HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:   Public Education 

TIME & DATE: 8:00 AM, Tuesday, April 28, 2015 

PLACE:       E2.036 
CHAIR:       Rep. Jimmie Don Aycock 

HB 233        Farrar
Relating to school social work services in public schools.

HB 1231       Fletcher | et al.      
Relating to the membership of school district and open-enrollment charter school concussion oversight teams.

HB 1783       Moody                  
Relating to the right of a school employee to report a crime and persons subject to the prohibition on coercing another into suppressing or failing to report information to a law enforcement agency; creating a criminal offense.

HB 1935       King, Ken | et al.     
Relating to additional state aid for tax reduction provided to certain school districts.

HB 2017       Miller, Rick           
Relating to permissible locations of open-enrollment charter schools created by institutions of higher education.

HB 2151       King, Tracy O.         
Relating to consideration by the board of trustees of a school district of parental complaints concerning student participation in extracurricular activities.

HB 2156       VanDeaver              
Relating to requirements for providers of certain technology services in public schools.

HB 2218       Coleman                
Relating to instruction regarding mental health, substance abuse, and youth suicide in educator training programs.

HB 2593       Price                  
Relating to the method of determining the average daily attendance in certain school districts.

HB 2928       Guillen                
Relating to enrollment in public schools by a child without a parent, guardian, or other person with legal control of the child under a court order.

HB 3260       Herrero                
Relating to a study and report regarding the use of open-source instructional materials at public schools.

HB 3281       Frank                  
Relating to public school accountability.

HB 3282       Simmons | et al.       
Relating to the establishment by the commissioner of education of an autism program to provide applied behavior analysis services to students with autism spectrum disorder and to the coordination of autism services in this state.

HB 3417       Bernal                 
Relating to providing for endorsements for public high school students enrolled in special education programs.

HB 3546       Meyer                  
Relating to the provision of credit by examination for public school students.

HB 3815       Bohac | et al.         
Relating to instruction in positive character traits in public schools.

HB 3896       Turner, Sylvester      
Relating to access to school textbooks.

HB 4047       Allen                  
Relating to the extension to open-enrollment charter school employees of certain rights granted to school district employees.

SB 6          Taylor, Larry | et al. 
Relating to public school performance ratings.

Public testimony may be limited to three (3) minutes.

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