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.
February 9 Top
House Committee on Corrections
Charge: Incarceration rates for non-violent drug offenses, alternatives to incarceration including community supervision
- "States at a Crossroads on Criminal Justice Reform," Stateline, January 28, 2016
- 2014 Drug Guidelines Amendment: Retroactivity Data Report (Geographical distribution - Texas), U.S. Sentencing Commission, December 2015
- Statistical Report: Fiscal Year 2014 (Demographic highlights by type of offense, statistics by offense of record), Texas Department of Criminal Justice, 2014
- Interim Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature (Charge 2 - Community-based corrections supervision and treatment programs), House Committee on Corrections, December 2010
- Interim Report: 78th Legislature: Charge One (Alternatives to incarceration for non-violent drug offenders), Senate Committee on Criminal Justice, November 2002
Charge: Inmate release policies of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, including direct release from administrative segregation
- Making Sense of Sentencing: State Systems and Policies (Release policies), National Conference of State Legislatures, June 2015
- Parole Guidelines Annual Report: FY 2014, Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, January 2015
- Annual Statistical Report: FY 2014, Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles
- Interim Report to the 83rd Legislature (Charge 5 - Administrative segregation in TDCJ), Senate Committee on Criminal Justice, December 2012
- Parole in Texas, Texas Department of Criminal Justice Parole Division, Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, 2011
- Interim Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature (Charge 3 - Prisoner reentry programs), House Committee on Corrections, December 2010
House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Private Property Rights in Water
Topic: How to supply water while respecting private property rights of individual owners
- "Whose Water Is It Anyway?," Tierra Grande, Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University, July 2014 (Revised 2015)
- "Texas Groundwater Rights and Immunities: From East to Day and Beyond," Texas Water Journal, Texas Water Resources Institute, Texas A&M University, 2014
- "Conserving Private Lands Conserves Water," TXH20, Texas Water Resources Institute, Texas A&M University, Winter 2014
House Committee on Public Education
Charge: Middle grades
- "College Readiness? What About High School Readiness?," Education Week, High School & Beyond blog, October 13, 2015
- Research Study: The Forgotten Middle, ACT, Inc., September 2014 (update to The Forgotten Middle: Ensuring that All Students Are on Target for College and Career Readiness before High School, 2008)
- "The Middle School Plunge," Education Next, Spring 2012
- Report to the 82nd Legislature (Charge 2 - Middle grades), Senate Committee on Education, December 2010
- National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform
Charge: High performing students
- Federal Legislative Update: Every Student Succeeds Act (gifted education provisions in the new federal education law), National Association for Gifted Children, December 2015
- 2014-2015 State of the States in Gifted Education: Policy and Practice Data, National Association for Gifted Children and The Council of State Directors of Programs for the Gifted, November 2015
- Equal Talents, Unequal Opportunities: A Report Card on State Support for Academically Talented Low-Income Students, Texas State Report Card, Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, March 2015
- Falling Out of the Lead: Following High Achievers Through High School and Beyond, The Education Trust, April 2014
February 10 Top
House Committee on Corrections
Charge: Recidivism & Reentry
- Justice Reinvestment & State Resources (Reduce recidivism), National Conference of State Legislatures, January 20, 2016
- Multistate Criminal History Patterns of Prisoners Released in 30 states, Bureau of Justice Statistics, September 2015
- Offender Reentry: Correctional Statistics, Reintegration into the Community, and Recidivism, Congressional Research Service, January 12, 2015
- Interim Report to the 84th Legislature (Review Correctional Facilities and Procedures), House Committee on Corrections, January 2015
- Reducing Recidivism: States Deliver Results, The National Reentry Resource Center, June 2014
- Statewide Criminal Justice Recidivism and Revocation Rates, Legislative Budget Board, January 2013
- Interim Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature (Charge 2 & Charge 3), House Committee on Corrections, December 2010
- Interim Report to the 81st Legislature (Charge 2 - Prisoner reentry programs), House Committee on Corrections, January 2009
- Interim Report to the 80th Texas Legislature (Charge 5 - Windham School District), House Committee on Corrections, December 2006
- Reentry and Integration Division and Articles & Reports, Texas Department of Criminal Justice
House Committee on Public Health
Charge: Preparedness for public health threats and emergencies, including natural disasters and infectious diseases
- Report and Recommendations, Texas Task Force on Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response, December 1, 2014
- "Is Texas Prepared for a Public Health Emergency? ", Texas Tribune, October 2, 2014
