MINUTES 
                                           
                           SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION 
                              Thursday, April 20, 2006 
                                     9:00 a.m. 
                           Capitol Extension, Room E1.012 
                                           
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         Pursuant to a notice posted in accordance with Senate Rule  
         11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Education was  
         held on Thursday, April 20, 2006, in the Capitol Extension, Room  
         E1.012, at Austin, Texas. 
          
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         MEMBERS PRESENT:                        MEMBERS ABSENT: 
         Senator Florence Shapiro                Senator Kyle Janek 
         Senator Royce West 
         Senator Kip Averitt 
         Senator Steve Ogden 
         Senator Todd Staples 
         Senator Leticia Van de Putte 
         Senator Tommy Williams 
         Senator Judith Zaffirini 
          
         MEMBERS PRESENT (Not on the Committee): 
         Senator Robert Duncan 
         Senator Craig Estes 
         Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr. 
         Senator Kel Seliger 
         Senator Eliot Shapleigh 
         Senator John Whitmire 
                                           
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         The chair called the meeting to order at 9:12 a.m.  There being  
         a quorum present, the following business was transacted:   
          
         Senator Zaffrini moved adoption of the committee rules, without  
         objection, the rules were adopted. 
          
         At 9:17 a.m. Senator West assumed the chair.   
          
         The chair laid out SB 1 and recognized the author, Senator  
         Shapiro, to explain the bill.   
         Witnesses testifying and registering on the bill are shown on  
         the attached list.   
          
         At 11:56 a.m. Senator West moved that the committee stand  
         recessed until 12:30 p.m; without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         At 12:49 p.m. the committee reconvened.  (Senator Staples in the  
  
         chair) 
          
         Members continue public testimony on SB 1 by Senator Shapiro. 
          
         At 1:59 p.m. Senator Van de Putte assumed the chair.   
          
         The chair moved that the public testimony be closed; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         Senator Van de Putte moved that SB 1 be left pending; without  
         objection, it was so ordered.   
          
         There being no further business, at 3:28 p.m. Senator Van de  
         Putte moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the  
         call of the chair.  Without objection, it was so ordered.   
          
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         Senator Florence Shapiro, Chair 
          
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         Tara Korstad, Clerk