The House
Committee on Public Education
82nd Legislature
May 19, 2011
5:00 p.m.
3N.4
Pursuant to an announcement from the house floor on
May 19, 2011, the House Committee on Public Education was given permission to
meet while the House was in session on May 19, 2011. The Public Education Committee met on May 19,
2011, in a formal meeting and was called to order by the chair, Representative
Eissler, at 5:07 p.m.
The initial quorum call was answered as follows:
Representatives Eissler; Hochberg; Allen; Aycock; Guillen; Huberty; Shelton;
Strama; and Weber.
A quorum was present.
SB 290
The chair laid out SB 290.
The chair recognized Representative Hernandez Luna
to explain SB 290.
Representative Shelton moved that SB 290,
without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the
recommendation that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on
Local and Consent Calendars. The motion
prevailed by the following record vote:
Ayes: Representatives
Eissler; Hochberg; Allen; Guillen; Huberty; Shelton; Strama; Weber (8).
Nays: None (0).
Present,
Not Voting: Representative Aycock (1).
Absent: Representatives Dutton;
Smith, Todd (2).
SB 205
The chair laid out SB 205 as pending business.
Representative Hochberg moved that SB 205,
without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the
recommendation that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on
Local and Consent Calendars. The motion
prevailed by the following record vote:
Ayes: Representatives
Eissler; Hochberg; Allen; Guillen; Huberty; Shelton; Strama (7).
Nays: Representative Weber
(1).
Present,
Not Voting: Representative Aycock (1).
Absent: Representatives Dutton;
Smith, Todd (2).
SB 140
The chair laid out SB 140 as pending business.
Representative Shelton moved that SB 140,
without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the
recommendation that it do pass and be printed.
The motion failed by the following record vote:
Ayes: Representatives
Eissler; Allen; Aycock; Guillen; Shelton (5).
Nays: Representatives
Huberty; Strama; Weber (3).
Present,
Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives
Hochberg; Dutton; Smith, Todd (3).
SB 1214
The chair laid out SB 1214 as pending business.
Representative Hochberg moved that SB 1214,
without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the
recommendation that it do pass and be printed.
The motion prevailed by the following record vote:
Ayes: Representatives
Eissler; Hochberg; Allen; Huberty; Shelton; Strama; Weber (7).
Nays: Representative Aycock
(1).
Present,
Not Voting: Representative Guillen (1).
Absent: Representatives Dutton;
Smith, Todd (2).
(Representative Dutton now present.)
SB 346
The chair laid out SB 346 as pending business.
Representative Hochberg moved that SB 346,
without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the
recommendation that it do pass and be printed.
The motion prevailed by the following record vote:
Ayes: Representatives
Eissler; Hochberg; Allen; Dutton; Guillen; Huberty; Strama; Weber (8).
Nays: Representatives
Aycock; Shelton (2).
Present,
Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representative Smith,
Todd (1).
SB 49
The chair laid out SB 49 as pending business.
Representative Weber offered a complete committee
substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without
objection.
Representative Weber moved that SB 49, as
substituted, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation
that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the Committee on Local and
Consent Calendars. The motion prevailed
by the following record vote:
Ayes: Representatives
Eissler; Hochberg; Allen; Aycock; Guillen; Huberty; Shelton; Strama; Weber (9).
Nays: None (0).
Present,
Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Dutton;
Smith, Todd (2).
At 5:25 p.m., on the motion of the chair and without
objection, the meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the chair.
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Rep. Eissler, Chair
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Rita Ashley, Clerk