MINUTES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Monday, August 1, 2005
10:00 a.m.
Capitol Extension, Room E1.036
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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 Monday, August 1, 2005, in the Capitol Extension, Room
E1.036, at Austin, Texas.
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MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT:
Senator Florence Shapiro Senator Tommy Williams
Senator Royce West
Senator Kip Averitt
Senator Kyle Janek
Senator Steve Ogden
Senator Todd Staples
Senator Leticia Van de Putte
Senator Judith Zaffirini
MEMBERS PRESENT (Not on the Committee):
Senator Robert Duncan
Senator Rodney Ellis
Senator Craig Estes
Senator Mario Gallegos
Senator Jon Lindsay
Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr.
Senator Kel Seliger
Senator Eliot Shapleigh
Senator Jeff Wentworth
Senator John Whitmire
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The chair called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. There being
a quorum present, the following business was transacted:
Senator Shapiro made comments to the Committee regarding SB 8.
Members in attendance, who are not on the Committee, made
introductions and gave their remarks.
At 10:28 a.m. Senator West assumed the chair.
The chair laid out SB 8 and recognized the author, Senator
Shapiro, to explain the bill.
Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on
the attached list.
At 12:20 p.m. Senator Ogden assumed the chair.
At 12:25 p.m. Senator West resumed the chair.
Senator West made a motion to limit public testimony to three
minutes; there being no objection, it was so ordered.
At 1:20 p.m. Senator Janek assumed the chair.
At 1:30 p.m. Senator Shapiro resumed the chair.
At 1:31 p.m. Senator Shapiro moved that the committee stand
recessed until 30 minutes after the Senate session; without
objection, it was so ordered.
At 2:25 p.m. the committee reconvened. Senator West in chair.
Public testimony on SB 8 resumed.
At 5:10 p.m. Senator Zaffirini assumed the chair.
At 5:14 p.m. Senator West resumed the chair.
At 5:36 p.m. Senator Janek resumed the chair.
At 5:46 p.m. Senator West resumed the chair.
At 5:52 p.m. Senator Janek resumed the chair.
At 6:15 p.m. Senator West resumed the chair.
At 6:20 p.m. Senator Janek resumed the chair.
At 6:24 p.m. Senator West resumed the chair.
At 7:40 p.m. Senator Van de Putte assumed the chair.
The chair moved that the public testimony be closed; without
objection, it was so ordered.
Senator Van de Putte moved that SB 8 be left pending; without
objection, it was so ordered.
There being no further business, at 8:04 p.m. Senator Van de
Putte 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