SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Education TIME & DATE: 9:00AM, Wednesday, April 18, 2001 PLACE: E1.012 CHAIR: Senator Teel Bivins ___________________________________________________________________________ The committee will convene to discuss and take invited testimony on the bill draft for public school employees health insurance. When discussion on the bill draft is complete, the committee will consider the following: SB 334 Van de Putte Relating to the summer food service program. SB 599 Shapleigh Relating to long-range planning for higher education. SB 702 West, Royce Relating to compensatory, intensive, and accelerated education in public schools. SB 998 Madla Relating to the alternative certification requirements for certain public school teachers. SB 1100 Moncrief Relating to nursing home pilot sites to provide research, training, and education in health-related disciplines regarding the care of residents of nursing homes. SB 1461 Nelson Relating to state assistance to school districts for new instructional facilities. SB 1429 West, Royce Relating to establishing at Prairie View A&M University a center for relationship violence prevention and intervention. SB 1525 Van de Putte Relating to the offense of disruption of a class or other school activity. SB 1545 Duncan Relating to the investment and use of the assets of certain endowment funds of certain institutions of higher education. SB 1626 Armbrister Relating to authorizing an environmental service fee at Southwest Texas State University. SB 1726 Cain Relating to employment contract requirements for certain public school teachers. SB 1728 Cain Relating to funds used to satisfy a school district's share of an instructional facilities allotment or existing debt allotment. HB 992 Hochberg SP: Sibley Relating to circumstances under which a publisher or manufacturer of textbooks must maintain or arrange for a textbook depository in this state. ___________________________________________________________________________