HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Public Education 

TIME & DATE:  8:00 AM, Tuesday, March 14, 2023 

PLACE:       E2.036 
CHAIR:       Rep. Brad Buckley 

Public testimony will be limited to three (3) minutes.

The order in which bills are heard is at the discretion of the chair.

HB 579         Burns                                                 
Relating to procedures for the alternative assessment of certain public school students that receive special education services and alternative accountability plans for certain campuses serving students that receive special education services.

HB 890         Bell, Keith                                           
Relating to school district hearings regarding complaints.

HB 920         Klick                                                 
Relating to the use of medication designated for treatment of respiratory distress on public and private school campuses.

HB 1002        Price                                                 
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 1067        VanDeaver                                             
Relating to the detachment and annexation of school district territory by petition.

HB 1212        Jetton | et al.                                        
Relating to verification of excused absences from public school for the purpose of observing religious holy days.

HB 1225        Metcalf                                               
Relating to the administration of certain required assessment instruments in paper format.

HB 1297        Dutton                                                
Relating to vision screenings for students in public or private school.

HB 1416        Bell, Keith                                           
Relating to accelerated instruction provided to public school students who fail to achieve satisfactory performance on certain assessment instruments.

HB 1789        Buckley                                               
Relating to the application of nepotism prohibitions to a person appointed or employed by a school district as a bus driver.

HB 1883        Bhojani | et al.                                       
Relating to the administration of assessment instruments on religious holy days.

HB 1955        Buckley                                               
Relating to establishing residency for purposes of admission into public schools.

For those persons who will be testifying, information for in-person witness registration, can be found here: https://mytxlegis.capitol.texas.gov/HWRSPublic/About.aspx

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Texas residents who wish to electronically submit comments related to agenda items on this notice without testifying in person can do so until the hearing is adjourned by visiting: https://comments.house.texas.gov/home?c=c400

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