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BRANCH'S TIER ONE BILL PASSES HOUSE
Tier One Initiative Part 2: The Race Continues
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| Notable Articles: Tier One Bill Headed to the Senate |
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Tier-One Prize Money Tentatively Passes House
April 14, 2011
Reeve Hamilton
For those betting on the horse race to be the next state's next public national research - or tier-one - university, the winners are about to be crowned. Today, the House tentatively passed House Bill 1000 by House Higher Education Chairman Dan Branch, R-Dallas, which creates a mechanism for them to claim their prize money.
Of the seven contenders, designated as "emerging research universities," the two that are expected to pull in first are the University of Houston and Texas Tech University, likely in that order according to the discussion on the House floor. The other schools in the running are the University of North Texas, and University of Texas campuses in Dallas,Arlington, San Antonio and El Paso.
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House Takes Another Step Toward Creating New Batch of Tier I Universities
April 14, 2011
Passage of HB 1000 some good news for higher ed in tough fiscal times
By Patrick Graves
This afternoon the House took what its point man on higher education calls "the next big step" toward having more top-tier universities in Texas by approving a mechanism to disburse money from the endowment it created two years ago.
Asked about being one of the few members to pass a spending bill this session, Rep. Dan Branch (R-Dallas) responded, "It's good news for higher ed in tough times."
His HB 1000 also may be good news soon for the University of Houston and Texas Tech. They are expected to be the first and second schools, respectively, to become eligible for annual lump-sum payments from the $613 million National Research University Fund. Next in line most likely will be UT-Dallas, Branch said.
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