SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Education

TIME & DATE:  9:00AM, Wednesday, March 28, 2001

PLACE: E1.012

CHAIR: Senator Teel Bivins

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To consider the following:


SB 19            Nelson / et al.
Relating to the improvement of children's health through daily
physical activity in public schools and a coordinated approach by
public schools to prevent obesity and certain diseases.

SB 26            Shapiro
Relating to restaffing certain low-performing schools.

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 743            Lucio
Relating to the tuition charged to certain foreign students for
graduate public health courses offered by general academic teaching
institutions located in border counties.

SB 975            Shapleigh
Relating to electronic courses in public schools.

SB 1196            Truan
Relating to the use of certain practices in disciplining public
school students.

SB 1205            Jackson
Relating to the exemption of certain courses of instruction from
proprietary school certification.

SB 1327            Bivins
Relating to improvement of the mathematics skills of public school
students.

SB 1465            Bivins
Relating to the operation, regulation, and administration of public
institutions of higher education.

SB 1498            Harris
Relating to authorizing a recreational facility fee at The
University of Texas at Arlington.

SB 1722            Bivins
Relating to the transfer of the Amarillo campus of the Texas State
Technical College System to Amarillo College.

SB 1766            Bivins
Relating to the eligibility of school district bonds for payment
with state and local funds under the existing debt tier of the
school finance system.

Pending business:


SB 526            Armbrister
Relating to the age at which a child may be admitted to public
school.

SB 704            West, Royce
Relating to school district dress codes.

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 1466            Bivins
Relating to the tuition and fees that can be charged at certain
institutions of higher education.

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