SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Education TIME & DATE: 9:00AM, Wednesday, March 19, 1997 PLACE: E1.012 CHAIR: Senator Teel Bivins ___________________________________________________________________________ A public hearing to consider the following: The committee will begin this week's hearing with a brief presentation from the Amarillo National Resource Center for Plutonium. SB 193 Nelson Relating to open-enrollment charter schools. SB 519 Bivins Relating to the number of charters for an open-enrollment charter school that the State Board of Education may grant. SB 520 Bivins Relating to eligibility to serve as a public member of the State Board for Educator Certification. SB 656 Gallegos Relating to the term of a school district depository contract. SB 698 Armbrister Relating to research relating to transportation facilities conducted by public senior colleges and universities for the Texas Department of Transportation. SB 730 Whitmire Relating to changing the name of the Institute for Urban Studies at the University of Houston to the Center for Public Policy. SB 1206 Bivins Relating to creation of a public education scholarship pilot program for children assigned to attend certain low-performing public schools. Pending business: SB 133 Bivins Relating to the placement of a student in an alternative education program. ___________________________________________________________________________