MINUTES

 

SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

3:00 PM

Betty King Committee Room

 

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Pursuant to suspension of Senate Rule 11.10 and 11.18, a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Education was held on Tuesday, February 28, 2017, in the Betty King Committee Room at Austin, Texas.

 

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MEMBERS PRESENT:

 

MEMBERS ABSENT:

Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr., Vice Chair

 

Senator Larry Taylor, Chair

Senator Paul Bettencourt

 

Senator Bryan Hughes

Senator Donna Campbell

 

 

Senator Bob Hall

 

 

Senator Don Huffines

 

 

Senator Kel Seliger

 

 

Senator Van Taylor

 

 

Senator Carlos Uresti

 

 

Senator Royce West

 

 

 

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Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr., the acting chair, called the meeting to order at 3:45 PM. There being a quorum present, the following business was transacted:

 

The chair laid out as a matter of pending business SB 7 and the committee substitute to SB 7 and recognized the author, Senator Bettencourt, to explain the bill.

 

Senator Bettencourt moved adoption of the committee substitute sent up at the February 23, 2017 public hearing; without objection, it was so ordered.

 

Senator Bettencourt moved that SB 7 do not pass but that CSSB 7 be reported back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion carried with a record vote of 9 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present not voting, and 2 absent.

 

There being no further business, at 3:48 PM Senator Van Taylor moved that the Committee stand recessed subject to the call of the chair. Without objection, it was so ordered.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Senator Larry Taylor, Chair

 

 

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Daniel Warner, Clerk