** REVISION **
SENATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:     Education 

TIME & DATE:   9:00 AM, Tuesday, April 27, 2021 

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

SB 123         Johnson                
Relating to the inclusion of social and emotional skills in character trait instruction provided by public schools.

SB 180         Lucio                  
Relating to improving training and staff development for primary and secondary educators to enable them to more effectively serve all students.

SB 325         West                   
Relating to providing mental health services and mental health education to public school students at school-based health centers.

SB 393         Miles                  
Relating to the consideration of certain student differentials based on sex under the public school accountability system.

SB 971         Zaffirini              
Relating to referring children to local workforce development boards for subsidized child care services.

SB 1109        West                   
Relating to requiring public schools to provide instruction and materials and adopt policies relating to the prevention of child abuse, family violence, and dating violence.

SB 1792        West                   
Relating to a leave pool for school district employees.

SB 998         Hughes
Relating to an election to revoke a county equalization tax imposed  in certain counties.

SB 2023        Powell
Relating to providing high-quality tutoring services to public school students, including the creation of the Texas Tutor Corps program, the establishment of a COVID-19 learning loss and student acceleration pilot program, and the use of the compensatory education allotment for tutoring services programs.

SB 2081        Menéndez
Relating to the average ratio of students and teachers in a prekindergarten class.

Pending business.

Those wishing to give public testimony, please limit prepared remarks to 2 minutes. If submitting written testimony, please submit 15 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 998

SB 2023

SB 2081

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

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