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Committee:	House Appropriations
Title:	Committee meeting handouts and testimony, September 9, 2022
Library Call Number:
Session:	87th R.S. (2021)
Online version:	View document [119 pages File size: 5,578 kb]
Committee:	Senate Higher Education
Title:	Interim Report
Subjects:	Career preparedness \| Community college enrollment \| Coronavirus \| Education Agency, Texas \| Job training programs \| Permanent University Fund \| Student aid \| University athletics \| University enrollment \| University finance \| Workforce \| Workforce Commission, Texas \|
Library Call Number:
Session:	87th R.S. (2021)
Online version:	View report [47 pages File size: 1,392 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Workforce Education: Evaluate state efforts to support access to work-based learning and microcredential opportunities, including apprenticeships, industry-based certificates and certifications, as well as competency-based education. Assess the potential benefits of expanding access to work-based learning, apprenticeships, microcredentials, and industry-based certifications that are aligned to workforce needs and provide in-demand workforce skills and competencies. Evaluate existing resources and programs at institutions, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the Texas Education Agency, and the Texas Workforce Commission to support these opportunities and ultimately reach Tri-Agency goals. Consider recommendations to standardize these programs in order increase postsecondary degree completions.
2.	Enrollment Trends: Study the postsecondary enrollment trends across all sectors and levels of higher education in Texas, with a review on specific challenges to enrollment. Consider the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on direct high school-to-college enrollment, first-time college enrollment, transferability, and retention rates, as well as the overall impact on community college enrollment. Make recommendations on specific methods to address disparities and pandemic impacts relating to enrollment trends in order to achieve Texas' higher education goals in building a Talent Strong Texas.
3.	Funding Permanent University Fund: Review the history and use of the Permanent University Fund for the University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University, and explore the creation of a new legacy fund to address the needs of all other higher education institutions in Texas. Make recommendations on methods to streamline other existing research funds and finance research academic institutions in Texas.
4.	Teaching and Health Care Workforce Participation: Review financial aid and scholarship opportunities in Texas related to teaching, health care, and law enforcement, and examine methods to increase participation in these and other high-demand fields. In particular, study the participation rates of the Math and Science Scholars Loan Repayment Program, the Peace Officer Loan Repayment Program, and the Nursing Corps Loan Repayment Program, and make recommendations on ways to increase participation rates in each area.
5.	Monitoring: Monitor the implementation of legislation addressed by the Senate Committee on Higher Education passed by the 87th Legislature, as well as relevant agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction. Specifically, make recommendations for any legislation needed to improve, enhance, or complete implementation of the following: SB 1102, 87th R.S., relating to the establishment of the Texas Reskilling and Upskilling through Education (TRUE) Program to support workforce education; SB 1230, 87th R.S., relating to establishing the Texas Commission on Community College Finance; SB 1385, 87th R.S., relating to the compensation and professional representation of student athletes participating in intercollegiate athletic programs at certain institutions of higher education; and HB 3767, 87th R.S., relating to measures to support the alignment of education and workforce development in the state with state workforce needs, including the establishment of the Tri-Agency Workforce Initiative.
Committee:	House Public Education
Title:	Interim Report
Subjects:	Education Agency, Texas \| Educational accountability \| Educational technology \| Mental health services \| Physical education \| School finance \| School safety \| Special education \| Teacher salaries \| Texas Virtual Schools Network \| Virtual schools \|
Library Call Number:	L1836.86 Ed84h
Session:	86th R.S. (2019)
Online version:	View report [34 pages File size: 1,813 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Monitor the agencies and programs under the Committee's jurisdiction and oversee the implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 86th Legislature. Conduct active oversight of all associated rulemaking and other governmental actions taken to ensure intended legislative outcome of all legislation, including the following: HB 3, which relates to public school finance and public education. Monitor the Texas Education Agency's (TEA) implementation of the bill, including the extensive rulemaking process and broad unintended consequence authority of the commissioner. Examine the pay raises districts have provided to staff and the various approaches adopted to differentiate these salary increases according to experience. HB 1842, 84th R.S.; HB 22, 85th R.S.; SB 1882, 85th R.S.; and HB 3906 which relate to public school accountability, assessment, interventions, and district-charter partnerships. Monitor the ongoing progress of the TEA's implementation and rulemaking of the A-F rating system, the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR), and public school sanctions and interventions. SB 1873, 85th R.S., which relates to reporting certain school district health and safety information.Review the report on physical education prepared by the TEA and determine what, if any, next steps are needed based on the data collections. Related to Behavioral Health (Joint charge with Committee on Public Health) HB 18, which enhances school safety and mental health resources for students and school personnel and works to reduce the stigma around mental health conditions. Monitor the process by which state agencies coordinate to implement the legislation and their compliance with various requirements, including providing required guidelines and resources to schools. HB 19, which places non-physician mental health professionals at education service centers to provide resources for educators and administrators in school districts and charter schools. HB 906, which creates the Collaborative Task Force on Public School Mental Health Services. SB 11, which creates the Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium to facilitate access to mental health care services through telehealth and expands the mental health workforce through training and funding opportunities. Monitor the creation of the consortium and agencies' rulemaking processes. Review how school districts are spending their school safety allotment.
