SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Education TIME & DATE: 11:00 AM or 30 minutes upon adjournment Wednesday, August 27, 2008 PLACE: E1.036 (Finance Room) CHAIR: Senator Florence Shapiro The Committee meeting will begin 30 minutes upon adjournment of the Senate Committee on State Affairs and the Finance Subcommittee on General Government Issues. The Senate Education Committee will be meeting jointly with the Senate Finance Subcommittee on General Government Issues to discuss the following interim charge: Review and make recommendations that address the state's facility infrastructure needs for public schools, ensuring that funding remains stable, reliable and equitable. Examine the need for funding adjustments for factors that affect the need for facilities, such as fast growth, age and condition of facilities, adequacy of space, construction and land costs, and concentration of students requiring smaller class sizes Assess the impact on property taxpayers of "rolling forward" the Existing Debt Allotment (EDA) each session and the change in biennial appropriations for the Instructional Facilities Allotment (IFA). Public testimony will be limited to 3 minutes per person.