** REVISION **
SENATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

 

COMMITTEE:     Education 

TIME & DATE:   9:00 AM, Tuesday, May 18, 2021 

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

 

 

HB 750         Burns                   SP: Perry
Relating to requiring a school district to post the district's employment policy on the district's Internet website.

HB 999         Bernal | et al.          SP: Menéndez
Relating to the use of individual graduation committees for certain high school students.

HB 1068        Allen | et al.           SP: Lucio
Relating to the use of personal leave during school holidays by school district employees.

HB 1461        Parker | et al.          SP: Creighton
Relating to a study by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas regarding the use of health reimbursement accounts in conjunction with Medicare plans available through the individual marketplace to provide health and pharmacy benefit coverage for certain retired school employees.

HB 2497        Parker | et al.          SP: Creighton
Relating to the establishment and duties of the Texas 1836 Project.

HB 3261        Huberty                 SP: Taylor
Relating to the electronic administration of certain required assessment instruments, measures to support Internet connectivity for purposes of those assessment instruments, the adoption and administration of certain optional interim assessment instruments, and the review and use of the instructional materials and technology allotment.

HB 3449        Price                   SP: Perry
Relating to the membership of a public school concussion oversight team and the removal of a public school student from an interscholastic athletic activity on the basis of a suspected concussion.

HB 3489        Parker | et al.          SP: Taylor
Relating to development of guidelines for the use of digital devices in public schools and a school district or open-enrollment charter school policy for the effective integration of those devices.

HB 3643        King, Ken | et al.       SP: Taylor
Relating to the creation of the Texas Commission on Virtual Education.

HB 3932        Bernal | et al.          SP: Menéndez
Relating to the establishment of the State Advisory Council on Educational Opportunity for Military Children.

HB 2519        Darby | et al.           SP: Zaffirini
Relating to matters regarding educators, including the composition of the State Board for Educator Certification, the issuance of certain sanctions by the board, and a public school teacher's notification of resignation from employment.

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:

HB 2519

 

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

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