2.	Determine if any barriers exist in providing a digital learning environment for all children, including an evaluation of the competitive marketplace for blended learning products and services. Evaluate the effectiveness of the Technology and Instructional Materials Allotment (TIMA) in providing districts the resources necessary to equip students with instructional materials and technology, including in the review all programs and initiatives funded by set-asides from the TIMA. Monitor the performance and accountability of the state's full-time virtual schools and online courses provided through the Texas Virtual School Network.
3.	Monitor the progress of the TEA's compliance with the Corrective Action Response required by the United States Department of Education, the implementation of the state's Special Education Strategic Plan, and the state’s compliance with other federal requirements regarding special education, including maintenance of state financial support for special education. Recommend solutions to barriers the agency, school districts, students with disabilities, and parents face in accessing a free and appropriate public education and in meeting the milestones of the plan and any measures needed at the state level to ensure that students with disabilities are being located, fully evaluated, and appropriately identified for special education instruction and services.
4.	Monitor the State Auditor's review of agencies and programs under the Committee's jurisdiction. The Chair shall seek input and periodic briefings on completed audits for the 2019 and 2020 fiscal years and bring forth pertinent issues for full committee consideration.
Committee:	Senate Education
Title:	Interim Report
Subjects:	Academically unacceptable schools \| Charter schools \| Dallas County Schools \| Districts of innovation \| Early childhood education \| Education Agency, Texas \| Educational accountability \| Educational technology \| Harris County Department of Education \| High school graduation requirements \| Internet \| Middle school students \| Middle schools \| Scholarships \| School boards \| School choice \| School counselors \| School finance \| School vouchers \| Special education \| Teacher retention \| Teacher training \| Teacher-student relationships \| Technology education \| Video cameras and recordings \|
Library Call Number:	L1836.84 Ed83
Session:	84th R.S. (2015)
Online version:	View report [50 pages]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	School Choice: Study school choice programs enacted in states across the nation, examining education savings account and tax credit scholarship programs in particular. Examine the implementation process used in other states and what impact these programs have had on student academics and state and local district budgets. Make recommendations on which choice plan could best serve Texas students.
2.	Charter School Approval, Expansion, Revocation: Study the approval, expansion, and revocation of public charter schools in Texas, including the implementation of SB 2, 83rd R.S. and other legislation. In particular, examine the issues surrounding the disposition of state property when charters are revoked, non-renewed, or cease to operate. Make recommendations regarding policies to ensure an efficient and effective transfer and disposal of state property that preserves state interest while ensuring that certain investment capital and the bond market supporting charter construction remains robust. In addition, make recommendations if needed to clarify policies regarding expansion of existing high-quality charter schools in Texas. Additionally, examine facility funding for charter schools in other states and make recommendations on facility funding assistance for charter schools in Texas.
3.	Teacher Preparation, Retention, Shortages: Study teacher shortage and retention issues in Texas and evaluate educator preparation programs to determine if these programs are preparing educators for the rigors of the 21st century classroom. In particular, examine the shortages of ELL, special education, and STEM educators across the state and identify the issues creating a shortage. Make recommendations to improve educator preparation throughout the state and increase certification rates. (Joint Charge with Senate Higher Education)
4.	Efficiency/Productivity Review: Conduct a comprehensive performance review of all public schools in Texas, examining ways to improve efficiency, productivity, and student academic outcomes. Study performance-based funding mechanisms that allocate dollars based upon achievement versus attendance. Identify any state mandates which hinder student performance, district and campus innovation, and efficiency and productivity overall.
