** REVISION **
                                   SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Education

TIME & DATE:  9:00AM, Wednesday, April 23, 1997

PLACE: E1.012

CHAIR: Senator Teel Bivins

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A public hearing to consider the following:


SB 622            Harris
Relating to the creation of certain school districts by detachment.

SB 1042            Truan
Relating to college student exchange programs with other nations.

SB 1103            Ellis
Relating to assisting certain low-income persons to participate in
the prepaid higher education tuition program.

SB 1825            Shapleigh
Relating to the State Board for Educator Certification.

SCR 13            Zaffirini
Relating to requirements for public school honors programs.

SCR 74            Bivins
Supporting the desire of the board of regents of The Texas A&M University
System to combine the Baylor College of Dentistry, the Texas A&M
University College of Medicine, the Texas A&M University Institute of
Biosciences and Biotechnology, and the Texas A&M University School of Rural
Public Health into a unified administrative structure to be named the Texas
A&M University System Health Science Center.

HB 1404            Kamel / et al.           SP: Bivins
Relating to the authority of public institutions of higher
education to offer courses by distance learning.

Pending business:


SB 471            Luna, Gregory
Relating to public school admission and attendance; providing a
criminal penalty.

SB 598            Wentworth
Relating to the expulsion or placement in alternative education
programs of public school students who assault school employees,
officers, or volunteers.

SB 1221            Luna, Gregory
Relating to restricting written reports required from public school
employees.

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BILLS ADDED AFTER LAST POSTING:

SCR 74
SB 1221

BILLS DELETED AFTER LAST POSTING:

SB 778