The House Committee on Appropriations-S/C on Education 
         78th Legislature 
         February 17, 2003 
         7:00 a.m. 
         JHR, 140 
          
         Pursuant to a notice posted on February 12, 2003, the House  
         Committee on Appropriations-S/C on Education met in a public  
         hearing and was called to order by the chair, Representative  
         Pitts, at 7:08 a.m. 
          
         The roll was answered as follows: 
          
         Present:  Representatives Pitts; Branch; Brown, Fred; Deshotel  
                   (4). 
          
         Absent:   Representatives Gutierrez; Menendez (2). 
          
         A quorum was present. 
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         (Representative Menendez now present.)(Representative Gutierrez  
         now present.) 
          
         At 11:41 a.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection,  
         the meeting was recessed for a 10 minute break. 
          
         The committee reconvened at 12:00 p.m. and was called to order  
         by the chair, Representative Pitts. The roll was answered as  
         follows: 
          
         Present:  Representatives Pitts; Branch; Brown, Fred; Gutierrez;  
                   Menendez (5). 
          
         Absent:   Representative Deshotel (1). 
          
         A quorum was present. 
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         (Representative Brown, Fred in chair.) 
          
         (Representative Pitts in chair.) 
          
         At 1:53 p.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection,  
         the meeting was recessed until 15 minutes after the Adjournment  
         of the House. 
                                                  
         The committee reconvened at 4:53 p.m. and was called to order by  
         the chair, Representative Pitts. The roll was answered as  
         follows: 
          
         Present:  Representatives Pitts; Brown, Fred; Deshotel;  
                   Gutierrez (4). 
  
         Absent:   Representatives Branch; Menendez (2). 
          
         A quorum was present. 
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         (Representative Branch now present.)(Representative Menendez now  
         present.) 
          
         At 5:48 p.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection,  
         the meeting was adjourned until 7:00 a.m., February 18, 2003.                    
          
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         Rep. Pitts, Chair 
          
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         Jess Calvert, Clerk