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Committee:	Senate Education
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Report to the 82nd Legislature / Senate Committee on Education.
Subjects:	Academic promotion and retention | At-risk youth | Charter schools | Children with disabilities | Dual credit high school programs | Dual language programs | Educational accountability | Educational technology | English as second language | English immersion instruction | Limited English speakers | Middle school students | Middle schools | School dropout statistics | School dropouts | School finance | Special education | State mandates | Teacher certification | Teacher incentive plans | Teacher quality | Teacher retention | Teacher salaries | Teacher shortages | Teacher training | Teachers | Textbooks | Virtual schools |
Library Call Number:	L1836.81 Ed83
Session:	81st R.S. (2009)
Online version:	View report [64 pages  File size: 1,615 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Review the performance and accountability of the state's charter schools. Specifically, study the following: Options for increasing the number of outstanding charter schools; Best practices employed by high performing charter schools and make recommendations for ways to implement these strategies in other charter and public schools; Feasibility of operating charter schools focused on providing high quality education for students with disabilities, such as autism; Charter school initiatives in other states, specifically including incentives for public education campuses to become charter schools; Options for development and funding of a charter schools facilities program.
2.	Review the state's education policy and initiatives regarding middle grades. Make recommendations to ensure a comprehensive state strategy for preparing students at the middle grades for high school retention and success. This review should include an examination of school-based strategies and best practices that encourage at-risk youth to finish school and that deter delinquency, drug abuse and violence.
3.	Review teacher compensation, evaluations, professional development, certification and training programs. Specifically, review the following: Teacher compensation including the Minimum Salary Schedule, incentive pay, merit pay, and stipends; How teacher evaluations can be effective mechanisms for increasing student achievement and improving instructional practices by including multiple measures, particularly student achievement data based on growth. Evaluate how teacher evaluations can direct district decisions on providing professional development, mentoring, intervention, and possible dismissal in response to underperforming teachers; State sponsored professional development initiatives including the alignment of professional development with curriculum and real work experiences and the value of professional development for bilingual, ESL and special education teachers in increasing student achievement. Need to adopt statewide standards for teacher certification and in-service training programs for regular and special education teachers at both the pre-service and in­service levels to ensure all teachers are highly qualified to teach students with disabilities.
4.	Examine cost drivers in education including state requirements that impact school district budgets. Recommend opportunities for achieving cost efficiencies.
5.	Study the efficacy of immersion versus dual-language instruction of English as a second language students. Make recommendations for improving programs and instituting best practices.
6.	Study the effectiveness of Texas school districts' special education programs. Review the range of needs of special education students, districts' ability to provide an appropriate education for these students, and assess the effectiveness of programs currently funded for special education. Make recommendations for improvement.
7.	Review dual credit courses including the cost of delivery, funding mechanisms, and possibility of a statewide dual credit system. This review should also include an examination of the rigor, quality and consistency of dual credit courses. (Joint charge with Senate Higher Education Committee)
8.	Monitor the implementation of legislation addressed by the Senate Committee on Education, 81st Legislature, Regular and Called Sessions, and make recommendations for any legislation needed to improve, enhance, and/or complete implementation. Review the implementation of legislation related to the state's accountability system including the revised dropout rate calculation, textbooks, and the virtual school network. Specifically, monitor the following: HB 3, relating to public school accountability; HB 2488, relating to open-source textbooks, and HB 4294, relating to textbooks and the use of technology; HB 3646, relating to public school finance and programs; and SB 174, relating to an accountability system for educator preparation programs.
Committee:	Senate Health and Human Services
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Interim report to the 82nd Legislature
Subjects:	Adult Protective Services | Aging and Disability Services, Texas Department of | At-risk youth | Child abuse | Children's Health Insurance Program | Cloning | Crime prevention | Diet and nutrition | Emergency management | Families | Family and Protective Services, Texas Department of | Family violence | Federal government | Foster care | H1N1 virus | Health care | Health care providers | Health insurance | Human services | Long-term care | Medicaid | Medicaid eligibility | Medical Board, Texas | Medical errors | Medical research | Mental health services | Mentally ill persons | Nurses | Obesity | Physicians | Quality of care | Senior citizens | Services for persons with disabilities | State budgets | Stem cell research | Texas Integrated Eligibility Redesign System |
Library Call Number:	L1836.81 H349
Session:	81st R.S. (2009)
Online version:	View report [272 pages  File size: 6,511 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Upon passage of federal legislation relating to reform of the health care industry and health insurance industry that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission estimates will costs the State of Texas $2 to 2.5 billion per year in General Revenue beginning as early as 2013, study the implications of such legislation on Texas, the health care industry, and public and private insurance. Study and monitor the implementation of the insurance regulatory changes, changes to high risk pool, and any other insurance mandates. Study the health care policy changes and the impact to the Medicaid and CHIP programs and the state budget. Assess the impact to all state uninsured and uncompensated care programs and county programs for the uninsured, including county property tax programs to pay for the uninsured. Make recommendations for the efficient implementation of programs. (Joint charge with Senate State Affairs Committee)
2.	Study the benefits, efficiencies and costs, and effectiveness of the social service related prevention and early intervention programs at the health and human services agencies, the juvenile and adult criminal justice agencies and other government agencies that have programs that address mental illness, substance abuse, child abuse and neglect, domestic violence, single-parent families, absentee fathers, early pregnancy, and unemployment. Study other states' prevention programs and efforts to administer these programs through a merged prevention department. Make recommendations to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of these programs.
3.	Review the timeliness and efficiency of the Health and Human Service Commission's eligibility system. Include a review of staffing levels and staffing distribution; implementation of Rider 61; and the increased demand on the system. Make recommendations to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the system, focusing on policy changes that will not create a large financial burden for the state.
4.	Study and make recommendations on the state's role for facilitating the exchange of health care information in the future, including using the Medicaid exchange as a framework for the statewide exchange of health information between health care providers to improve quality of care; what information the state should provide; how to use this information to improve care management, prevent medical errors, and reduce unnecessary services; and policies and statutory changes needed to ensure that privacy is protected. Study the feasibility of developing multiple regional health information technology exchanges in Texas.
5.	Study the state's current and long-range need for physicians, nurses, dentists and other allied health and long-term care professionals. Provide recommendations for ensuring sufficient numbers of health care professionals, focusing on medically underserved and rural areas of the state as well as the Border region. Consider health care delivered by Advanced Practice Nurses in terms of access, cost and patient safety and include an assessment of independent prescriptive authority with those states in which prescriptive authority is delegated by a physician. Make recommendations to enhance the efficient use of Advanced Practice Nurses in Texas.