5.	Broadband Access: Evaluate digital learning opportunities in classrooms and examine existing barriers to schools' ability to provide a digital learning environment. In particular, study the availability of affordable broadband access to Page 2 of 5 school districts across Texas. Examine different options for improving access to broadband service in all areas of the state, for districts and student homes. Make recommendations on a statewide plan for building the necessary infrastructure to provide a competitive, free-market environment in broadband service.
6.	Teacher-Student Relationships/Student Safety: Study the recent rise of inappropriate teacher-student relationships, the impact of social media interaction between teachers and students, and examine the current efforts by the Texas Education Agency, schools, law enforcement, and the courts to investigate and prosecute any educator engaged in inappropriate relationships. Determine what recommendations, if any, are needed to improve student safety, including increasing agency staff, adjusting penalties, and strengthening efforts to sanction educators' certificates for misconduct. Study and address the issue of prevention through training and education of school employees.
7.	County School Systems: Examine the structure and performance of the two remaining county-based school systems, Harris County Department of Education and Dallas County Schools. In particular, study the efficiency of these entities and determine whether those services are duplicative with education service centers or could be absorbed by education service centers.
8.	School Board Governance, Low-Performing Schools: Examine current school board governance policies and practices and make recommendations that could improve the focus, attitudes, and outcomes of Texas school boards, districts, and students. Study existing board training requirements for public schools and make suggestions to educate school board trustees of policies that could achieve better student outcomes, particularly within the framework set for low-performing schools in House Bill 1842 (HB1842)(84R).
9.	Monitoring Charge: Monitor the implementation of legislation addressed by the Senate Committee on Education and make recommendations for any legislation needed to improve, enhance, and/or complete implementation. Specifically, monitor the following: 1) Legislation establishing state intervention procedures for public schools with academically unsuccessful ratings of at least two consecutive school years; and providing school districts the ability to be designated as a district of innovation; 2) Initiatives to build a high-quality pre-kindergarten grant program; 3) Legislation to raise standards of teacher preparation programs and establish a more consistent, high-quality accountability system; 4) Program to require the placement and use of video cameras in self-contained classrooms or other settings providing special education services to students; 5) Legislation to address training support for counselors, and advising courses for middle school students; and 6) Legislation to establish criteria for alternative measures of assessments to meet high school graduation requirements.
Committee:	House Public Education
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	House Committee on Public Education, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 2000 : a report to the House of Representatives, 77th Texas Legislature.
Subjects:	Alternative schools \| At-risk youth \| Career and technical education \| Charter schools \| Children with disabilities \| Education Agency, Texas \| Educational accountability \| Job training programs \| Juvenile justice alternative education programs \| School discipline \| Special education \| Technology education \| Textbooks \|
Library Call Number:	L1836.76 ed83h
Session:	76th R.S. (1999)
Online version:	View report [65 pages File size: 3,833 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Evaluate the charter school program. Review the roles of the state, the Texas Education Agency, and local districts and agencies, as well as the performance of the schools and their students.
2.	Review the goals of alternative education, disciplinary alternative education and juvenile justice alternative education programs. Study the organization and functioning of the programs to determine the extent to which they are meeting goals.
3.	Conduct a comprehensive review of the state's philosophy and policies regarding career and technical education with attention to students who do not pursue advanced degrees.
4.	Conduct active oversight of the agencies under the committee's jurisdiction, including, particularly, the pre-K, kindergarten and 9th grade grant programs authorized in SB 4, 76th R.S..
Committee:	House Public Education
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	House Committee on Public Education, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 1998 : a report to the House of Representatives, 76th Texas Legislature.
