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 14
House Committee on Public Education
Charge: Unintended punitive consequences to both students and districts in the state accountability system as a result of Hurricane Harvey
- "School Districts Hit Hard by Harvey Ask State to Ease Testing Requirements," Houston Chronicle, November 6, 2017
- "State Unlikely to Move STAAR Test Dates for Harvey-Displaced Students," Texas Tribune, September 13, 2017
- Hurricane Harvey Resources, Texas Education Agency
Charge: Educational opportunities offered to students displaced by Hurricane Harvey
- Dealing with Disasters: Frequently Asked Questions (Information for students displaced by disasters), Texas Education Agency
- Hurricane Harvey Resources, Texas Education Agency
November 15
House Select Committee on Economic Competitiveness
Topic: Long-term competitiveness and economic development issues
- Letter from Governor Greg Abbott to the Honorable Byron Cook, Chairman, House Select Committee on Economic Competitiveness, November 6, 2017
- Proclamation, Appointment of the House Select Committee on Economic Competitiveness, Speaker Joe Straus, October 12, 2017
- State Economic Development Strategies: A Discussion Framework, Urban Institute, April 24, 2017
- Rich States, Poor States: ALEC-Laffer State Economic Competitiveness Index, 10th Edition, American Legislative Exchange Council, April 2017
- 16th Annual State Competitiveness Report, Beacon Hill Institute, 2016
- Interim Report to the 83rd Texas Legislature (Charge 5 – Cluster initiatives and economic competitiveness), House Committee on Economic and Small Business Development, December 2012
- Texas Competitiveness: Creating a State Economic Strategy, Professor Michael E. Porter, Harvard Business School, Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness, March 28, 2012
- 2012 Texas Economic Competitiveness Study: An Analysis of Issues to Advance Texas in a Complex Global Economy, Michigan Chamber Foundation, 2012
- Council's Report to the Governor, Governor's Competitiveness Council (Governor Rick Perry), July 2008
Senate Committee on Transportation
Charge: Unified Transportation Program (UTP) and project selection decisions from the statewide transportation plan
- 2018 Unified Transportation Program (UTP), Texas Department of Transportation, August 31, 2017
- 2018 Unified Transportation Program (UTP) – Public Meeting (Process and timeline), Texas Department of Transportation, July 20, 2017
- Interim Report to the 85th Texas Legislature, House Select Committee on Transportation Planning, January 2017
- Unified Transportation Program – Funding Highway Construction Plan (UTP 2014-2018, searchable by project), Texas Department of Transportation
- Texas Transportation Plan 2040 (Plan 2040 Materials), Texas Department of Transportation, February 2015
- Texas Transportation Code §201.991, Unified Transportation Program (Amended by SB 312, §14, 85th Legislature, R.S.)
- 43 Texas Administrative Code §16.105, Unified Transportation Programs (UTP)
Charge: Transportation infrastructure – impact of Hurricane Harvey
- Report Card for Texas' Infrastructure 2017, Texas Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers, September 20, 2017
- Department of Transportation Update on Hurricane Harvey, U.S. Department of Transportation, September 3, 2017
- Interim Report to the 85th Texas Legislature (Charge 1 – TXDOT's role in natural disasters), House Committee on Transportation, January 2017
- Emergency Relief Manual: Reference Manual for States & Transit Agencies on Response and Recovery from Declared Disasters and FTA's Emergency Relief Program (49 U.S.C. 5324), Federal Transit Administration, September 30, 2015
- State Future Funds: Jumpstarting Investments in Low-Carbon and Resilient Energy and Transportation Infrastructure, Center for American Progress, June 2015
- After the Disaster: Rebuilding Our Transportation Infrastructure: SPUR Report, San Francisco Planning + Urban Research Association, July 2010