6.	Explore strategies to support the needs of aging Texans, including best practices in nursing home diversion, expediting access to community services, and programs to assist seniors and their families in navigating the long-term care system with the goal of helping seniors remain in the community. Study the guardianship program implemented by the Department of Aging and Disabilities and the Department of Adult Protective Services, including the efficiency and effectiveness of the program, the relationship between the two agencies, the appropriate rights for parents, and whether clients and their assets are adequately protected to ensure the state is appropriately identifying seniors in need of protection.
7.	Examine how the state could enact policies to improve the overall health of Texans, focusing on programs that compliment individually-based prevention with community­based prevention to reduce obesity rates by increasing physical activity, improving nutrition, and improving self-management of chronic diseases such as diabetes. Examine obesity-related health disparities between different ethnic groups and ways to narrow these gaps. Consider the fiscal and health impact of second-hand smoke on businesses and service sector employees. Study state-level initiatives to incorporate these individual and community-based prevention strategies, including initiatives pursued in other states.
8.	Study the state's ability to appropriately respond to the H1N1 influenza pandemic by examining issues related to vaccine distribution and capacity. Consider the benefit of providing the state's independent school districts and various health authorities with standardized protocols for issues including, but not limited to, vaccine administration, absenteeism and the cancellation of school and other school-related events. Assess the state's ability to track and record H1N1 vaccinations through the ImmTrac registry, and review statutes governing ImmTrac to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of immunization information systems.
9.	Study current state health care quality improvement initiatives in Texas, including statewide health care-associated infection and adverse event reporting, reimbursement reductions in the Texas Medicaid program for preventable adverse events, potentially preventable readmissions identification, health information technology implementation, pay-far-performance programs, and other initiatives aimed at improving the efficiency, safety, and quality of health care in Texas. Identify statutory changes that may build upon efforts to improve quality of care and contain health care costs in Texas. Study policies that encourage and facilitate the use of best practices by health care providers including the best way to report and distribute information on quality of care and the use of best practices to the public and to promote health care provider and payment incentives that will encourage the use of best practices. The study/recommendations could also include assessing the best way to bring provider groups together to increase quality of care, the use of best practices, and reduce unnecessary services.
10.	Study current practices of the Texas Medical Board relating to disclosure of complaints.
11.	Review the types of human stem cell and human cloning research being conducted, funded, or supported by state agencies, including institutions of higher education. Make recommendations for appropriate data collection and funding protocols.
12.	Review the Medicaid HCBS waivers (CBA, STAR Plus, CLASS, MDCP, DBMT, TxHmL) and develop recommendations to assure that people with significant disabilities, regardless of disability label or age, receive needed services to remain in or transition to the community. Review should look at the delivery system, eligibility, service packages, rate structures, workforce issues and funding caps. Examine options for the provision of services for children aging out of the Medicaid system. Make recommendations for streamlining/combining these waivers, ensuring that these waivers are cost effective or create cost savings, and developing policies that contain costs in an effort to increase access to these services. The review should examine other states' community care waivers and provide recommendations relating to efforts that have been successful in other states.
13.	Study the type, duration, frequency and effectiveness of mental health services available to and accessed by abused and neglected Texas children. Recommend strategies to address the impact of the trauma, and enhance therapeutic services available to this population in an effort to eliminate the cycle of abuse and neglect.
14.	Monitor the implementation of legislation addressed by the Senate Committee on Health & Human Services, 81st Legislature, Regular and Called Sessions, and make recommendations for any legislation needed to improve, enhance, and/or complete implementation. Monitor Department of Family and Protective Services' implementation of the U.S. Fostering Connections Act, including the new Kinship Care program. Include recommendations on how to optimize the use of monetary assistance to qualified relative caregivers. Monitor the Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) implementation of SB 643, relating to Texas' state-supported living centers (SSLCs), implementation of Special Provisions relating to All Health and Human Services Agencies, Section 48. Contingency Appropriation for the Reshaping of the System for Providing Services to Individuals with Developmental Disabilities, and implementation of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) Settlement Agreement terms.
Committee:	Senate Jurisprudence
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Report to the 82nd Legislature
Subjects:	Adult Protective Services | Aging and Disability Services, Texas Department of | At-risk youth | Child custody | Consumer credit and debt | Credit service organizations | Guardianship | Parents | Personally identifiable information |
Library Call Number:	L1836.81 J979
Session:	81st R.S. (2009)
Online version:	View report [36 pages  File size: 932 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study the effectiveness of current regulation and practices of debt management providers in Texas, including credit service organizations, and assess the extent to which individuals' estates are protected in transactions with debt management providers. Make recommendations to enhance protections.
2.	Study the guardianship program implemented by the Department of Aging and Disabilities and the Department of Adult Protective Services, including the efficiency and effectiveness of the program, the relationship between the two agencies, the appropriate rights for parents, and whether clients and their assets are adequately protected.
3.	Study and make recommendations to promote and enable confidential information sharing among state agencies and courts serving at-risk children and youth to ensure that comprehensive and appropriate services are being provided. The study should focus on the technological, legal, and fiscal barriers that prevent information sharing among these entities regarding affected children and youth.
4.	Evaluate the voluntary relative placement process in issues of guardianship and the ability of nonparent relatives to make decisions for children under their care. Monitor the progress and implementation of SB 1598 relating to an agreement authorizing a nonparent relative of a child to make certain decisions regarding the child.
5.	Monitor the implementation of legislation addressed by the Senate Committee on Jurisprudence, 81st Legislature, Regular and Called Sessions, and make recommendations for any legislation needed to improve, enhance, and/or complete implementation.
Committee:	House Juvenile Justice and Family Issues
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	House Committee on Juvenile Justice & Family Issues, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 2006 : a report to the House of Representatives, 80th Texas Legislature
Subjects:	After school programs | At-risk youth | Attorney General Child Support Division | Child support | Crime prevention | Juvenile justice system | Juvenile Probation Commission, Texas | Marriage | Paternity | Truancy | Youth Commission, Texas |
Library Call Number:	L1836.79 J987
Session:	79th R.S. (2005)
Online version:	View report [229 pages  File size: 65,535 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Review the Texas Youth Commission's capacity and policies on abuse and neglect.
2.	Study current law relating to who is authorized to conduct marriages, and make recommendations of any possible changes.
3.	Evaluate child support guidelines and formulas, considering whether the current methods provide adequate support to a child. Also study child support for the costs of college.
4.	Research and report on how the courts handle truancy cases.
5.	Consider the law governing presumption of parentage, and examine the adequacy of relief available to presumed parents who are child support obligors and who assert a claim of paternity fraud.
