HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Public Education TIME & DATE: 2:00PM or 1 hr after adjournment Tuesday, April 17, 2001 PLACE: E2.036 CHAIR: Rep. Paul Sadler ___________________________________________________________________________ To consider the following: HB 311 Flores Relating to the authority of a school district to select a sole broker of record for the purpose of purchasing insurance. HB 395 Wise Relating to the safety of school district playgrounds. HB 420 Wise Relating to standards that must be met by school district prekindergarten programs. HB 427 Morrison / et al. Relating to compulsory school attendance. HB 605 George Relating to prekindergarten programs for public school students. HB 796 Najera / et al. Relating to the prevention of diabetes by improving the health of certain public school students. HB 868 Dutton Relating to elementary school class size limits. HB 1150 Raymond Relating to mandatory kindergarten attendance in public schools. HB 1292 Garcia Relating to size limits for special education classes in public schools. HB 1296 Ehrhardt / et al. Relating to a prohibition of discrimination by public educational institutions. HB 1330 Zbranek Relating to the provision of Internet service by regional education service centers. HB 1407 McCall / et al. Relating to participation in school district services and activities by home-schooled students. HB 1427 Hochberg / et al. Relating to funding for extraordinary special education expenses. HB 1438 Olivo Relating to minimum salaries for interpreters employed in public schools to provide interpreting services to students who are deaf or hard of hearing. HB 1570 Coleman Relating to eligibility for public school prekindergarten classes. HB 1742 Dunnam Relating to grants for public schools adopting innovative educational programs. HB 2062 Tillery Relating to a self-paced program for certain students at risk of dropping out of school. HB 2143 Delisi / et al. Relating to tuition charges by school districts for certain military dependents. HB 2590 Ehrhardt Relating to employment discrimination by school districts. HB 2609 Giddings Relating to prekindergarten programs for public school students. HB 2703 Reyna, Arthur Relating to school district special education advocacy programs. HB 2707 Reyna, Arthur Relating to prekindergarten programs for public school students. HB 2770 Flores Relating to cooperative distance learning programs in public schools. HB 2910 Reyna, Arthur Relating to using prekindergarten grants to educate students who qualify for a school district's Title I program. HB 3030 Dunnam Relating to special education, the reporting of performance data of students in certain special programs, and to the educational rights of a minor whose disabilities are removed for general purposes. HB 3131 King, Phil Relating to a virtual classroom program for certain public school students. HB 3164 Chavez Relating to standards for prekindergarten programs and coordination of resources among prekindergarten programs and other child-care programs. HB 3167 Lewis, Ron Relating to the State Board for Educator Certification. HB 3339 Flores Relating to the authority of a school district to exempt from ad valorem taxation the property of an elderly disabled veteran. HB 3485 Tillery Relating to training for certain public school teachers and care givers in certain early childhood programs. HB 3494 Tillery Relating to grants awarded by the commissioner of education to promote pre-reading instruction. HJR 102 Flores Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize a school district to exempt from ad valorem taxation the property of an elderly disabled veteran. SB 158 Truan Relating to counseling public school students regarding higher education. SB 218 Shapiro Relating to a financial accountability rating system for school districts. SB 266 Ogden Relating to an optional flexible year program for public school students who fail to perform satisfactorily on an assessment instrument or who would not otherwise be promoted. SB 596 Duncan Relating to prekindergarten programs for public school students. SB 826 Truan Relating to the location of public education schools, programs, and classes. ___________________________________________________________________________