HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Public Education TIME & DATE: 2:00PM, Tuesday, March 13, 2001 PLACE: E2.036 CHAIR: Rep. Paul Sadler ___________________________________________________________________________ To consider the following: HB 23 Corte Relating to personal leave for public school employees who are assaulted at work. HB 40 McClendon Relating to the first instructional day of a school year for public school students. HB 86 King, Phil Relating to character education programs in public schools. HB 127 West, George "Buddy" / et Relating to recitation of the Declaration of Independence by public school students. HB 231 Hilderbran Relating to authorizing the board of trustees of an independent school district to donate certain surplus district property to a municipality, county, or nonprofit organization in order to preserve the property. HB 328 Gallego Relating to single-member trustee districts for certain school districts. HB 491 Kitchen / et al. Relating to a financial award for classroom teachers who are certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. HB 571 Green Relating to concurrent enrollment agreements between junior colleges and private high schools. HB 574 Green Relating to the study of the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution in public schools. HB 821 Giddings Relating to cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction for public school students and to cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid training of certain school district personnel. HB 911 Delisi / et al. Relating to character education programs in public schools. HB 946 Telford / et al. Relating to character education programs in public schools and in certain alternative education programs. HB 1143 Grusendorf Relating to public school teachers. HB 1144 Grusendorf Relating to public school accountability. HB 1145 Menendez Relating to courses offered by a public junior college for joint high school and junior college credit. HB 1188 Telford Relating to the rights of a public school teacher who is assaulted during the performance of the teacher's regular duties. HB 1310 Salinas Relating to the Texas Teachers' Excellence Program. HB 1374 Oliveira / et al. Relating to assessment of academic skills of public school students of limited English proficiency. HB 1475 Kitchen Relating to master technology teacher certification, grants, and stipends. HB 1525 Garcia Relating to teacher certification of certain persons holding advanced degrees issued by institutions in foreign countries. HB 1627 Grusendorf / et al. Relating to improvement of the mathematics skills of public school students. HB 1721 Martinez Fischer Relating to certification examinations for educators outside the state. HB 1776 Green Relating to recitation of the Declaration of Independence by public school students. HB 1936 Dutton Relating to referendum elections concerning the first instructional day of a school year for public school students and to the first instructional day of the first term of summer session for students at general academic teaching institutions. HB 2070 Green Relating to the establishment of Teach Freedom Week in public schools. HB 2174 Hochberg / et al. Relating to allowing the State Board of Educator Certification to recognize examinations by other states. HB 2414 Keel / et al. Relating to the investment and management of the permanent school fund. HB 2487 Garcia Relating to state assessment of students of limited English proficiency. HCR 122 Hill Urging public schools to implement character education and citizenship programs that focus on basic documents of American democracy. HCR 185 Green Designating the week of September 25 as Teach Freedom Week and urging its observance in public schools by daily recitations from the Declaration of Independence. HJR 19 Hilderbran Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to authorize the board of trustees of an independent school district to donate certain surplus district property of historical significance in order to preserve the property. HJR 74 Keel / et al. Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the investment and management of the permanent school fund. SB 82 Madla / et al. Relating to courses offered by a public junior college for joint high school and junior college credit. SB 116 Wentworth Relating to authorizing the board of trustees of an independent school district to donate certain surplus district property to a municipality, county, or nonprofit organization in order to preserve the property. SJR 2 Wentworth Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to authorize the board of trustees of an independent school district to donate certain surplus district property of historical significance in order to preserve the property. ___________________________________________________________________________