6.	Study the effectiveness of prevention programs, such as after school programs, in reducing the actual indices of crime, and the rate of young offenders entering the criminal justice system. (Joint interim charge with the House Committee on Corrections)
7.	Monitor the agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction.
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 Criminal Jurisprudence
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 1998 : a report to the House of Representatives, 76th Texas Legislature.
Subjects:	At-risk youth | Child crimes | Civil commitment of sex offenders | Court costs and fees | Criminal Justice, Texas Department of | Good-conduct time | Indigent criminal defense | Juvenile crime | Juvenile justice system | Pardons and Paroles, Texas Board of | Parole | Sex offenders | Sexual assault | Youth Commission, Texas |
Library Call Number:	L1836.75 c868h
Session:	75th R.S. (1997)
Online version:	View report [186 pages  File size: 7,610 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Review and assess the consistency of all statutes that pertain to the age of criminal responsibility.
2.	Study the issues relating to the civil commitment of violent offenders after their criminal sentence is served. Review civil commitment laws enacted in other states.
3.	Study the cost of legal services for the indigent in the Texas criminal justice system.
4.	Assess the effect that state-imposed municipal and county court fees have on a city, municipality, or county's revenue over time, and how it affects the violator's ability to pay.
5.	Examine the policies of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles regarding parole revocations, and to examine the calculation of current time, the forfeiture of good time, and program options for all felony cases, with special attention to substance abuse initiatives.
Committee:	Senate Gangs and Juvenile Justice, Interim
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Thinking outside the box.
Subjects:	At-risk youth | Child Protective Services | Crime prevention | Gangs | Juvenile crime | Juvenile justice alternative education programs | Juvenile justice system | Progressive sanctions (Criminal justice) | Protective and Regulatory Services, Texas Department of | Runaway children | School safety | Services to Runaways and At-Risk Youth Program | Youth Commission, Texas |
Library Call Number:	L1836.75 g154
Session:	75th R.S. (1997)
Online version:	View report [215 pages  File size: 11,733 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study and make recommendations to address the increasing gang problem in Texas, including consideration of: collaboration between law enforcement, education officials, and state and local juvenile justice agencies; prevention and intervention efforts; needs of prosecutors and law enforcement agencies; and criminal information systems.
2.	Study the need, if any, for additional juvenile court masters to assist courts with juvenile jurisdiction in providing speedy and effective justice for juvenile offenders and their victims. Identify jurisdictions most significantly impacted by juvenile justice caseloads. If necessary, make recommendations for the number of any such masters and the fiscal implications with potential funding sources.
3.	Monitor the implementation of HB 1550, 75th R.S., passed by the Legislature during the 1997 regular session, regarding progressive sanctions. Study the impact of progressive sanctions on juvenile facilities and upon program needs to make recommendations, if any, for statutory or funding changes.
4.	Monitor the STARS (Services to Runaways and At-Risk Youth) program and community youth development grants to evaluate their effectiveness and continued implementation.
Committee:	Senate Gangs and Juvenile Justice, Interim
Title:	Interim report - Summary
Library Catalog Title:	Thinking outside the box: summary of report.
Subjects:	At-risk youth | Child Protective Services | Crime prevention | Gangs | Juvenile crime | Juvenile justice alternative education programs | Juvenile justice system | Progressive sanctions (Criminal justice) | Protective and Regulatory Services, Texas Department of | Runaway children | School safety | Services to Runaways and At-Risk Youth Program | Youth Commission, Texas |
Library Call Number:	L1836.75 g154s
Session:	75th R.S. (1997)
Online version:	View report [32 pages  File size: 1,425 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study and make recommendations to address the increasing gang problem in Texas, including consideration of: collaboration between law enforcement, education officials, and state and local juvenile justice agencies; prevention and intervention efforts; needs of prosecutors and law enforcement agencies; and criminal information systems.
2.	Study the need, if any, for additional juvenile court masters to assist courts with juvenile jurisdiction in providing speedy and effective justice for juvenile offenders and their victims. Identify jurisdictions most significantly impacted by juvenile justice caseloads. If necessary, make recommendations for the number of any such masters and the fiscal implications with potential funding sources.
3.	Monitor the implementation of HB 1550, 75th R.S., passed by the Legislature during the 1997 regular session, regarding progressive sanctions. Study the impact of progressive sanctions on juvenile facilities and upon program needs to make recommendations, if any, for statutory or funding changes.
4.	Monitor the STARS (Services to Runaways and At-Risk Youth) program and community youth development grants to evaluate their effectiveness and continued implementation.
Committee:	House Juvenile Justice and Family Issues
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	House Committee on Juvenile Justice and Family Issues, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 1998 : a report to the House of Representatives, 76th Texas Legislature.
Subjects:	Adoption | At-risk youth | Attorney General Child Support Division | Child support | Crime prevention | Foster care | Juvenile crime | Juvenile justice system | Paternity | Progressive sanctions (Criminal justice) | Protective and Regulatory Services, Texas Department of | Services to Runaways and At-Risk Youth Program | Texas Child Support Enforcement System | Youth Commission, Texas |
Library Call Number:	L1836.75 j987
Session:	75th R.S. (1997)
Online version:	View report [41 pages  File size: 1,866 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Review the progressive sanctions and diversion programs and assess whether they are achieving desired results.
2.	Actively monitor programs for at-risk youth, including the STARS Program and Community Youth Development Grants.
3.	Monitor the implementation of the TXCSES automated system to aid child support enforcement.
4.	Conduct active oversight of agencies and programs under the jurisdiction of the committee, including implementation of the Birth Father Registry and Voluntary Adoption Registry (see HB 1091, 75th R.S., and SB 34, 75th R.S.), and the new timetables for foster care placements by the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services.
Committee:	Senate Juvenile Justice and Child Support, Interim
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Senate Interim Committee on Juvenile Justice and Child Support final report submitted to the 75th Legislature.
Subjects:	At-risk youth | Attorney General Child Support Division | Child support | Children's health insurance | Criminal Justice Policy Council | Criminal Justice, Texas Department of | Juvenile crime | Juvenile justice alternative education programs | Juvenile justice system | Medically uninsured | Progressive sanctions (Criminal justice) | Protective and Regulatory Services, Texas Department of | Public Safety, Texas Department of | School discipline | Services to Runaways and At-Risk Youth Program | Sex offenders | Texas Child Support Enforcement System | Traffic violations | Youth Commission, Texas |
Library Call Number:	L1836.74 j988r
Session:	74th R.S. (1995)
Online version:	View report [171 pages  File size: 7,838 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study whether the criminal offense of "Failure to Stop and Render Aid," which applies to adults, should apply to juveniles.