- Interim Report to the 82nd Legislature (Charge 3 - Pandemics and public health preparedness), House Committee on Emergency Preparedness, December 2010
- Interim Report to the 81st Texas Legislature (Charge 5 - Public health emergency), House Committee on Defense Affairs & State-Federal Relations, January 2009
- Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Section, Texas Department of State Health Services
- Tripedia: Ebola Virus in Texas, Texas Tribune
Charge: Telemedicine in Texas
- "Texas Ranks Worst in Telehealth," GovernmentHealthIT, January 11, 2016
- Teladoc's Antitrust Suit Against TMB Moves Forward, Texas Medical Association, January 5, 2016
- Telehealth Policy Trends and Considerations, National Conference of State Legislators, December 9, 2015
- State Telehealth Laws and Medicaid Program Policies: A Comprehensive Scan of the 50 States and District of Columbia, Center for Connected Health Policy, July 2015
- "Texas Puts Brakes On Telemedicine — And Teladoc Cries Foul," Kaiser Health News, June 2, 2015
- 50 State Telemedicine Gaps Analysis: Coverage & Reimbursement and 50 State Telemedicine Gaps Analysis: Physician Practice Standards & Licensure , American Telemedicine Association, May 2015
- Telemedicine, Telehealth, and Home Telemonitoring Texas Medicaid Services: Biennial Report to the Texas Legislature, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, December 1, 2014
- Interim Report to the 77th Texas Legislature (Charge II - Telemedicine), House Committee on Public Health, October 2000
- TexLA Telehealth Resource Center, F. Marie Hall Institute for Rural and Community Health at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Senate Committee on Education
Charge: Monitor implementation of legislation, specifically:
- Placement and use of video cameras
- "Coming To Texas: Special-Ed Cams To Protect Students From Their Own Teachers," NPR Ed, December 15, 2015
- "Texas to Require Cameras in Some Special Ed Classes, But Who Foots Bill?," Dallas Morning News, July 30, 2015
- Training support for counselors, and advising courses for middle school students
- Texas School Counselor Study: Exploring the Supply, Demand, and Evolving Roles of School Counselors, Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin, December 2014
Topic: Local briefing on English Language Learning
- "English Language Learners and the Future of Texas: an Overview of Symposium Discussions, Policy Implications and Next Steps" and "Federal Guidance on Schools' Civil Rights Obligations for English Learners," IDRA Newsletter (Intercultural Development Research Association), May 2015
- State-Level English Language Learner Policies, Education Commission of the States, March 2015
- Dear Colleague Letter: English Learner Students and Limited English Proficient Parents (federal guidance), U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of Education, January 7, 2015
- The Academic Achievement of English Language Learners: Data for the U.S. and Each of the States, Child Trends, December 2014
February 11 Top
House Administration Committee
Topic: Select committee budgets
House Committee on Higher Education
Charge: Community college system
- 84th Texas Legislature: Session Summary, Texas Association of Community Colleges, July 2015
- Community Colleges in the South: Strengthening Readiness and Pathways, Southern Regional Education Board, February 2015
- Blueprint for a Texas Community College "System," National Center for Higher Education Management Systems for Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, June 8, 2012 (Rider 53, 2012-13 General Appropriations Act)
- Interim Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature (Charge 4 - Community college participation and success), House Committee on Higher Education, January 2011
- Interim Report (Charge 2 - Community colleges), Senate Committee on Higher Education, December 2010
- Strategic Plan for Texas Public Community Colleges 2011-2015, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, June 2010
Charge: Community colleges offering affordable baccalaureate degree programs, student pathways
- Assessing the Potential to Expand Community College Baccalaureate Programs in Texas, RAND Corporation, Prepared for Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, 2014 (SB 414, 83rd R.S.)
- A Matter of Degrees: Practices to Pathways: High-Impact Practices for Community College Student Success, Center for Community College Student Engagement, The University of Texas at Austin, 2014
- Community College Baccalaureate Programs in Texas: Legislative Recommendations, Adopted by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, 2014
- The Feasibility of Expanding Texas' Community College Baccalaureate Programs: A Report to the 81st Texas Legislature, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, October 2010 (HB 2425, 81st R.S.)
Senate Select Committee Property Tax Reform & Relief
Charge: Property tax process, including appraisal system
Charge: Reducing tax burden
- Interim Hearings - Week of January 25, 2016, Senate Select Committee Property Tax Reform & Relief, Charge: Property tax process and Charge: Tax burden, Legislative Reference Library, January 15, 2016
- Committee Introductory Presentation, Senate Select Committee for Property Tax Reform & Relief, January 27, 2016
- Overview of Property Tax System in Texas (Presentation), Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, December 7, 2015
