** REVISION **
SENATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:     Education 

TIME & DATE:   9:00 AM, Tuesday, March 19, 2019 

PLACE:         E1.028 (Hearing Room) 
CHAIR:         Senator Larry Taylor 

To consider the following:

SB 54          Zaffirini
Relating to the consideration for public school accountability purposes of certain students participating in regional day school programs for the deaf.

SB 213         Seliger
Relating to the use of individual graduation committees and other alternative methods to satisfy certain public high school graduation requirements.

SB 316         Hughes
Relating to the attorney general's duty to defend public school teachers.

SB 364         Watson
Relating to policies on the recess period in public schools.

SB 372         Campbell
Relating to the authority of an open-enrollment charter school to employ security personnel, commission peace officers, and have school resource officers.

SB 435         Nelson
Relating to recommendations by local school health advisory councils regarding opioid addiction and abuse education in public schools.

SB 458         Huffman | et al.
Relating to training requirements for a member of the board of trustees and the superintendent of an independent school district regarding sexual abuse, human trafficking, and other maltreatment of children.

SB 522         Zaffirini
Relating to the development of an individualized education program for a public school student with a visual impairment.

SB 895         Zaffirini
Relating to the language acquisition of children eight years of age or younger who are deaf or hard of hearing.

SB 933         Bettencourt | et al.
Relating to the creation of the office of inspector general at the Texas Education Agency to investigate the administration of public education.

SB 1230        Bettencourt
Relating to the reporting of private school educator misconduct.

SB 1231        Bettencourt
Relating to providing certain public and private school administrators with information regarding certain child abuse and neglect investigations and allegations.

SB 1256        Bettencourt
Relating to employing, terminating, and reporting the misconduct of public school personnel and related entity personnel, including creating a registry of persons ineligible for hire; creating criminal offenses.

SB 1476        Bettencourt
Relating to the requirement for certain administrators of certain educational entities to report certain educator misconduct to the State Board for Educator Certification.

Public Testimony:

Oral testimony is limited to 2 minutes. If providing written testimony,

bring 20 copies, with your name on each copy, to the Assistant Clerk

during the hearing.

Oral testimony: register using the Senate kiosk located in the extension

hallways or by going to http://swrs on public-capitol.

Oral and written testimony: register using the Senate kiosk located in the

extension hallways or by going to http://swrs on public-capitol and hold

on to your documents until your name is called.

Position only: register using the Senate kiosk located in the extension

hallways or by going to http://swrs on public-capitol.

Written testimony only: register your position using the Senate kiosk and

submit 20 copies, with your name on each copy, to the Assistant Clerk,

during the hearing.

Bills added after last posting:

SB 1476

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