2.	Study and make recommendations regarding the juvenile justice revisions made by the 74th Legislature, with a special focus on (a) implementation of progressive sanctions and related programming by local entities and (b) the expansion of the STARS (Services to At-Risk Youth) program by the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services, by the Juvenile Justice Reform Bill, HB 327, 74th R.S., and the Appropriations Act, HB 1, 74th R.S..
3.	Study and make recommendations for any juvenile justice related issues that are identified as problems in the revisions of juvenile justice, including omissions and unintended consequences of the Juvenile Justice Reform Bill or related statutes and legislation.
4.	Review analysis of the Criminal Justice Policy Council and other information required to be reported to the legislature, governor, lieutenant governor, or the Legislative Budget Board by HB 327, 74th R.S., or related statutes and make recommendations from those reports as necessary.
5.	Study and make recommendations regarding child support payments, specifically relating to the collection and distribution of child support as in SB 793, 74th R.S..
6.	Study and determine whether the expansion of the Texas Youth Commission and local juvenile justice facilities is sufficient to go into the year 2002.
Committee:	Joint Family Code, Interim
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	A comprehensive review of the Texas Family Code.
Subjects:	At-risk youth | Boot camps | Child crimes | Child custody | Child support | Divorce | Families | Gender discrimination | Juvenile justice system | Juvenile Probation Commission, Texas | Marriage | Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Texas Department of | Statutory revision | Youth Commission, Texas |
Library Call Number:	L1836.73 f21
Session:	73rd R.S. (1993)
Online version:	View report [241 pages  File size: 10,502 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study and make recommendations regarding the clarity and consistency of terminology used throughout the Family Code.
2.	Study the usefulness and necessity of all major provisions of the Family Code, and, if any are obsolete or in need of amendment, recommend deletions or appropriate amendments.
3.	Study and make recommendations regarding property division from divorce, as well as child support guidelines in Title 2
4.	Study and make recommendations regarding juvenile justice provisions contained in Title 3.
5.	Maker recommendations regarding recodification of the Code, if needed.
6.	Make recommendations regarding any additions or other changes that the Committee determined should be made to the Texas Family Code.
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:	House Corrections
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	To the speaker and members of the Texas House of Representatives, 73rd Legislature : report of the Committee on Corrections, Texas House of Representatives, 72nd Legislature.
Subjects:	At-risk youth | Gangs | Inmates | Pardons and Paroles, Texas Board of | Parole | Prison labor | Prison population |
Library Call Number:	L1836.72 c868
Session:	72nd R.S. (1991)
Online version:	View report [25 pages  File size: 1,096 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study other emerging issues, as appropriate.
2.	Study the progress of the inmate work program and evaluate the possibility of expanding the program.
3.	Study the issue of youth involvement in gang activity and the use of guns.
4.	Study the parole programs in Texas and see how the current parole procedures have affected the state.
Committee:	House Criminal Jurisprudence
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 1992 : a report to the House of Representatives, 73rd Texas Legislature.
Subjects:	At-risk youth | Bail | Crime Victims' Compensation Fund | Elder abuse | Fraud | Gangs | Juries | Juvenile crime | Juvenile justice system | Mental health services | Penalties and sentences (Criminal justice) | School safety | School violence | Senior citizens | Trial by jury | Youth Commission, Texas |
Library Call Number:	L1836.72 c868hj
Session:	72nd R.S. (1991)
Online version:	View report [74 pages  File size: 3,239 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study the feasibility of developing and implementing a uniform method of reporting gang activity (crime reporting program). Study ways of suppressing gang activity (alternative programs, enhanced penalties, vertical proesecution, parental responsibility, etc.) Study methods to remove hard core gang members from the street (training developing job skills and placement, counseling, community activities). Develop definition of "gang member" to apply on a state-wide basis.
2.	Review and compare rules of the 36 County Bailbond Boards. Compare bail bonds and personal bonds as used in the counties; the rate of collection on forfeitures; the cost of forfeitures to the county; and the rearrest rates. make recommendations for improvements to both systems.
3.	Review the grand jury process. Consider the jury wheel system versus the jury commission.
4.	Study the prevalence of fraud perpetrated upon the elderly in the state. Make recommendations for prevention and protection.
5.	Study the impact of mental health care on the Texas Crime Victims Compensation fund.
6.	Monitor the Texas Punishment Standards Committee.
Committee:	House Human Services
Title:	Interim report - Vol 2
Library Catalog Title:	Interim report, 1992 : a report to the House of Representatives, 73rd Legislature / Committee on Human Services, Texas House of Representatives.
Subjects:	At-risk youth | Mental health services | Mentally ill persons | Suicide |
Library Call Number:	L1836.72 h88 2
Session:	72nd R.S. (1991)
Online version:	View report [225 pages  File size: 14,192 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Study inappropriate admissions and dismissal of adolescents to psychiatric hospitals (in coordination with Committee on Insurance's study of effects of mental health insurance).
Committee:	House Public Safety
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Committee on Public Safety, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 1992 : a report to the House of Representatives, 73rd Texas Legislature.
Subjects:	911 emergency telephone service | At-risk youth | Cellular telephones | Concealed weapons | Gangs | Gun control | Gun laws | Guns | Homeland security | Law enforcement | Law Enforcement, Texas Commission on | Liability | Peace officers | Police officers | Police pursuits | Polygraph Examiners Board, Texas | Private Security Bureau, Texas | Public Safety, Texas Department of | Right to Carry Act | State buildings | Texas State Capitol |
Library Call Number:	L1836.72 p96s
Session:	72nd R.S. (1991)
Online version:	View report [119 pages  File size: 5,613 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Monitor and oversee legislation enacted during the 72nd regular and Special Called Sessions that was considered by the Committee on Public Safety; Performance Audit Review Recommendations; and any agency-initiated changes.
2.	Carry out budget and oversight responsibilities for all agencies, boards, and commissions listed in Rule 3, Section 27. A. Monitor and oversee documentation of salary increases. B. Verify the number and status of outcomes and outputs as identified in the Appropriations Bill (HB 1, 72nd Legislature, 1st Called Session). C. Review agencies' existing performance standards and determine whether new standards are needed.
3.	Study the process by which peace officers are commissioned by public, private, and quasi-public entities and to study the conflict of jurisdictional powers and limitations of officers commissioned by entities with limited geographic boundaries.
4.	Coordinate with and monitor the Criminal Jurisprudence committee's study on youth crime and gangs.
5.	Study the location of the Law Enforcement Management Institute as authorized by Article 415.092, Government Code.
6.	Study the feasibility of implementing and funding an emergency network for mobile phone users similar to the 911 available to general phone users.
