** REVISION ** SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Education TIME & DATE: 9:00AM or upon adjournment Friday, May 11, 2001 PLACE: E1.016 CHAIR: Senator Teel Bivins Room Number Correction Only ___________________________________________________________________________ To consider the following bills (rules suspended 5/10): HB 3313 Dunnam SP: Bernsen Relating to elementary class size limits in public schools. HB 3303 Counts SP: Haywood Relating to the service area of the Vernon Regional Junior College District. HB 1144 Grusendorf SP: Harris Relating to public school accountability and to measures to improve proficiency in certain subjects. HB 1143 Grusendorf SP: Harris Relating to public school teachers. HB 1776 Green SP: Nelson Relating to the establishment of Celebrate Freedom Week in public schools. HB 2879 Sadler SP: Bivins Relating to public school finance. HB 1721 Martinez Fischer SP: Van de Putte Relating to certification examinations for educators certified in other jurisdictions. HB 1755 Gutierrez SP: Staples Relating to action by certain occupational regulatory agencies against certain recipients of student financial assistance. HB 660 Seaman SP: Van de Putte Relating to career and technology education and training. HB 2510 Chavez SP: Duncan Relating to the establishment of diabetes research and screening programs at certain institutions of higher education. HB 2323 Gallego SP: Shapleigh Relating to repayment assistance for certain law school loans of persons providing legal services to the indigent. HB 2816 Brown, Fred SP: Ogden Relating to the creation of nonprofit corporations to refund certain outstanding student loan bonds. HB 1645 Delisi SP: Nelson Relating to an exemption for certain transfer students from the requirements of the Texas Academic Skills Program. SCR 56 Barrientos Establishing a special interim committee to study the problem of high school dropouts in Texas. Pending business: HB 6 Dunnam / et al. SP: Bivins Relating to open-enrollment charter schools. HB 47 McClendon SP: Madla Relating to the automatic admission of certain undergraduate transfer students. HB 106 Gutierrez SP: Zaffirini Relating to restricting written reports required of public school classroom teachers. HB 3265 Lewis, Glenn SP: Ogden Relating to notice to higher education students of the sanctions for failure to timely pay tuition and fees. SB 265 Ogden Relating to school district high school equivalency examination programs. ___________________________________________________________________________