SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Education TIME & DATE: 9:00AM, Wednesday, April 11, 2001 PLACE: E1.012 CHAIR: Senator Teel Bivins ___________________________________________________________________________ To consider the following: SB 598 Shapleigh Relating to a study of issues relating to recruitment and retention of public school teachers. SB 978 Lucio Relating to the salary and retirement benefits of certain retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas who are employed as classroom teachers. SB 1293 Van de Putte Relating to the coordination of services at Early Head Start and Head Start programs. SB 1432 West, Royce Relating to truancy and the authority of justice and municipal courts in relation to children; providing criminal penalties. SB 1446 Van de Putte Relating to severance payments to superintendents of independent school districts. SB 1447 Shapleigh Relating to school finance issues involving amounts withheld from special allotments under the Foundation School Program. SB 1526 Van de Putte Relating to the eligibility of certain persons to qualify as residents of this state for purposes of higher education tuition or to pay tuition at the rate provided to residents of this state. SB 1625 Ellis, Rodney Relating to Texas Education Agency guidelines for certain after-school and summer programs. SB 1664 Wentworth Relating to the retirement eligibility of certain classroom teachers in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. SB 1705 Van de Putte Relating to the election of school district trustees from single-member districts. SB 1727 Cain Relating to staff development provided by school districts. SB 1731 Cain Relating to the career and technology education programs of public schools. SB 1791 Bivins Relating to the creation, funding, and operation of a teachers' housing assistance program. SJR 51 Bivins Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the creation of the teachers' housing assistance program and the teachers' housing assistance fund; authorizing the issuance of bonds. HB 120 West, George "Buddy" SP: Duncan Relating to student intercollegiate athletic fees at The University of Texas of the Permian Basin. HB 753 Hochberg SP: Ellis, Rodney Relating to the degree-granting authority of The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. HB 1545 Uher SP: Bivins Relating to the operation, regulation, administration, and financing of public institutions of higher education. Pending business: SB 30 Zaffirini Relating to mandatory kindergarten attendance in public schools. SB 526 Armbrister Relating to the age at which a child may be admitted to public school. SB 914 Ogden Relating to the location of certain facilities financed or refinanced by higher education authorities or by nonprofit corporations exercising the powers of those authorities. SB 1102 Barrientos Relating to a survey concerning persons who drop out of school. SB 1260 Shapleigh Relating to the authority of the comptroller to conduct performance reviews of general academic teaching institutions. SB 1466 Bivins Relating to the tuition and fees that can be charged at certain institutions of higher education. ___________________________________________________________________________