[August 12, 2011] BRIEF: Legislature getting involved in Texas A&M's possible move Tweet Aug 12, 2011 (Fort Worth Star-Telegram - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- The Texas A&M-to-the-SEC discussion just turned political. The Texas legislature has gotten involved. The House Committee on Higher Education has scheduled an Aug. 16 meeting to "discuss matters pertaining to higher education, including college athletics." The information is posted on the committee's website. It will be a public hearing. The same committee met last year to discuss potential state funding implications and other ramifications of the Texas-based members of the Big 12 splintering off in different directions when the league's future was in peril last June. The hearing will be held six days before a scheduled A&M board of regents meeting on Aug. 22 that could include discussion or action on the school's potential move to the SEC. The announcement said committee members will listen to "invited testimony only." Texas A&M spokesman Jason Cook, the school's vice-president of marketing and communications, said today that president R. Bowen Loftin and A&M regents "have not received an invitation at this time" to testify. -- Jimmy Burch To see more of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.dfw.com. Copyright (c) 2011, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For more information about the content services offered by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services (MCT), visit www.mctinfoservices.com. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]