MINUTES 
                                           
                           SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION 
                               Tuesday, May 17, 2005 
                                     8:30 a.m. 
                           Capitol Extension, Room E1.028 
                                           
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Education was  
         held on Tuesday, May 17, 2005, in the Capitol Extension, Room  
         E1.028, at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Florence Shapiro                Senator Kip Averitt 
         Senator Royce West                      Senator Steve Ogden 
         Senator Kyle Janek                      Senator Todd Staples 
         Senator Leticia Van de Putte            Senator Tommy Williams 
                                                 Senator Judith Zaffirini 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 8:35 a.m.  The  
         following business was transacted:   
          
         The chair laid out HB 603 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator Lindsay, to explain the bill.  Witnesses testifying and  
         registering on the bill are shown on the attached list.  The  
         chair moved that the public testimony be closed; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.  Senator Shapiro moved that HB 603  
         be left pending; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         The chair laid out HB 316 and recognized Senator Janek, in the  
         absence of the Senate sponsor, to explain the bill.  Senator  
         Janek sent up a committee substitute; the chair recognized  
         Senator Janek to explain the difference between the committee  
         substitute and the bill as filed.  Witnesses testifying and  
         registering on the bill are shown on the attached list.  The  
         chair moved that the public testimony be closed; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.   At 9:05 a.m. Senator West  
         assumed the chair.   Senator Shapiro sent up Committee Amendment  
         1 and explained the amendment.  At 9:07 a.m. Senator Shapiro  
         resumed the chair.  Senator Shapiro moved that HB 316 be left  
         pending; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         The chair laid out HB 2808 and recognized the Senate sponsor,  
         Senator West, to explain the bill.  Witnesses testifying and  
  
         registering on the bill are shown on the attached list.  The  
         chair moved that the public testimony be closed; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.  At 9:15 a.m. Senator Van de Putte  
         assumed the chair.  Senator Shapiro sent up Committee Amendment  
         1 and explained the amendment.  At 9:17 a.m. Senator Shapiro  
         resumed the chair.  Senator Shapiro moved that HB 2808 be left  
         pending; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         There being no further business, at 9:18 a.m. Senator Shapiro  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of  
         the chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Florence Shapiro, Chair 
          
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         Tara Korstad, Clerk