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** REVISION **
SENATE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE:
Education
TIME & DATE:
9:00 AM, Monday, September 15, 2008
PLACE:
E1.028 (Hearing Room)
CHAIR:
Senator Florence Shapiro
** MEETING CANCELED **
The committee will hear invited and public testimony on the following
charges:
 
Senate Interim Charge:
Monitor the implementation of legislation addressed by the Education
Committee, 80th Legislature, Regular Session, and make recommendations for
any legislation needed to improve, enhance and/or complete implementation.
Specifically, monitor the implementation of HB 2237, relating to grants and
programs for dropout prevention, high school success and college and
workforce readiness in public schools. Include a review of the revised
methodology the Texas Education Agency uses to calculate the dropout rate.
 
Senate Interim Charge:
Review and make recommendations to improve the state's Adult Basic
Education program. Emphasis should be placed on ways to advance literacy
in Texas in order to promote economic and individual development. The
review should also include a study of the coordination of adult education
services among state agencies and the availability and accessibility of
state and federal funding.
 
Public testimony will be limited to 3 minutes per person.
 
** See Committee Coordinator for previous versions of the schedule **