At the end of the 83rd regular legislative session, two proposals for about $2.7 billion in tuition revenue bonds — funds used to pay for construction on public university campuses — were floating around the Texas Legislature. One was the House version of Senate Bill 16, a measure the Senate refused to accept without changes. The other was a little-seen proposed conference committee report, later obtained by The Texas Tribune, that the House declined to entertain.
Since both failed during the regular session, lawmakers have filed two comprehensive tuition revenue bond bills — House Bill 10 and Senate Bill 11 — in the special session. They are ready for consideration if Gov. Rick Perry adds the issue to the agenda for the 30-day session.
Use the interactive below to see what was left on the table at the end of the regular session and what could be up for grabs in the current special session. Also included is the total cost of each project, according to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, and the amount the universities requested in aid from tuition revenue bonds.
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Construct health and human services building
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Construct new science building
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Renovate library, college of education and information technology facilities
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Provide critical deferred maintenance
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Construct biology, nursing and allied health building
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Construct new science, technology, engineering and math research building
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Renovate and modernize educational and related facilities and infrastructure
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Construct the Gates Agriculture and Business building
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Midlothian higher education center
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Construct classroom and support services building and renovate library
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Construct biocontainment research facility and music building
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Construct academic building
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Construct science, health science, and wellness building
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Construct new library and technology center
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Construct life sciences research building
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Construct music building expansion and renovate Jones Auditorium
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Construct science and technology building
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Construct academic and laboratory learning center
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Construct Robert Terry Library
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Construct medical education and research building in Round Rock
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Construct new engineering and sciences building
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Construct new research building
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Construct science and technology learning center
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Renovate and add to life science building
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Construct engineering education and research center
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Construct New UT-Brownsville campus
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Construct engineering building
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Construct interdisciplinary research facility
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Construct experimental science instructional building
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Construct a STEM and business complex and renovate the business building
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Construct engineering building
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Construct science building II
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Construct pharmacy and biomedical sciences building
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Construct science and academic support building
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Construct science and technology building
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Construct campus expansion
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Construct new building for the College of Visual Arts and Design
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Construct new library and student success center
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Construct Amarillo center
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Construct medical research and education building in Round Rock
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Research building
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Construct HSC education center and research building in Dallas
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Construct new Lubbock education, research and technology building
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Construct El Paso medical science building II
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Construct new Permian Basin academic facility
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Renovate and Modernize educational and research facilities
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Construct Enhanced Performance Laboratory of the Barshop Institute on Aging and South Texas Diabetes Center
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Renovate the Riter Center Primary Care Training Center
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Construct Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Building for Personalized Cancer Care
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Construct UTMB health education center
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Construct north campus phase VI vivarium and research facilities
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Construct interdisciplinary research building
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Renovate engineering technology center phase 2
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Renovate space for aviation technology
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Replace water system
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Construct Ellis County Extenstion Center
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Construct and renovate technical arts buildings
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Construct multipurpose education building
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Construct allied health building addition
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Renovate College of Law buildings