Joint Committee on Oversight of Higher Ed Governance, Excellence & Transparency, Texas State Legislature (decommissioned)

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The Oversight of Higher Ed Governance, Excellence & Transparency was a standing committee of the Texas State Legislature. The committee was formed on February 20, 2013.^[1]

Membership

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.

Oversight of Higher Ed Governance, Excellence & Transparency Members, 2013
Democratic members (6)	Republican members (10)
• Judith Zaffirini, Vice Chair	• Dan Branch, Co-Chair
• Eric Johnson	• Kel Seliger, Co-chair
• Michael Villarreal	• Dennis Bonnen, Vice chair
• Donna Howard	• Myra Crownover
• Kirk Watson	• Lois Kolkhorst
• Royce West	• Jim Pitts
	• Brian Birdwell
	• Robert Duncan
	• Kevin Eltife
	• Dan Patrick

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