HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Public Education TIME & DATE: upon final adjourn./recess Thursday, May 1, 2003 PLACE: E2.036 CHAIR: Rep. Kent Grusendorf ___________________________________________________________________________ HB 2296 Griggs Relating to certain educational mandates imposed on school districts. HB 2755 Madden Relating to public school finance. HB 3421 Garza Relating to a parent's access to any school district videotape in which the parent's child appears. SB 83 Wentworth Relating to pledges of allegiance to the United States and Texas flags and to observance of one minute of silence in public schools. SB 265 Lucio Relating to continuation and functions of the State Board for Educator Certification. SB 346 Ogden Relating to an optional flexible year program for public school students who fail to perform satisfactorily on an assessment instrument or who would not otherwise be promoted. SB 894 Bivins Relating to the reporting and auditing requirements relating to school dropouts and to the use of compensatory education funds. SB 976 Shapiro Relating to high school completion and the creation of a middle college education pilot program. SB 1394 Shapiro Relating to employment contract requirements for certain public school principals. ___________________________________________________________________________