7.	Study the indemnification and civil liability of peace officers involved in incidents or accidents while carrying out in good faith the official duties of their office.
8.	Study the current state and federal laws concerning the right to carry weapons by citizens and other non-commissioned peace officers and to study possible policy alternatives surrounding the issue of allowing citizens to legally carry weapons.
9.	Study the current organizational status of the Capitol Police Department and study the impact that the Capitol restoration will have on the security of the Capitol.
Committee:	Senate Education Subcommittee on School Dropouts
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Report on dropouts : 72nd Legislature.
Subjects:	At-risk youth | School dropouts | Teenage pregnancy |
Library Call Number:	L1836.71 d837
Session:	71st R.S. (1989)
Online version:	View report [25 pages  File size: 1,350 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Examine the existence and extent of the State's school dropout situation and other related aspects of the Texas education system in order to reduce dropouts and the consequent social costs by encouraging dropout reduction programs. *
Committee:	House Human Services
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Interim report to the 72nd Texas Legislature / Committee on Human Services.
Subjects:	At-risk youth | Child abuse | Child care | Child welfare | Elder abuse | Long-term care | Medical education | Nurses | Nursing education | Nursing homes | Nursing shortages | Obesity | Public health | Quality of care | Runaway children | Senior citizens |
Library Call Number:	L1836.71 h88
Session:	71st R.S. (1989)
Online version:	View report [310 pages  File size: 11,175 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	To monitor all activities and to have budget oversight responsibilities for those agencies, boards and commissions as listed in Rule 3, Section 17.
2.	To study the extent of the problem of "throwaway children" that have been abandoned by their parents.
3.	To study feasibility of obesity prevention programs and the potential impact on reduction of indigent health care costs.
4.	To study the impact of the shortage of nursing personnel on health care delivery providers, including an examination of the regulation and permit requirements of nursing pools.
5.	To study the provision of day care services to families with low to moderate income, including the licensing and regulation of providers, the effects of federal welfare and day care reforms on day care services and the potential for expanded public-private partnerships in the area of day care.
6.	To study current public and private policies relating to child day care and to make recommendations to improve child day care services in Texas.
7.	To study the development of state policy and strategy for long term care, including a review of policies regarding penalties and sanctions for long term care providers, and to examine unlicensed and unregulated boarding terms.
Committee:	House Public Health
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Interim report to the 72nd Texas Legislature / Committee on Public Health.
Subjects:	At-risk youth | Health maintenance organizations | Medical research | Pharmaceutical industry | Pharmacists | Prescription drug costs | Prescription drugs | Substance abuse | Texas Pharmacy Act | Underage drinking |
Library Call Number:	L1836.71 h349
Session:	71st R.S. (1989)
Online version:	View report [39 pages  File size: 1,612 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	To study substance abuse problems of Texas youth.
2.	To study the benefits and public necessity of licensing and regulating medical laboratories in Texas, including the relative merits of state regulation versus federal regulation.
3.	To study prescription drug programs provided under health insurance policies or contracts and employee benefit plans.
Committee:	House Child Abuse and Pornography, Select
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Interim report to the 71st Legislature, Texas House of Representatives.
Subjects:	At-risk youth | Child Protective Services | Child sexual abuse | Pornography | Runaway children |
Library Call Number:	L1836.70 c437
Session:	70th R.S. (1987)
Online version:	View report [64 pages  File size: 2,811 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Continue the examination of issues relating to the prevention, detection, investigation, treatment, management and prosecution of child abuse and pornography, and the prevention and management of the runaway problem among Texas youth. *
Supporting documents
Committee:	House Child Abuse and Pornography, Select
Title:	Interim report - Analysis of magazines
Library Catalog Title:	Content analysis of five leading pornographic magazines.
Library Call Number:	L1836.70 c437a
Session:	70th R.S. (1987)
Committee:	Joint High School Dropouts, Special
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Interim report to the 71st Legislature / Joint Special Interim Committee on High School Dropouts.
Subjects:	At-risk youth | School dropouts | Teenage pregnancy |
Library Call Number:	L1836.70 d837
Session:	70th R.S. (1987)
Online version:	View report [105 pages  File size: 3,563 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Study the problem of high school dropouts in Texas.
Supporting documents
Committee:	Joint High School Dropouts, Special
Title:	SCR 50, 70th Leg.
Library Call Number:	SCR 50
Session:	70th R.S. (1987)
Online version:	View document [2 pages  File size: 103 kb]
Committee:	Senate Juvenile Justice System, Select
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Blueprint for prevention: the future of juvenile justice in Texas : the report of the Senate Select Committee on the Juvenile Justice System, the Senate of Texas.
Subjects:	At-risk youth | Child abuse | Child safety | Crime prevention | Juvenile crime | Juvenile justice system | Juvenile Probation Commission, Texas | Mental health services | Runaway children | School dropouts | Substance abuse | Teenage pregnancy | Youth Commission, Texas |
Library Call Number:	L1836.70 j988
Session:	70th R.S. (1987)
Online version:	View report [68 pages  File size: 3,096 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Study the state's juvenile justice system, emphasizing improved coordination between state and local service.
Supporting documents
Committee:	Senate Juvenile Justice System, Select
Title:	SR 572
Library Call Number:	SR 572
Session:	70th R.S. (1987)
Online version:	View document [4 pages  File size: 1,062 kb]
Committee:	House Teenage Suicide, Select
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Report on the prevention of youth suicide / House Select Committee on Teen Suicide.
Subjects:	At-risk youth | Suicide |
Library Call Number:	L1836.70 t229
Session:	70th R.S. (1987)
Online version:	View report [14 pages  File size: 568 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Study the problem of teenage suicides.
Supporting documents
Committee:	House Teenage Suicide, Select
Title:	HR 143, 70th Leg.
Library Call Number:	HR 143
Session:	70th R.S. (1987)
Online version:	View document [2 pages  File size: 427 kb]
Committee:	House Child Abuse and Pornography, Select, Interim
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Interim report to the 70th Legislature, Texas House of Representatives.
Subjects:	At-risk youth | Child abuse | Human Services, Texas Department of | Pornography | Runaway children |
Library Call Number:	L1836.69 c436
Session:	69th R.S. (1985)
Online version:	View report [62 pages  File size: 2,281 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	To continue the examination of issues relating to the prevention, detection, investigation, treatment, management and prosecution of child abuse and child pornography, and the prevention and management of the "runaway" problems among Texas youth.