Subjects:	Charter schools \| Education Agency, Texas \| Education Service Centers \| Education, Texas State Board of \| School budgets \| School buses \| School safety \| Special education \| State Board for Educator Certification \|
Library Call Number:	L1836.75 ed83h
Session:	75th R.S. (1997)
Online version:	View report [45 pages File size: 2,035 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Examine legislative strategies to improve efficiency of public schools. Include use of technology, alternative methods of delivering educational services, financial incentives, reduced administrative costs, any other measure.
2.	Review progress of charter schools and public education grants, including revisions enacted by the 75th legislature.
3.	Investigate accidents and other safety issues arising in situations where school districts have contracted with external entities to provide transportation services.
4.	Monitor progress and implementation of other legislation, including SB 133, 75th R.S., relating to safe schools (jointly with the House Committee on Juvenile Justice and Family Issues), SB 1158, 75th R.S., relating to education service centers, and HB 1800, 75th R.S., relating to inclusion of more special education students in the accountability system.
5.	Conduct active oversight of agencies under committee's jurisdiction.
Committee:	House Juvenile Justice and Family Issues
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Committe on Juvenile Justice and Family Issues, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 1996 : a report to the House of Representatives, 75th Texas Legislature.
Subjects:	Adoption \| Alternative schools \| Attorney General Child Support Division \| Child support \| Education Agency, Texas \| Juvenile justice alternative education programs \| Juvenile justice system \| Juvenile Probation Commission, Texas \| Progressive sanctions (Criminal justice) \| School discipline \| School safety \| Texas Child Support Enforcement System \| Youth Commission, Texas \|
Library Call Number:	L1836.74 j987
Session:	74th R.S. (1995)
Online version:	View report [55 pages File size: 2,159 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study adoption practices and determine the need for changes to promote the public interest.
2.	Review the comprehensive changes of the juvenile justice laws made by the 74th Legislature. The review should include recommendations to address: (a) new juvenile justice problems, (b) reports of the Texas Youth Commission, Texas Juvenile Probation Commission and Texas Criminal Justice Policy Council made pursuant to HB 327, 74th R.S., and; (c) errors, omissions and conflicts in current law.
3.	Study methods to improve the collection and distribution of child support payments.
Committee:	House Public Education
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Committee on Public Education, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 1996 : a report to the House of Representatives, 75th Texas Legislature.
Subjects:	Education \| Education Agency, Texas \| Educational accountability \| School districts \| School finance \| State Auditor's Office, Texas \| Statutory revision \| Teacher salaries \|
Library Call Number:	L1836.74 ed83h
Session:	74th R.S. (1995)
Online version:	View report [71 pages File size: 2,933 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Monitor implementation and effects of the recodification of the Education Code by the 74th Legislature.
2.	Study the possibility of providing incentive pay to teachers in inner-city and low-performing districts.
3.	Review the accuracy of the key accountability and reporting systems used by state leaders to assess and assure school performance.
4.	Assess the extent to which authority for key decisions is devolving to the local level and the extent to which local policy-makers are exercising options to innovate.
5.	Conduct active oversight of agencies under the committee's jurisdiction.
Committee:	House State, Federal, and International Relations
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	House Committee on State, Federal and International Relations, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 1996 : a report to the House of Representatives, 75th Texas Legislature.
Subjects:	Education Agency, Texas \| Historic preservation \| Historical Commission, Texas \| Historical monuments \| Internet \| Libraries and librarians \| Library & Archives Commission, Texas State \| School libraries and librarians \| Texas State Cemetery \| TexShare \|
Library Call Number:	L1836.74 st30
Session:	74th R.S. (1995)
Online version:	View report [34 pages File size: 2,283 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study how the Legislature can encourage the development of a comprehensive plan for coordinating and integrating networking and resource sharing for all types of libraries, including any action necessary to empower an agency or entity to coordinate the separate plans or develop a new comprehensive plan and the coordination of buying power.
2.	Study a simplified procedure for listing on the State Register of Historic Places; assess whether simpler procedures are desirable.
3.	Review the standards governing eligibility for burial in the State Cemetery.
4.	Study the feasibility of constructing and operating a motion picture sound state facility in Texas.
Committee:	Joint Review of the Central Education Agency, Select
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Final report of the Joint Select Committee to Review the Central Education Agency.
