SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Education TIME & DATE: 8:30AM, Tuesday, March 15, 2005 PLACE: E1.028 CHAIR: Senator Florence Shapiro ___________________________________________________________________________ The Committee will consider the following bills: SB 23 Zaffirini Relating to subsidized child-care services and early childhood care and education program coordination. SB 61 West, Royce Relating to the teaching of foreign languages in public schools. SB 126 Lindsay Relating to discipline of public school students. SB 253 West, Royce / et al. Relating to the eligibility of juvenile justice alternative education programs for free textbooks for use in the programs. SB 274 Barrientos Relating to funding of the Communities In Schools program. SB 658 Madla Relating to the scheduling of certain University Interscholastic League competitions. Pending Bills 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 32 Zaffirini Relating to certain special tuition rates at institutions of higher education. SB 34 Zaffirini Relating to the tuition rebate program for certain undergraduates at certain public institutions of higher education. SB 254 Shapiro Relating to the removal of certain restrictions imposed on the programs, enrollment, and admission policies of The University of Texas at Dallas. SB 276 Staples / et al. Relating to authorizing The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler to offer courses and degree programs in allied health and related fields. SB 502 West, Royce Relating to common undergraduate admission application forms for public institutions of higher education in this state. SB 531 West, Royce Relating to the tuition charged for certain courses repeated by students attending public junior colleges. ___________________________________________________________________________