HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Public Education

TIME & DATE:  2:00PM, Tuesday, March 13, 2001

PLACE: E2.036

CHAIR: Rep. Paul Sadler

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To consider the following:


HB 23            Corte
Relating to personal leave for public school employees who are
assaulted at work.

HB 40            McClendon
Relating to the first instructional day of a school year for public
school students.

HB 86            King, Phil
Relating to character education programs in public schools.

HB 127            West, George "Buddy" / et
Relating to recitation of the Declaration of Independence by public
school students.

HB 231            Hilderbran
Relating to authorizing the board of trustees of an independent
school district to donate certain surplus district property to a
municipality, county, or nonprofit organization in order to
preserve the property.

HB 328            Gallego
Relating to single-member trustee districts for certain school
districts.

HB 491            Kitchen / et al.
Relating to a financial award for classroom teachers who are
certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching
Standards.

HB 571            Green
Relating to concurrent enrollment agreements between junior
colleges and private high schools.

HB 574            Green
Relating to the study of the Declaration of Independence and the
United States Constitution in public schools.

HB 821            Giddings
Relating to cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction for public
school students and to cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid
training of certain school district personnel.

HB 911            Delisi / et al.
Relating to character education programs in public schools.

HB 946            Telford / et al.
Relating to character education programs in public schools and in
certain alternative education programs.

HB 1143            Grusendorf
Relating to public school teachers.

HB 1144            Grusendorf
Relating to public school accountability.

HB 1145            Menendez
Relating to courses offered by a public junior college for joint
high school and junior college credit.

HB 1188            Telford
Relating to the rights of a public school teacher who is assaulted
during the performance of the teacher's regular duties.

HB 1310            Salinas
Relating to the Texas Teachers' Excellence Program.

HB 1374            Oliveira / et al.
Relating to assessment of academic skills of public school students
of limited English proficiency.

HB 1475            Kitchen
Relating to master technology teacher certification, grants, and
stipends.

HB 1525            Garcia
Relating to teacher certification of certain persons holding
advanced degrees issued by institutions in foreign countries.

HB 1627            Grusendorf / et al.
Relating to improvement of the mathematics skills of public school
students.

HB 1721            Martinez Fischer
Relating to certification examinations for educators outside the
state.

HB 1776            Green
Relating to recitation of the Declaration of Independence by public
school students.

HB 1936            Dutton
Relating to referendum elections concerning the first instructional
day of a school year for public school students and to the first
instructional day of the first term of summer session for students
at general academic teaching institutions.

HB 2070            Green
Relating to the establishment of Teach Freedom Week in public
schools.

HB 2174            Hochberg / et al.
Relating to allowing the State Board of Educator Certification to
recognize examinations by other states.

HB 2414            Keel / et al.
Relating to the investment and management of the permanent school
fund.

HB 2487            Garcia
Relating to state assessment of students of limited English
proficiency.

HCR 122            Hill
Urging public schools to implement character education and
citizenship programs that focus on basic documents of American
democracy.

HCR 185            Green
Designating the week of September 25 as Teach Freedom Week and urging its
observance in public schools by daily recitations from the Declaration of
Independence.

HJR 19            Hilderbran
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to
authorize the board of trustees of an independent school district
to donate certain surplus district property of historical
significance in order to preserve the property.

HJR 74            Keel / et al.
Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the investment and
management of the permanent school fund.

SB 82            Madla / et al.
Relating to courses offered by a public junior college for joint
high school and junior college credit.

SB 116            Wentworth
Relating to authorizing the board of trustees of an independent
school district to donate certain surplus district property to a
municipality, county, or nonprofit organization in order to
preserve the property.

SJR 2            Wentworth
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to
authorize the board of trustees of an independent school district
to donate certain surplus district property of historical
significance in order to preserve the property.

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