SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Education TIME & DATE: 8:30AM, Tuesday, March 1, 2005 PLACE: Capitol Extension E1.028 CHAIR: Senator Florence Shapiro ___________________________________________________________________________ The Committee will meet to discuss the following bills: SB 75 Shapleigh Relating to high school diplomas for certain veterans. SB 387 Wentworth Relating to school district employment policies. SB 482 Shapiro Relating to the retirement benefits payable to retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas who are employed as teacher mentors. Subcommittee Reports: SB 81 Shapleigh Relating to a joint partnership between the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and The University of Texas at El Paso. SB 296 Madla Relating to the student enrollment required for the operation of Texas A&M University--San Antonio as an independent general academic teaching institution. ___________________________________________________________________________