SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Education

TIME & DATE: 10:30AM or upon adjournment
             Monday, May 7, 2001

PLACE: Extension Auditorium

CHAIR: Senator Teel Bivins

___________________________________________________________________________

To consider the following:


SB 824            Truan
Relating to dual literacy programs and teacher certification in
public schools.

SB 903            Van de Putte
Relating to the establishment and use of a women's athletic
development fund and a study of women's athletic development
practices at institutions of higher education.

SB 1314            Staples
Relating to eligibility of school districts for state assistance
with payment of existing debt.

SB 1827            Armbrister
Relating to certain fees for students attending institutions in the
Texas State University System.

HB 42            McClendon / et al.       SP: Ogden
Relating to the authority of the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board to conduct a feasibility study regarding the
creation of a doctor of medicine degree program at Prairie View A&M
University.

HB 47            McClendon                SP: Madla
Relating to the automatic admission of certain undergraduate
transfer students.

HB 106            Gutierrez                SP: Zaffirini
Relating to restricting written reports required of public school
classroom teachers.

HB 323            Oliveira                 SP: Lucio
Relating to establishing a center for border economic and
enterprise development at The University of Texas at Brownsville.

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

HB 400            Giddings                 SP: Van de Putte
Relating to establishing a pilot program to assist prospective
students in enrolling in institutions of higher education.

HB 457            Clark                    SP: Duncan
Relating to the computation of dropout rates for purposes of public
school accountability.

HB 946            Telford                  SP: Cain
Relating to character education programs in public schools.

HB 1023            Brown, Fred              SP: Ogden
Relating to recreational sports fees charged at institutions in The
Texas A&M University System.

HB 1024            Brown, Fred              SP: Ogden
Relating to student center complex fees charged at institutions in
The Texas A&M University System.

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

HB 1403            Noriega                  SP: Van de Putte
Relating to the eligibility of certain persons to qualify as
residents of this state for purposes of higher education tuition.

HB 1475            Kitchen                  SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to master technology teacher certification, grants, and
stipends.

HB 1640            Rangel                   SP: Truan
Relating to the establishment of a school of pharmacy at Texas A&M
University--Kingsville.

HB 1688            McClendon                SP: Moncrief
Relating to the possession and self-administration of prescription
asthma medicine by public school students while on school property
or at a school-related event or activity.

HB 1941            Delisi                   SP: Truan
Relating to allowing certain family members of military personnel who
previously resided in Texas to pay resident tuition and fees at
institutions of higher education.

HB 2109            Farrar                   SP: Ellis, Rodney
Relating to exempting certain higher education students from the
TASP test based on the student's high school grade point average in
college preparatory courses.

HB 2238            Moreno, Joe E.           SP: Gallegos
Relating to the closing of streets or alleys by institutions of
higher education in certain counties.

HB 2344            Oliveira                 SP: Lucio
Relating to the number of entering freshmen that may enroll at The
University of Texas at Brownsville.

HB 2349            Hilderbran               SP: Fraser
Relating to the service areas of certain junior college districts.

HB 2397            Chavez                   SP: Zaffirini
Relating to a study and report concerning the compensation received
by part-time and full-time faculty members  at public institutions
of higher education.

HB 2459            Ehrhardt                 SP: West, Royce
Relating to the composition of the governing board of certain
community college districts.

HB 2575            Goolsby                  SP: Shapiro
Relating to the total amount of student services fees that may be
charged at certain institutions of higher education.

HB 2888            Truitt                   SP: Shapiro
Relating to limitations on the issuance of tax-supported bonds by
school districts.

HB 3265            Lewis, Glenn             SP: Ogden
Relating to notice to higher education students of the sanctions
for failure to timely pay tuition and fees.

HB 3524            Hochberg                 SP: Zaffirini
Relating to authorizing The University of Texas at Austin to
establish a flat rate tuition pilot project for certain
undergraduate students.

Pending business:


SB 265            Ogden
Relating to school district high school equivalency examination
programs.

SB 852            Harris
Relating to public school teachers.

___________________________________________________________________________