SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Education TIME & DATE: 9:00AM, Wednesday, April 7, 1999 PLACE: E1.012 CHAIR: Senator Teel Bivins ___________________________________________________________________________ A public hearing to consider the following: SB 4 Bivins / et al. Relating to public school finance and to public education. SB 540 Shapiro Relating to the purchase of attendance credits under the foundation school program. SB 541 Shapiro Relating to the computation of school district property values for purposes of school finance. SB 591 Shapiro / et al. Relating to funding for school districts that open new schools or expand existing schools. SB 592 Shapiro / et al. Relating to state assistance for school facilities in certain fast-growth school districts. SB 593 Shapiro / et al. Relating to additional state assistance for certain school districts with high tax rates. SB 594 Nelson Relating to state assistance for certain school district instructional facilities projects. SB 595 Nelson Relating to the state funding for school district debt service. SB 596 Nelson Relating to an additional Foundation School Program allotment for schools that open or expand instructional facilities. SB 695 Luna, Gregory Relating to minimum salaries for public school classroom teachers and librarians. SB 856 Shapleigh Relating to additional funding to school districts for teacher salaries. SB 1139 Wentworth Relating to the taxable value of property of a school district that does not offer each grade level from kindergarten to 12th grade. SB 1286 Lucio Relating to the public education facilities assistance fund. SJR 33 Lucio Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the establishment of a public education facilities assistance fund. SB 1448 West, Royce Relating to compensation of and benefits for public school teachers and librarians. SB 1450 West, Royce Relating to certificates issued to public school teachers as a basis of establishing compensation levels and to attracting new teachers to work in public elementary and secondary schools. SB 1452 West, Royce Relating to minimum salaries for full-time registered nurses employed by school districts. SB 1489 Duncan Relating to public funding for school districts that experience a decline in district property values. SB 1616 Cain Relating to compensation and preparation of public school teachers and the financing thereof. Subcommittee Reports: SB 299 Brown, J. E. "Buster" Relating to the issuance of revenue bonds for the University of Houston-Clear Lake. SB 751 Sibley / et al. Relating to the composition of the University of North Texas System. SB 947 Barrientos Relating to the authority of the board of regents of The University of Texas System to increase the student union fee at The University of Texas at Austin. SB 989 Lucio Relating to the purchase or other acquisition of land by The University of Texas--Pan American. SB 1289 Zaffirini Relating to donations and other transfers of real or personal property to institutions of higher education. SB 1290 Zaffirini Relating to the requirements for the conveyance of an interest in real property from a political subdivision to an institution of higher education. SB 1326 Gallegos Relating to tuition charged for students of optometry. ___________________________________________________________________________