Committee:	House Criminal Jurisprudence
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	To the Speaker and members, Texas House of Representatives, 69th Legislature: report / of the Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence, Texas House of Representatives, 68th Legislature.
Subjects:	Alternatives to incarceration | At-risk youth | Juvenile crime | Juvenile justice system | Parole | Penalties and sentences (Criminal justice) | Prison population | Prison reform | Probation | Recidivism | Runaway children | Statutory revision | Texas Code of Criminal Procedure | Truancy | Youth Commission, Texas |
Library Call Number:	L1836.68 j979cr
Session:	68th R.S. (1983)
Online version:	View report [126 pages  File size: 3,747 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	To oversee the expenditure of the $3 million appropriations to the Texas Education Agency earmarked for a program designed to keep trouble students, truants, etc. enrolled in a classroom situation. To follow the guidelines set up by TEA for the participating school districts.
2.	To track the prison reform measures and see how they are being implemented, To determine the benefits derived from these measures, both in terms of recidivism and in terms of monetary savings.
3.	To study the need/benefits of raising the jurisdictional age of TYC to age 21 from age 18 for certain instances when keeping the child past the age of 18 would be beneficial to child and/or society.
4.	To look into alternative programs for youths who have committed status crimes, i.e.. truancy, running away from home, etc. To find alternatives to sentencing in TYC facilities for property offenders, as well as some minor non-property offenders.
5.	To devise a policy to keep the Texas Penal Code standardized, so that specific crimes do not have separate forms of sentencing.
6.	Study the need to reform the charging instrument in Texas; consider whether the state should be allowed to prosecute crimes other than capital offenses on the basis of an information rather than an indictment issued by a grand jury. *
7.	Make recommendations regarding the non-substantive changes to the probation and parole laws currently found in Articles 42.12 and 42.13 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. *
Committee:	Senate Health and Human Resources Subcommittee on Public Health
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Subcommittee report on interim studies / the Senate of Texas Subcommittee on Public Health.
Subjects:	At-risk youth | Emergency medical services | Jail Standards, Texas Commission on | Mentally disabled persons | Municipal jails | Runaway children | Truancy |
Library Call Number:	L1836.68 h350
Session:	68th R.S. (1983)
Online version:	View report [54 pages  File size: 1,202 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	The passage of SB 906, 68th R.S., established a basis for mutual aid agreements between cities and counties on the provision of emergency medical services. The Subcommittee will followup on the continued effort to assure emergency medical services access to rural areas of the State, including the adequate provision of healthcare for the poor in rural areas and the accessibility and existence of adequate medical facilities and personnel.
2.	There has been reported a growing concern of the health standards for city jails and the Subcommittee will undertake an initial assessment of present health standards.
3.	The Subcommittee will monitor and assess referral services for parents of retarded children who need professional help.
4.	The Subcommittee will monitor and assess the implementation of SR 83, 68th R.S., to the Texas Department of Human Resources on demonstration projects in violence centers, and the monitoring of the implementation of Runaway Youth Demonstration Project.
Committee:	Joint Criminal Justice System, Special, Interim
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	To the speaker and members of the Texas House of Representatives, 68th Legislature : report / of the Committee on Criminal Justice System of Texas, the Texas House of Representatives, 67th Legislature.
Subjects:	Alternatives to incarceration | At-risk youth | Crime prevention | Criminal justice | Inmates | Juvenile justice alternative education programs | Mentally disabled inmates | Mentally ill inmates | State agencies |
Library Call Number:	L1836.67 c868
Session:	67th R.S. (1981)
Online version:	View report [24 pages  File size: 1,014 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Examine the specific role of each state agency in the criminal justice system and determine methods of coordination of services.
2.	Identify any areas within the system in which state and local funds can be used more prudently and with greater effectiveness.
3.	Examine the education programs of our schools to determine ways of deterring crime.
4.	Identify any instances of duplication of services that can be prevented and offer suggestions for the avoidance of such duplication.
5.	Identify groups of offenders that need special services not currently being provided and determine means of providing those services.
6.	Examine alternatives to incarceration, such as restitution, and develop new programs for the implementation of those alternatives.
7.	Seek methods and determine strategies for crime prevention.
Supporting documents
Committee:	Joint Criminal Justice System, Special, Interim
Title:	HCR 119
Library Call Number:	HCR 119
Session:	67th R.S. (1981)
Online version:	View document [6 pages  File size: 2,586 kb]
Committee:	House Judiciary
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Report of the Committee on Judiciary, House of Representatives, State of Texas, 67th Legislature.
Subjects:	At-risk youth | Child custody | Child support | Courts | Historical records | Judicial Conduct, State Commission on | Juvenile crime | Juvenile justice system | Kidnapping | Open Meetings Act, Texas | Records management | Rules of evidence | Runaway children | Statutory revision | Truancy | Visitation rights |
Library Call Number:	L1836.67 j898
Session:	67th R.S. (1981)
Online version:	View report [124 pages  File size: 3,598 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study Title II, Subtitle A and Title III of the Family Code, with a view toward recommendations modifying and expanding the statutes, including but not limited to: (a) parental kidnapping; (b) the disposition of juvenile cases (c) special issued in suits affecting the parent-child relationship; (d) mandatory requirements for court interpreters; and (e) grandparent visitation.
2.	Study the preservation of records of the courts of appeal and district courts.
3.	Study the rules of evidence for civil cases.
4.	Review the hearing and investigative processes of the Judicial Conduct Commission.
5.	Review the general rules of venue.
6.	Study the Open Meetings Act to determine if changes are necessary to make the Act more effective.
Committee:	Senate Delivery of Human Services in Texas
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	The potential in the patchwork : a future pattern for human services in Texas / the report of the Special Committee on Delivery of Human Services in Texas.
Subjects:	At-risk youth | Mental health services | Mentally disabled persons | Mentally ill persons | Senior citizens | Social service agencies | Welfare |
Library Call Number:	L1836.65 h88
Session:	65th R.S. (1977)
Online version:	View report [95 pages  File size: 6,056 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Make a thorough study of the human services delivery system in Texas, including Texas and federal laws relating to human services, existing human services provided by both state-supported entities and the private sector, populations served by the services, and the effective use of state funds.
2.	1. To recognize that long range planning is needed because human needs change as people and their environments change; 2. To provide the means for systematic review, evaluation and modification of the delivery of human services to cope with population growth and change; 3. To examine in depth the lack of coordination of human services and to recommend solutions; 4. To plan now for the use of all the resources of the state - human, natural, and economic - in order to avert pitfalls experienced by other states; and 5. To assist in developing plans and priorities for improving the delivery of human services beginning with the Sixty-seventh Legislature and continuing through successive sessions.
