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

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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.

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