HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Public Education 

TIME & DATE:  8:00 AM, Tuesday, April 27, 2021 

PLACE:       Capitol Extension Auditorium, E1.004 
CHAIR:       Rep. Harold V. Dutton, Jr. 

HB 1417        Harless | et al.
Relating to the content of a public school campus improvement plan.

HB 3880        Dutton | et al.                                        
Relating to a student's eligibility for special education services provided by a school district.

HB 4023        Martinez                                              
Relating to establishing a pilot program to employ a life skills counselor at public high school campuses in certain counties.

HCR 85         Talarico                                              
Designating the first Friday in May as Career and Technical Education Letter of Intent Signing Day for a 10-year period beginning in 2021.

SB 28          Bettencourt | et al.                                   
Relating to the approval of open-enrollment charter schools and the applicability of certain state and local laws to open-enrollment charter schools.

SB 179         Lucio | et al.                                         
Relating to the use of public school counselors' work time.

SB 203         Schwertner                                            
Relating to selection of statewide competition locations by the University Interscholastic League.

SB 289         Seliger                                               
Relating to excused absences from public school for certain students to obtain a driver's license or learner license.

SB 338         Powell                                                
Relating to the adoption of uniform general conditions for building construction contracts entered into by school districts and the composition of the committee that reviews uniform general conditions.

SB 481         Kolkhorst | et al.                                     
Relating to the transfer of certain public school students to a school district offering in-person instruction.

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