SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Education TIME & DATE: 9:00AM, Wednesday, March 21, 2001 PLACE: E1.012 CHAIR: Senator Teel Bivins ___________________________________________________________________________ To consider the following: SB 350 Truan Relating to wage rates paid by or on behalf of certain school districts on public works projects. SB 385 Bivins / et al. Relating to the curriculum requirements for graduation from public high school. SB 386 Bivins Relating to eliminating obsolete references to the Amarillo campus of the Texas State Technical College System. SB 460 Duncan Relating to the inclusion of certain contractual obligations in the debt of a school district for property tax purposes. SB 579 Van de Putte Relating to procedures and standards for providing health care services in public schools. SB 580 Van de Putte Relating to local school health education advisory councils and to health education instruction in public schools. SB 621 Barrientos Relating to providing certain students with an equal opportunity to enroll in or receive a competitive scholarship for a graduate or professional degree program. SB 924 Barrientos Relating to a uniform strategy to ensure that public institutions of higher education employ faculty and staff who reflect the population of Texas. SB 974 Wentworth Relating to the eligibility of a high school graduate for automatic admission to an institution of higher education. SB 1057 Ellis, Rodney Relating to the administration of the TEXAS grant program and to the dissemination of student financial aid information. SB 1327 Bivins Relating to improvement of the mathematics skills of public school students. SB 1466 Bivins Relating to the tuition and fees that can be charged at certain institutions of higher education. SB 1472 Ogden Relating to the general property deposit paid by a student of a public institution of higher education. SB 1595 Bivins Relating to financial assistance for certain persons seeking certification as public school teachers, including revisions to the Teach for Texas grant program, and to loan repayment assistance for certain classroom teachers. SB 1596 Bivins Relating to the establishment and operation of the Toward EXcellence, Access, & Success (TEXAS) grant II program. SB 1671 Jackson Relating to the issuance of bonds by school districts for the purchase of school buses. SB 1722 Bivins Relating to the transfer of the Amarillo campus of the Texas State Technical College System to Amarillo College. Pending business: SB 266 Ogden Relating to an optional flexible year program for public school students who would not otherwise be promoted. SB 526 Armbrister Relating to the age at which a child may be admitted to public school. SB 596 Duncan Relating to prekindergarten programs for public school students. SB 646 Bivins Relating to dropout and completion rates in public schools. SB 704 West, Royce Relating to school district dress codes. SJR 1 Madla Proposing a constitutional amendment to permit a public school teacher or faculty member of a public institution of higher education to serve as a member of the legislature. ___________________________________________________________________________