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 11, 2024
Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education
Charge: Higher Education - “Faculty Senates”: Review and analyze the structures and governance in higher education, focusing on the role of “faculty senates,” and like groups, in representing faculty interests to higher education institution administrations. Make recommendations to establish guidelines for the role and representation of faculty by “faculty senates,” and like groups, at higher education institutions in Texas.
- Community College Faculty Roles in Shared Governance, Electronic Theses and Dissertations, West Texas A&M University, December 2022
- Shared Governance at the University of Texas System Institutions: A White Paper, University of Texas System Faculty Advisory Council, Spring 2016
- How to Evaluate a Faculty Governance Structure, Academe, American Association of University Professors, May–June 2013
- Shared Governance (Resources on Governance), American Association of University Professors
- Proceedings, Texas Council of Faculty Senates
Charge: Stopping DEI to Strengthen the Texas Workforce: Examine programs and certificates at higher education institutions that maintain discriminatory diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies. Expose how these programs and their curriculum are damaging and not aligned with state workforce demands. Make recommendations for any needed reforms to ensure universities are appropriately educating students to meet workforce needs.
- The State of Higher Education 2023, Texas Commissioner of Higher Education Harrison Keller, Ph.D., Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, 2023
- Building a Talent Strong Texas: 2022-2030 Strategic Plan, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, March 2022
- Linking Education and Workforce: Spurring Economic Growth across Texas, Tri-Agency Workforce Initiative, January 2022
Charge: Improving K12-College Pathways: Review the availability of Advanced Placement and dual credit course offerings in high schools and examine the transfer requirements required for students to receive higher education course credit. Identify the current challenges to streamlining the transfer process, including adequate counseling for high school students. Make recommendations to ensure students receive credit for successful completion of these courses.
- Dual Credit (Student data and research studies), Texas Education Agency
- Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate (Data and reports), Texas Education Agency
November 13, 2024
Senate Committee on Health & Human Services
Charge: Protecting Vulnerable Texans in Emergencies: Examine commercial residential settings for the elderly and individuals with intellectual disabilities, including assisted living facilities, boarding homes, group homes, and independent living communities. Identify emergency preparedness and response protocols required during severe weather for these populations. Make recommendations, if necessary, for the establishment and enforcement of emergency protocols to ensure vulnerable populations are protected.
- Disaster Manual: Section 18 – Disability Rights in a Disaster, State Bar of Texas, Texas Legal Services Center, last updated November 5, 2024
- How Improving Emergency Management for IDD Community Will Help All, Texas A&M University’s College of Education and Human Development, October 27, 2021
- Texas Guide to Supports and Services for Individuals With Disabilities and Their Families Affected by Disasters, Texas A&M University’s Center on Disability & Development, last revised September 2017
- Disaster Resilience, Disability Rights Texas
- Emergency Preparedness, Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities
Charge: Examining the links between Nutrition and Chronic Disease: Examine the role that food supply plays in chronic disease. Identify ways that Texas can support a healthier food supply, including ways to better inform consumers and incentivize food producers. Make recommendations for reforming the state’s health-related research efforts to improve public health through enhanced nutritional awareness, revised pharmaceutical development, and non-pharmacological interventions.
- Map the Meal Gap 2024: A Report on County and Congressional District Food Insecurity and County Food Cost in the U.S. in 2022, Food Insecurity among the Overall Population in Texas (Interactive map), Feeding America, May 14, 2024
- Obesity Prevention Priority Strategies: Obesity Prevention Program, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, May 2023
- Texas Food Access Study, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and Texas Department of Agriculture, December 31, 2022
- Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity: Data, Trends and Maps: Texas, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
November 14, 2024
Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Economic Development
Charge: Enhancing Workforce Productivity: Study ways to increase the state’s workforce productivity, including access to childcare. Make recommendations, within existing resources, to maintain childcare availability to support a growing workforce.
- Interim Hearings – Week of September 16, 2024 (Blog), September 17 – Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Economic Development, Legislative Reference Library, September 12, 2024
- The Texas Workforce Is Resilient and Undervalued, Every Texan, August 12, 2024
- Access to Affordable High-Quality Child Care is Scarce, Children at Risk, May 1, 2024
Sunset Advisory Commission
Consideration and possible action on the new recommendations for the following agency:
Texas Real Estate Commission special-purpose review
Staff presentation and public testimony:
- Texas Department of Criminal Justice
- Correctional Managed Health Care Committee
- Board of Pardons and Paroles
- Windham School District
