Interim Hearings - Week of November 17th
Today's Committee Meetings on the LRL website is a calendar of interim committee hearings with links to agendas. Below are resources related to upcoming Interim Hearings.
November 17th
Senate Committee on Education
Charge: School choice
- The Chartered Course: Can Private School Choice Proponents Learn from the Charter School Sector?, Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, July 2014
- The Education Choice and Competition Index Background and Results 2013, Brown Center on Education Policy at Brookings Institution, January 2014
- School Choice Today: Voucher Laws Across the States, Center for Education Reform, 2014
- Private School Choice: Options for Texas Children, National Center for Policy Analysis, February 2013
Charge: Implementation of SB 2, 83rd Legislature, R.S., relating to certain charter schools
- "Charters Push Back Against Measure on School Closures," Texas Tribune, August 7, 2014
- "Chartering a New Course in Education," Fiscal Notes, July 17, 2014
Topic: Facility demand issues on school districts across the state
- Texas Public School Construction Costs and School Construction Lookup Tool, Texas Transparency, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, July 2014
- Condition of America's Public School Facilities: 2012-13 First Look, National Center for Education Statistics, March 2014
- ECS State Policy Database, Finance--Facilities and School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities, Education Commission of the States
November 19th
House Committee on State Affairs
Topic: Audit Report on the HealthSelect Contract at the Employees Retirement System, SAO Report No. 15-007
- "How’s that New Health Care Contract for State Workers, Retirees Working Out? Some Lawmakers Raise Red Flags" (blog), Dallas Morning News, September 4, 2014
- An Audit Report on the HealthSelect Contract at the Employees Retirement System (Report No. 15-007), Texas State Auditor’s Office, November 2014
- Benefits Contracts Division, Employee Retirement System of Texas
- The State of Texas Procurement Manual, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, 2012
- State of Texas Contract Management Guide (version 1.9), Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, December 16, 2011