Committee:	Senate Delivery of Human Services in Texas
Title:	Action report
Library Catalog Title:	Action report / Special Committee on Delivery of Human Services in Texas.
Subjects:	At-risk youth | Mental health services | Mentally disabled persons | Mentally ill persons | Senior citizens | Social service agencies | Welfare |
Library Call Number:	L1836.65 h88a
Session:	65th R.S. (1977)
Online version:	View report [72 pages  File size: 2,104 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Make a thorough study of the human services delivery system in Texas, including Texas and federal laws relating to human services, existing human services provided by both state-supported entities and the private sector, populations served by the services, and the effective use of state funds.
2.	1. To recognize that long range planning is needed because human needs change as people and their environments change; 2. To provide the means for systematic review, evaluation and modification of the delivery of human services to cope with population growth and change; 3. To examine in depth the lack of coordination of human services and to recommend solutions; 4. To plan now for the use of all the resources of the state - human, natural, and economic - in order to avert pitfalls experienced by other states; and 5. To assist in developing plans and priorities for improving the delivery of human services beginning with the Sixty-seventh Legislature and continuing through successive sessions.
Supporting documents
Committee:	Senate Delivery of Human Services in Texas
Title:	State provider questionnaire
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.65 H88M
Session:	65th R.S. (1977)
Online version:	View document [401 pages]
Committee:	Senate Delivery of Human Services in Texas
Title:	Recommendations and support information
Library Catalog Title:	Recommendations and support information / submitted to the Special Committee on Delivery of Human Services in Texas by the Subcommittee Studying Services for the 65-and-over age group.
Library Call Number:	L1836.65 h88wo
Session:	65th R.S. (1977)
Committee:	Senate Delivery of Human Services in Texas
Title:	Recommendations and support information
Library Catalog Title:	Recommendations and support information / submitted to the Special Committee on Delivery of Human Services in Texas by the Subcommittee Studying Services for the 0-17 Age Group.
Library Call Number:	L1836.65 h88ws
Session:	65th R.S. (1977)
Committee:	Senate Delivery of Human Services in Texas
Title:	Recommendations and support information
Library Catalog Title:	Recommendations and support information / submitted to the Special Committee on Delivery of Human Services in Texas by the Subcommittee Studying Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services.
Library Call Number:	L1836.65 h88mm
Session:	65th R.S. (1977)
Committee:	Senate Delivery of Human Services in Texas
Title:	Recommendations and support information
Library Catalog Title:	Recommendations and support information / submitted to the Special Committee on Delivery of Human Services in Texas by the Subcommittee Studying Service Distribution Patterns.
Library Call Number:	L1836.65 h88wd
Session:	65th R.S. (1977)
Committee:	Senate Delivery of Human Services in Texas
Title:	Recommendations and support information
Library Catalog Title:	Recommendations and support information / submitted to the Special Committee on Delivery of Human Services inTexas by the Subcommittee Studying Planning and Coordination.
Library Call Number:	L1836.65 h88wp
Session:	65th R.S. (1977)
Committee:	Senate Delivery of Human Services in Texas
Title:	Publication subcommittee's current version of recommendations of Senate Special Committee on the Delivery of Human Services, June 11, 1980
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.65 H88M
Session:	65th R.S. (1977)
Online version:	View document [90 pages]
Committee:	Senate Finance Interim Subcommittee on Juvenile Crime
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Report to the Senate of the 66th Legislature / by the Interim Subcommittee on Juvenile Crime.
Subjects:	At-risk youth | Juvenile crime | Juvenile justice system | Progressive sanctions (Criminal justice) |
Library Call Number:	L1836.65 J988
Session:	65th R.S. (1977)
Online version:	View report [21 pages  File size: 1,576 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Study juvenile offenders and the civil and criminal jurisprudence system in Texas as it addresses itself to delinquents and youthful offenders of the law.
Supporting documents
Committee:	Senate Finance Interim Subcommittee on Juvenile Crime
Title:	Final report on a study of the juvenile justice system in Texas
Library Catalog Title:	Final report on a study of the juvenile justice system inTexas.
Library Call Number:	L1836.65 j988y 1979
Session:	65th R.S. (1977)
Committee:	Senate Finance Interim Subcommittee on Juvenile Crime
Title:	Transcripts
Library Catalog Title:	Transcripts
Library Call Number:	L1836.65 j988t
Session:	65th R.S. (1977)
Committee:	Senate Finance Interim Subcommittee on Juvenile Crime
Title:	Presentation to the Senate Interim Subcommittee on Juvenile Crime on a Study of the Texas Juvenile Justice System
Library Catalog Title:	Presentation to the Senate Interim Subcommittee on Juvenile Crime on a Study of the Texas Juvenile Justice System.
Library Call Number:	L1836.65 j988y
Session:	65th R.S. (1977)
Committee:	House Emotionally Disturbed Youth, Special
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Report to the speaker and the Texas House of Representatives, Sixty-fifth Legislature / by the Special Committee on Emotionally Disturbed Youth.
Subjects:	At-risk youth | Children's mental health | Mental health services |
Library Call Number:	L1836.74 em69
Session:	64th R.S. (1975)
Online version:	View report [7 pages  File size: 345 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Review state and local programs to assist emotionally disturbed juveniles. *
Committee:	Senate Problems of Youth, Interim
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Report to the 63rd Legislature / by the Senate Interim Committee on Problems of Youth.
Subjects:	At-risk youth | Juvenile crime |
Library Call Number:	L1836.62 y88
Session:	62nd R.S. (1971)
Online version:	View report [34 pages  File size: 976 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Make a study of problems pertaining to our Texas youth, including but not limited to drug abuse, juvenile delinquency and its rehabilitation, lack of communication with and respect of adults, breakdowns in the present judicial disposal of young offenders leading to an increasing disrespect for our laws and democratic institutions.
Supporting documents
Committee:	Senate Problems of Youth, Interim
Title:	Transcript and Testimony, October 3, 1972, Austin
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.62 Y88SP
Session:	62nd R.S. (1971)
Online version:	View document [91 pages  File size: 1,825 kb]
Committee:	Senate Drug Study
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	A report to the Senate of the 62nd Legislature, state of Texas / by the Senate Drug Study Committee.