Subjects:	Alternative schools \| At-risk youth \| Charter schools \| Education \| Education Agency, Texas \| Education reform \| Education Service Centers \| Education, Texas State Board of \| Educational accountability \| Elementary education \| School choice \| School discipline \| School safety \| Secondary education \| Special education \|
Library Call Number:	L1836.73 ed83s
Session:	73rd R.S. (1993)
Online version:	View report [69 pages File size: 2,694 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	The committee shall conduct an in-depth and comprehensive review of the mission, organization, size, and effectiveness of the Central Education Agency. In conducting its review, the committee shall study the mission, organizational structure, and practices of similar agencies in other states. The review must include:
2.	a study of the agency's success in addressing the national education goals, adopted by the President of the United States and the nation's 50 governors and the goals for public education provided by Section 35.001
3.	a study of the agency's organizational mission, structure, size, and effectiveness
4.	a study of the number and effectiveness of committees created under the auspices of the agency or the State Board of Education
5.	identification of those functions that should be performed by the state and those that should be performed regionally through the regional service centers
6.	a study of the adequacy, validity, and timeliness of data collected and published by the Public Education Information Managements System (PEIMS) as provided by Section 16.007, Education Code
7.	a study of the adequacy and effectiveness of programs designed for special populations of students and for teacher and administrator staff development
8.	a study of the adequacy and effectiveness of assistance provided the site-based management teams, established under Section 21.931, Education Code
9.	a study of the efficient use of state resources, school district structure, and opportunities for shared costs in order to determine the best management and use of state resources and to assist school districts in determining optimal educational opportunities.
Committee:	Senate Education, Interim
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	The final report of the Senate Interim Education Committee, 72nd Legislature.
Subjects:	Education Agency, Texas \| School finance \| School year \| Tax system \| Year-round schooling \|
Library Call Number:	L1836.72 ed83s
Session:	72nd R.S. (1991)
Online version:	View report [51 pages File size: 2,083 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	The Committee shall examine the reorganization of the Texas Education Agency.
2.	The Committee shall monitor the implementation of legislation concerning school finance.
3.	The Committee shall study and monitor the progress and impact of recent and pending court cases on public education.
4.	The Committee shall examine the types of schedules in use in other states and in Texas districts utilizing a year-round schedule to determine the benefits to students, parents and teachers in those districts because of non-traditional scheduling. The Committee shall study the feasibility of year-round educational programs for students as a means of promoting educational advancement and retention in the public school system.
5.	The Committee shall study and monitor the use of appropriated funds, including the technology allotment and vocational and compensatory education funds.
Committee:	House Human Services
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Interim report of the Committee on Human Services, Texas House of Representatives to the Seventy-first Legislative Session.
Subjects:	Attorney General Child Support Division \| Blind, Texas Commission for the \| Children with disabilities \| Education Agency, Texas \| Health, Texas Department of \| Human Services, Texas Department of \| Job training programs \| Medicaid \| Medicaid Vendor Drug Program \| Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Texas Department of \| Prescription drugs \| Rehabilitation Commission, Texas \| Residential treatment centers \| State agencies \| State supported living centers \| Welfare \| Welfare reform \| Welfare-to-work \| Youth Commission, Texas \|
Library Call Number:	L1836.70 h88
Session:	70th R.S. (1987)
Online version:	View report [42 pages File size: 1,707 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	To study the efficiency and economy of the regional boundaries of human service agencies. (Joint study with House Committee on Public Health).
2.	To study the feasibility of establishing a co-payment support assistance system based on ability to pay by parents of children in state supported residential care programs.
3.	To study and monitor federal welfare reforms and evaluate the impact of such programs on the state AFDC program and state finances.
4.	To study the Vendor Drug Program in the Department of Human Services.
Committee:	House Public Education
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	To the speaker and members of the Texas House of Representatives, 67th Legislature : report of the Committee on Public Education, Texas House of Representatives, 66th Legislature.
Subjects:	Career and technical education \| Education Agency, Texas \| Education Service Centers \| Education, Texas State Board of \| Job training programs \| Teacher quality \| Teacher salaries \|
Library Call Number:	L1836.66 ed83p
Session:	66th R.S. (1979)
Online version:	View report [71 pages File size: 2,424 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Review present funding and program needs of career education in Texas.
