** REVISION **
SENATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

 

COMMITTEE:     Education 

TIME & DATE:   9:00 AM, Thursday, April 8, 2021 

PLACE:         E1.012 (Hearing Room) 
CHAIR:         Senator Larry Taylor 

 

 

To be considered:

 

SB 369         Kolkhorst              
Relating to the notice required regarding the requirement to submit a financial aid application as a condition of high school graduation for public school students.

SB 462         Lucio                  
Relating to funding under the transportation allotment for transporting meals and instructional materials to a student's residence.

SB 785         Creighton              
Relating to the expiration of a school marshal license issued or renewed by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.

SB 1063        Alvarado               
Relating to courses in personal financial literacy & economics for high school students in public schools.

SB 1267        West                   
Relating to continuing education and training requirements for educators and other school district personnel.

SB 1522        Taylor                 
Relating to the adjustment of the average daily attendance of a school district on the basis of a calamity.

SB 1536        Taylor                 
Relating to the public school finance system.

SB 1615        Bettencourt            
Relating to the adult high school charter school program.

SB 1776        Campbell               
Relating to the inclusion of an elective course on the founding principles of the United States in the curriculum for public high school students and the posting of the founding documents of the United States in public school buildings.

SB 2026        Taylor                 
Relating to instruction in informed patriotism in public schools.

SB 1356        Hughes
Relating to a program to facilitate public school tutoring by certain teachers.

SB 1696        Paxton
Relating to establishing a system for the sharing of information regarding cyber attacks or other cybersecurity incidents occurring in schools in this state.

SB 1697        Paxton
Relating to allowing parents and guardians to elect for a student to repeat or retake a course or grade.

Pending Business

 

Those wishing to give public testimony, please limit prepared remarks to 2 minutes. If submitting written testimony, please submit 30 copies, with

your name on each copy, to the Committee during the hearing.

 

To protect the health and safety of members, staff and the public, the

Senate Education Committee will strictly follow all Senate rules relating to the pandemic, including the requirement for a negative COVID-19 test to enter the hearing room.

 

 

 

 

Bills added after last posting:

SB 1356

SB 1696

SB 1697

 

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

NOTICE OF ASSISTANCE AT PUBLIC MEETINGS

PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES WHO PLAN TO ATTEND THIS MEETING AND WHO MAY NEED ASSISTANCE, SUCH AS A SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER OR PERSONAL ASSISTIVE LISTENING DEVICES, ARE REQUESTED TO CONTACT THE SENATE COMMITTEE COORDINATOR AT 512/463-0070, 72 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING SO APPROPRIATE ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE.

 

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