MINUTES 
          
                          SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION 
                             Monday, March 22, 1999 
                                     9:00 am 
                         Capitol Extension, Room E1.012 
          
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.11, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Education  
         was held on Monday, March 22, 1999 in the Capitol Extension,  
         Room E1.012, at Austin, Texas.   
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Teel Bivins                     None 
         Senator Gregory Luna 
         Senator David Cain 
         Senator Jane Nelson 
         Senator Steve Ogden 
         Senator Bill Ratliff 
         Senator David Sibley 
         Senator Royce West 
         Senator Judith Zaffirini 
          
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         The Chair called the meeting to order at 9:10 am.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted.   
          
         The minutes from the prior hearing were unanimously approved. 
          
         The subcommittee report on CSSB 37 was laid out by Senator  
         West.  Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are  
         shown on the attached list.  Senator Sibley sent up Committee  
         Amendment 1 and moved adoption; without objection, the  
         amendment was adopted.  Senator Sibley sent up Committee  
         Amendment 2 and moved adoption; without objection, the  
         amendment was adopted.  At 9:15 am Senator West assumed the  
         chair.  Senator Bivins sent up Committee Amendment 3 and moved  
         adoption; without objection, the amendment was adopted. At  
         9:18 am Senator Bivins resumed the chair.  Senator Sibley  
         requested unanimous consent to incorporate amendments into the  
         committee substitute;  without objection, it was so ordered.   
         Senator Sibley then moved that the new committee substitute be  
         adopted; without objection, it was so ordered.  Senator West  
         moved that CSSB 37 do not pass but that CSSB 37 be reported  
         back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and  
         be printed.  The motion carried with a vote of 8 ayes, 0 nays,  
         0 present not voting, and 1 absent.   
          
         The Committee heard invited testimony relating to Compensatory  
         Education.  Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill  
  
         are shown on the attached list.   
          
         At 11:10 am Senator Luna assumed the chair.   
          
         At 11:35 am Senator Bivins resumed the chair.   
          
         The Committee recessed at 1:12 pm until after the daily  
         meeting of the full session. 
          
         The Committee reconvened at 6:00 pm. 
          
         Testimony relating to Compensatory Education resumed. 
          
         There being no further business, at 6:40 pm Senator Sibley  
         moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of  
         the Chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Teel Bivins, Chair 
          
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         Krissy Lilljedahl, Clerk