The House Committee on Appropriations-S/C on Education 
         78th Legislature 
         February 21, 2003 
         7:00 a.m. 
         Capitol Extension, 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 7:09 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. 
          
         (Representative Brown, Fred in chair.) 
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         (Representative Menendez now present.) 
          
         (Representative Gutierrez now present.) 
          
         At 2:35 p.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection,  
         the meeting was adjourned until 7:00 a.m., February 24, 2003. 
          
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         Rep. Pitts, Chair 
          
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         Jess Calvert, Clerk