SENATE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE:
Education
TIME & DATE:
11:00 AM or 30 minutes upon adjournment
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
PLACE:
E1.036 (Finance Room)
CHAIR:
Senator Florence Shapiro
 
The Committee meeting will begin 30 minutes upon adjournment of the Senate
Committee on State Affairs and the Finance Subcommittee on General
Government Issues.
 
The Senate Education Committee will be meeting jointly with the Senate
Finance Subcommittee on General Government Issues to discuss the following
interim charge:
 
Review and make recommendations that address the state's facility
infrastructure needs for public schools, ensuring that funding remains
stable, reliable and equitable. Examine the need for funding
adjustments for factors that affect the need for facilities, such as fast
growth, age and condition of facilities, adequacy of space, construction
and land costs, and concentration of students requiring smaller class sizes
Assess the impact on property taxpayers of "rolling forward" the Existing
Debt Allotment (EDA) each session and the change in biennial appropriations
for the Instructional Facilities Allotment (IFA).
 
Public testimony will be limited to 3 minutes per person.