HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Public Education TIME & DATE: 2:00PM or 1 hr after adjournment Tuesday, April 10, 2001 PLACE: E2.036 CHAIR: Rep. Paul Sadler ___________________________________________________________________________ To consider the following: HB 79 Gallego Relating to computation of the number of educationally disadvantaged students in certain public school districts. HB 379 Garcia Relating to the funding allotment for bilingual education programs in public schools. HB 603 George / et al. Relating to the treatment for school finance purposes of school district optional homestead exemptions. HB 604 George / et al. Relating to the small and mid-sized district adjustment under the public school finance system. HB 660 Seaman / et al. Relating to career and technology education and training. HB 723 Turner, Sylvester Relating to an allotment to school districts for use by teachers in purchasing supplies used in classroom teaching. HB 933 Solis, Jim Relating to the inclusion of certain students attending magnet schools in other districts in the computation of weighted average daily attendance of the school district in which the students reside. HB 934 Solis, Jim Relating to eligibility of school districts for state assistance with payment of existing debt. HB 1084 Hochberg Relating to the cost of education adjustment. HB 1276 Crownover, Myra Relating to use of a student's legal surname in a public school. HB 1346 Tillery / et al. Relating to state assistance with the payment of school district debt. HB 1488 Kitchen Relating to the issuance of bonds by school districts for the purchase of school buses. HB 1738 Kitchen Relating to a study of the costs of providing transportation services for public school students. HB 2060 Crownover, Myra Relating to returning a public school teacher to probationary contract status. HB 2201 Hochberg Relating to the instructional facilities allotment and to state assistance with the payment of existing debt of school districts. HB 2564 Dunnam Relating to school finance issues involving amounts withheld from special allotments under the Foundation School Program. HB 2565 Dunnam Relating to the funding under the foundation school program of certain special instructional arrangements for students with disabilities. HB 2704 Reyna, Arthur / et al. Relating to the cost of education adjustment for a school district that participates in the social security retirement program. HB 2759 Smith Relating to the date by which a school district must file its annual audit report with the Texas Education Agency. HB 2864 Sadler Relating to the small and mid-sized district adjustment under the public school finance system. HB 2879 Sadler Relating to school finance. HB 2888 Truitt Relating to certain limitations on the issuance of bonds by school districts. HB 2954 Hardcastle / et al. Relating to state funding for school districts that have not more than 400 students in average daily attendance. HB 2955 Hardcastle / et al. Relating to certain public school students receiving educational services from a school district other than the district in which the students reside. HB 3138 Hilbert Relating to the costs of and reducing the need for remedial education of high school graduates. HB 3259 Green / et al. Relating to the abolition of school district property taxes, an increase in the rate of the state sales and use tax and the application of the state sales and use tax to any transaction in this state, including a sale for resale, involving real property, and the distribution of the proceeds from the sales and use tax to replace school district property tax revenue. HB 3269 McCall / et al. Relating to the equalized wealth level under the public school finance system. HB 3310 Dunnam Relating to payment sources for a school district's local share of debt service for which the district receives state assistance. HB 3418 Grusendorf Relating to the financing of public school facilities. HB 3513 Hamric Relating to state programs for assisting school districts with paying the costs of public school facilities. HB 3525 Hochberg Relating to school district property values. HB 3526 Hochberg Relating to the truth-in-taxation and budget adoption publication requirements for school districts with a July 1 - June 30 fiscal year. HJR 85 Bosse Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow current and retired public school teachers and college professors, and retired public school administrators to receive compensation for serving on the governing bodies of school districts, cities, towns, or other local government districts. HJR 98 Raymond Proposing a constitutional amendment to dedicate net revenue from the state lottery to public school purposes. SB 108 Lucio / et al. Relating to the first day of instruction of a school year for public school students. SB 562 Shapiro Relating to computation and reporting requirements regarding a school district's expenditures and personnel. SB 1671 Jackson Relating to the issuance of bonds by school districts for the purchase of school buses. ___________________________________________________________________________