The House Committee on Public School Finance, Select 
         78th Legislature 
         August 21, 2003 
         2:00 p.m. 
         REJ Conference Center 
          
         Pursuant to a notice posted on June 17, 2003, the House  
         Committee on Public School Finance, Select met in a public  
         hearing and was called to order by the chair, Representative  
         Grusendorf, at 2:20 p.m. 
          
         The roll was answered as follows: 
          
         Present:  Representatives Grusendorf; Branch; Eissler; Giddings;  
                   Griggs; Hamric; Hill; Hope; Hoxby, Caroline; Isett;  
                   Keffer, Jim; Krusee; Lewis; Madden; Marchant; McAdams,  
                   Donald; Pitts; Ritter; Swinford; Villarreal (20). 
          
         Absent:   Representatives Luna; Bonnen; Delisi; Dutton; Garza;  
                   Heflin; Hilderbran; Jones, Elizabeth; Ladd, Jack;  
                   McCall; Oliveira; Wilson (12). 
          
         A quorum was present. 
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         (Representative Heflin now present.) 
          
         (Representative Hilderbran now present.) 
          
         (Representative Jones, Elizabeth now present.) 
          
         (Representative McCall now present.) 
          
         (Representative Oliveira now present.) 
          
         At 5:50 p.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection,  
         the meeting was adjourned until 10:00 a.m., August 22, 2003. 
          
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         Rep. Grusendorf, Chair 
          
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         Brett Price, Clerk