** REVISION **
SENATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Education 

TIME & DATE:  8:30 AM, Tuesday, April 23, 2013 

PLACE:        E1.028 (Hearing Room) 
CHAIR:        Senator Dan Patrick 

SB 42         Zaffirini | et al.     
Relating to public school accountability for bilingual education and English as a second language and other special language programs.

SB 43         Zaffirini              
Relating to consideration of school district disciplinary placement information in evaluating district performance.

SB 716        Lucio                  
Relating to the use of public school counselors' work time.

SB 925        Lucio                  
Relating to a license requirement for licensed professional counselors employed by school districts.

SB 1308       Davis                  
Relating to auditing and monitoring of performance under contracts for state-adopted assessment instruments administered to public school students.

SB 1384       Hancock                
Relating to the authority of an independent school district to invest in local water projects.

SB 1725       Deuell                 
Relating to a prohibition of employment of a member or former member of the State Board of Education by an open-enrollment charter school; providing a penalty.

SB 1799       Watson                 
Relating to the period of time allowed for issuance of decisions by the commissioner of education in certain appeals against school districts.

Public testimony will be limited to two (2) minutes per person.

Pending:

SB 317        Uresti                 
Relating to the types of beverages that may be sold to students on public school campuses.

SB 377        Lucio | et al.
Relating to considering the performance of certain students on state assessment instruments in evaluating school district and campus performance.

Bills added after last posting:

SB 377

** See Committee Coordinator for previous versions of the schedule **