2.	Oversight functions shall be conducted for all appropriations-related actions of those agencies assigned to this committee for appropriative purposes during the 66th Regular Session of the Legislature. The agencies include: State Board of Education Central Education Agency Schools for the Blind and Deaf Advisory Council for Technical-Vocational Education
3.	Outline the statutorily defined role and scope of regional service centers in Texas and recommend revisions in law and in administration to properly focus the purposes of the centers.
4.	Determine the feasibility, both administratively and financially, of incentive pay provisions for teachers.
Committee:	House Public Education
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	To the speaker and members of the Texas House of Representatives, 66th Legislature : report of the / Committee on Public Education, Texas House of Representatives, 65th Legislature.
Subjects:	Curriculum \| Education Agency, Texas \| High school graduation rates \| High school graduation requirements \| School districts \| Special education \|
Library Call Number:	L1836.65 ed83p
Session:	65th R.S. (1977)
Online version:	View report [66 pages File size: 2,086 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Oversight responsibility of agency expenditures and related transactions. This function shall encompass a review and monitoring of all appropriations-related actions of those agencies assigned to this committee for appropriative purposes during the 65th Regular Session of the Legislature, to wit: State Board of Education (Central Education Agency) (Schools for the Blind and Deaf)
2.	A study of the possibilities of an "early graduation" program from public schools. This study should include recommendations as to the means by which such a program could be initiated and enacted as well as a review of alternatives to twelve full years of public education, such as vocational and technical programs and training in lieu of traditional courses.
3.	A review the impact of the federal regulations and judicial interpretations of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as that act pertains to education and its various component parts in the public sector in Texas. This study should assess the fiscal and policy ramifications of this legislation and make recommendations as to necessary implementing legislation therefor.
4.	A study of the administration of large school districts. This study should include a review of the advisability of and methodology of reorganization of large school districts; recommendations on how best to deal legislatively with problems associated with these districts, such as teacher morale, increased violence, access to supervisory personnel, discipline problems, accountability to taxpayers and parents, and increasingly lower test and achievement scores.
5.	A study of the effects and ramifications of a "quarter system" on the curriculum and effectiveness of public schools.
Supporting documents
Committee:	House Public Education
Title:	Cost and Student Data Based on G.O.E.R. Property Values
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1801.9 ED83H 65
Session:	65th R.S. (1977)
Online version:	View document [549 pages]
Committee:	House Public Education
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	To the speaker and members of the Texas House of Representatives, 65th Legislature : report of the / Committee on Public Education, Texas House of Representatives, 64th Legislature.
Subjects:	Career and technical education \| Education Agency, Texas \| Educational accountability \| Extracurricular activities \| High school athletics \| Immigrant students \| Integration \| School discipline \| Year-round schooling \|
Library Call Number:	L1836.64 ed83p
Session:	64th R.S. (1975)
Online version:	View report [50 pages File size: 1,453 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study the funding, role, scope, operations, procedures, and responsiveness to the needs of education in Texas of the Texas Education Agency. Ascertain whether money spend under the general appropriations act is carried forward for the programs and purposes for which it was intended and ascertain that monies are not expended for unauthorized purposes or programs. Determine that programs are fulfilling a need. Inquire whether services are duplicative or overlapping.
2.	Goals for public education in Texas.
3.	The alien student enrollment and its educational and economic impact on school districts in Texas.
4.	The need for apprenticeship adult vocational education. Compliance of school districts with the Texas Education Code.
5.	School disciplinary methods and procedures.
6.	The problems encountered by athletes in public schools as the result of severe sports injuries.
7.	Community-based extra-curricular activities for public school students.
8.	The feasibility of year-round public schools.
Committee:	House Public Education Administration, Interim
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Report of the Interim Study Committee on the Administration of Public Education to the 63rd Legislature.
Subjects:	Education Agency, Texas \| Educational accountability \|
Library Call Number:	L1836.62 ed83a
Session:	62nd R.S. (1971)
Online version:	View report [5 pages File size: 232 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	The committee shall study: (1) all phases of the Texas Education Agency and its methods of administering the public education system of Texas, (2) better ways to conduct all facets of departments education for the betterment and upgrading of public education in Texas, (3) the need and desirability of reorganizing the Texas Education Agency to eliminate duplication of efforts, (4) possible means of curbing nonessential expenditures to maintain the greatest possible efficiency in the administration of public education in Texas, and (5) any other related matter which the committee shall deem significant in making a complete study of the problems mentioned in this resolution.
