The House Committee on Appropriations-S/C on Education 
         78th Legislature 
         February 19, 2003 
         7:00 a.m. 
         JHR, 140 
          
         Pursuant to a notice posted on February 14, 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 7:18 a.m. 
          
         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.) 
          
         (Representative Brown, Fred in chair.)(Representative Pitts in  
         chair.)(Representative Brown, Fred in chair.)(Representative  
         Pitts in chair.)(Representative Brown, Fred in  
         chair.)(Representative Pitts in chair.)(Representative Brown,  
         Fred in chair.)(Representative Pitts in chair.) 
          
         At 9:50 a.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection,  
         the meeting was recessed until the adjournment of the House,  
         February 19, 2003. 
          
         The committee reconvened at 11:22 a.m. and was called to order  
         by the chair, Representative Pitts. The roll was answered as  
         follows: 
          
         Present:  Representatives Pitts; Brown, Fred; Menendez;  
                   Gutierrez (4). 
          
         Absent:   Representatives Branch; Deshotel (2). 
          
         A quorum was present. 
          
         (Representative Branch now present.) 
          
         (Representative Deshotel now present.) 
          
         (Representative Brown, Fred in chair.)(Representative Pitts in  
         chair.)(Representative Brown, Fred in chair.)(Representative  
         Pitts in chair.)(Representative Brown, Fred in  
         chair.)(Representative Pitts in chair.) 
          
         At 6:41 p.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection,  
         the meeting was adjourned. 
          
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         Rep. Pitts, Chair 
          
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         Jess Calvert, Clerk