - Relating to abolishing the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and transferring the coordinating board’s functions and activities and the State Board of Education’s statutorily assigned functions and activities to the Texas Education. [sponsor: Brown]
SB 162 - Relating to developing a developmental education plan for students entering public institutions of higher education. [sponsor: Shapiro]
HB 1244 - Relating to developmental education courses and the assessment of student readiness under the Texas Success Initiative for public institutions of higher education. [sponsor: Castro]
SB 1092 – Relating to creating a pilot project to reduce the need for developmental education required for certain students entering higher education. [ sponsor: Rodriguez]
HB 2625 - Relating to developing a developmental education plan for students entering public institutions of higher education. [sponsor: Branch]
SB 1564 – Relating to developmental education courses and the assessment of student readiness under the Texas Success Initiative for public institutions of higher education. [sponsor: West]
HB 3268 - Relating to a requirement that developmental coursework required for entering undergraduate students at four-year public institutions of higher education be completed at a public junior college. [sponsor: Guillen]
SB 1728 - Relating to a requirement that developmental coursework required for entering undergraduate students at four-year public institutions of higher education be completed at a public junior college. [sponsor: Zaffirini]
