** REVISION **
SENATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:     Education 

TIME & DATE:   9:00 AM, Wednesday, March 29, 2023 

PLACE:         E1.028 (Hearing Room) 
CHAIR:         Senator Brandon Creighton 

SB 13          Paxton | et al.         
Relating to a school district's library materials and catalog, the creation of local school library advisory councils, and parental rights regarding public school library catalogs and access by the parent's child to library materials and to affirmative defenses to prosecution for certain offenses involving material or conduct that is obscene or otherwise harmful to children.

SB 163         Campbell | et al.       
Relating to parental approval for a student's participation in human sexuality instruction in public schools.

SB 164         Campbell               
Relating to the display of the national motto and the founding documents of the United States in public schools and the inclusion of an elective course on the founding principles of the United States in the curriculum for public high school students.

SB 544         Blanco | et al.         
Relating to the issuance of a teaching certificate to certain applicants with experience as instructors for the Community College of the Air Force.

SB 1396        Middleton              
Relating to a period of prayer and Bible reading in public schools.

SB 1861        Bettencourt | et al.    
Relating to the provision of virtual education in public schools and to certain waivers and modifications by the commissioner of education to the method of calculating average daily attendance in an emergency or crisis for purposes of preserving school district funding entitlements under the Foundation School Program during that emergency or crisis; authorizing a fee.

SB 2089        Creighton              
Relating to the instructional material list and supplemental instructional materials adopted by the State Board of Education.

SB 2482        Menéndez               
Relating to Holocaust Remembrance Week in public schools.

SB 2565        Creighton | et al.      
Relating to instructional material and technology, the adoption and revision of essential knowledge and skills of the public school foundation curriculum, and creating allotments for the procurement of certain instructional materials under the Foundation School Program; authorizing a fee.

Pending Business.

Public testimony will be limited to two minutes. If providing written testimony, please submit 15 copies to committee staff at the hearing with your name on each copy.

Bills deleted after last posting:

SB 662

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