Supporting documents
Committee:	House Public Education Administration, Interim
Title:	Transcript, February 2, 1972, San Antonio
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.62 ED83M 2/2
Session:	62nd R.S. (1971)
Online version:	View document [53 pages File size: 1,574 kb]
Committee:	House Public Education Administration, Interim
Title:	Transcripts, July 11, 1972 (Beaumont); August 15, 1972 (Nacogdoches); August 22, 1972 (Temple); and September 7, 1972 (Baytown)
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.62 ED83M
Session:	62nd R.S. (1971)
Online version:	View document [285 pages File size: 95,047 kb]
Committee:	House Public Education Administration, Interim
Title:	Transcript, August 15, 1972, Nacogdoches
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.62 ED83M 8/15
Session:	62nd R.S. (1971)
Online version:	View document [66 pages File size: 23,199 kb]
Committee:	House Public Education Administration, Interim
Title:	Transcript, August 22, 1972, Temple
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.62 ED83M 8/22
Session:	62nd R.S. (1971)
Online version:	View document [73 pages File size: 22,589 kb]
Committee:	House Public Education Administration, Interim
Title:	Transcript, September 7, 1972, Baytown
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.62 ED83M 9/7
Session:	62nd R.S. (1971)
Online version:	View document [68 pages File size: 22,348 kb]
Committee:	House Department of Education
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Report of committee appointed to investigate Department of Education
Subjects:	Education Agency, Texas \|
Library Call Number:	H.J. of Tex., 46th Leg., R.S. 178 (1939)
Session:	45th R.S. (1937)
Online version:	View report [19 pages File size: 988 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Investigate all operations of the Department of Education and any irregularities connected with the operation of such Department and all matters pertinent to the management and protection of the public school lands and funds of this State.
Supporting documents
Committee:	House Department of Education
Title:	Proceedings of the Committee Investigating the State Department of Education, Forty-Fifth Legislature, State of Texas, Austin, 1937 (transcript)
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1801.9 IN8 45T
Session:	45th R.S. (1937)
Online version:	View document [449 pages File size: 192,713 kb]
Committee:	Joint Central Investigating Committee
Title:	Report
Library Catalog Title:	Report
Subjects:	Agriculture, Texas Department of \| Attorney General of Texas \| Bachelor's degrees \| Comptroller of Public Accounts, Texas \| Courts \| Education Agency, Texas \| General Land Office, Texas \| Higher education \| Highway Department, Texas State \| Investment of public funds \| Juvenile detention facilities \| Legislative staff \| Library & Archives Commission, Texas State \| Office of the Governor \| Prairie View A&M University \| Prison farms \| Prison labor \| Prisons \| Quarantines \| Rabies \| Railroad Commission of Texas \| Sam Houston State University \| Secretary of State, Texas \| State agencies \| State agency budgets \| State land \| State purchasing \| Tarleton State University \| Tax administration \| Teacher training \| Texas A&M University \| Texas A&M University - Commerce \| Texas State University \| Texas Woman's University \| Treasury Department, Texas State \| University of North Texas at Denton \| University of Texas at Austin \| University of Texas at El Paso \| University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston \| Veterinary Medical Examiners, Texas State Board of \| West Texas A&M University \|
Library Call Number:	L1836.35 In8r / H.J. of Tex., 35th Leg., 4th C.S. 228 (1918)
Session:	35th R.S. (1917)
Online version:	View report [58 pages]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	To make a through investigation into the affairs of all departments of the state and every state institution. *
Committee:	House Education Department, Special
Title:	Report
Library Catalog Title:	Privileged report.
Subjects:	Education Agency, Texas \| State employees \|
Library Call Number:	H.J. of Tex., 25th Leg., 1st C.S. 27 (1897)
Session:	25th R.S. (1897)
Online version:	View report [4 pages File size: 237 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Make a thorough examination of the duties and responsibilities of each individual clerk employed in each department located at the capital, and make a detailed statement to the House at the earliest moment.

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