Subjects:	At-risk youth | Drug enforcement | Drug rehabilitation programs | Drug trafficking | Drug-related crimes | Substance abuse |
Library Call Number:	L1836.61 us2
Session:	61st R.S. (1969)
Online version:	View report [64 pages  File size: 2,845 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Conduct public hearings and give intense study to the dangers involved in the continued increase in the availability of narcotics and dangerous drugs, by Texas high school and college age youth. The interim committee shall extend its attention to the chemical properties of narcotics and dangerous drugs, and their harmful physical and psychological effects. The committee shall also recommend a positive program for educating our youth concerning the properties of narcotics and dangerous drugs and their possible effect.
Supporting documents
Committee:	Senate Drug Study
Title:	Transcript and Testimony, March 4, 1970, Austin
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.61 US2M 3/4/70
Session:	61st R.S. (1969)
Online version:	View document [171 pages  File size: 70,588 kb]
Committee:	Senate Drug Study
Title:	Transcripts, Testimony, and Exhibits, March 4, May 8, June 10, September 30, October 7, October 13, and October 22, 1970, list of hearing dates (does not contain April 24, 1970 hearing on dangerous drugs)
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.61 US2M
Session:	61st R.S. (1969)
Online version:	View document [472 pages  File size: 181,487 kb]
Committee:	Senate Drug Study
Title:	Transcript and Testimony, Subcommittee on Law Enforcement, Committee Hearing on Dangerous Drugs, April 24, 1970, Dallas
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.61 US2M 4/24/70
Session:	61st R.S. (1969)
Online version:	View document [36 pages  File size: 14,172 kb]
Committee:	Senate Drug Study
Title:	Transcript, Subcommittee on Causation and Rehabilitation, May 8, 1970, San Antonio
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.61 US2M 5/8/70
Session:	61st R.S. (1969)
Online version:	View document [41 pages  File size: 19,613 kb]
Committee:	Senate Drug Study
Title:	Transcript, Subcommittee on Education and Research, June 10, 1970, Austin
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.61 US2M 6/10/70
Session:	61st R.S. (1969)
Online version:	View document [39 pages  File size: 17,704 kb]
Committee:	Senate Drug Study
Title:	Transcript and Exhibits, Subcommittee on Causation and Rehabilitation of Drug Abuse, September 30, 1970, San Antonio
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.61 US2M 9/30/70
Session:	61st R.S. (1969)
Online version:	View document [60 pages  File size: 24,554 kb]
Committee:	Senate Drug Study
Title:	Transcript, Subcommittee on Enforcement, October 7, 1970, San Antonio
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.61 US2M 10/7/70
Session:	61st R.S. (1969)
Online version:	View document [55 pages  File size: 872 kb]
Committee:	Senate Drug Study
Title:	Transcript, Subcommittee on Enforcement, October 13, 1970, Houston
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.61 US2M 10/13/70
Session:	61st R.S. (1969)
Online version:	View document [51 pages  File size: 21,984 kb]
Committee:	Senate Drug Study
Title:	Transcript and Exhibits, Subcommittee on Enforcement, October 22, 1970, Dallas
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.61 US2M 10/22/70
Session:	61st R.S. (1969)
Online version:	View document [54 pages  File size: 26,187 kb]
Committee:	House Psychiatric Problems of Youth
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Report of the Committee to Study the Psychiatric Problems of Youth.
Subjects:	At-risk youth | Children's mental health | Drug rehabilitation programs | Mental health services | Substance abuse |
Library Call Number:	L1836.61 p959
Session:	61st R.S. (1969)
Online version:	View report [15 pages  File size: 682 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Study the psychiatric problems of youth, including mental health issues related to drug abuse. Determine the extent of the need for mental health services for young people, and make recommendations for improving the services available to at-risk youth. *
Supporting documents
Committee:	House Psychiatric Problems of Youth
Title:	Transcript and Exhibits, October 16, 1970, Dallas (Testimony of W. Forrest Smith)
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.61 P959M 10/16/70
Session:	61st R.S. (1969)
Online version:	View document [142 pages  File size: 12,453 kb]
Committee:	House Youth
Title:	Transcript, August 12, 1970; Remarks by Speaker G.F. (Gus) Mutscher
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.61 Y885M 8/12
Session:	61st R.S. (1969)
Online version:	View document [31 pages  File size: 13,025 kb]
Committee:	Senate Youth Affairs
Title:	Interim Report - Services to Youth in Texas : preliminary report.
Library Catalog Title:	Services to Youth in Texas : preliminary report / of the Senate Youth Affairs Committe.
Subjects:	At-risk youth | Juvenile crime | Juvenile detention facilities | Juvenile justice system | Youth Commission, Texas |
Library Call Number:	L1836.61 y88
Session:	61st R.S. (1969)
Online version:	View report [219 pages  File size: 8,720 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Continue the committee's investigation and analyses of the problems of the youthful offender in relation to the operations of the Texas Youth Council, for the purpose of developing a meaningful rehabilitation program. *
Supporting documents
Committee:	Senate Youth Affairs
Title:	Summaries of Studies on Juvenile Delinquency
Library Catalog Title:	Miscellaneous reports
Library Call Number:	L1836.61 Y88SJ
Session:	61st R.S. (1969)
Online version:	View document [76 pages  File size: 2,776 kb]
Committee:	Senate Youth Affairs
Title:	Supplements 1 through 6: Transcripts, February 3, February 6, February 28, March 7, March 21, and March 31, 1969; Vocational Training at Gatesville and Mountain View State Schools for Boys, Gatesville, Texas, Dr. Joseph E. Champagne, University of Houston, April 1969
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.61 Y88S
Session:	61st R.S. (1969)
Online version:	View document [477 pages  File size: 233,997 kb]
Committee:	Senate Youth Affairs
Title:	Transcript of Organizational Meeting, February 3, 1969, and Transcript of Public Hearing, February 6, 1969, Austin, Texas
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.61 Y88H 2/6/69
Session:	61st R.S. (1969)
Online version:	View document [45 pages  File size: 82,212 kb]
Committee:	Senate Youth Affairs
Title:	Transcript of Public Hearing, Subcommittee, February 28, 1969, Houston, Texas
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.61 Y88H 2/28/69
Session:	61st R.S. (1969)
Online version:	View document [146 pages  File size: 243,770 kb]
Committee:	Senate Youth Affairs
Title:	Summary, March 7, 1969, Dallas, Texas
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.61 Y88H 3/7/69S
Session:	61st R.S. (1969)
Online version:	View document [9 pages  File size: 1,139 kb]
Committee:	Senate Youth Affairs
Title:	Transcript of Public Hearing, Subcommittee, March 7, 1969, Dallas, Texas
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.61 Y88H 3/7/69
Session:	61st R.S. (1969)
Online version:	View document [105 pages  File size: 169,881 kb]
Committee:	Senate Youth Affairs
Title:	Summary, March 21, 1969, San Antonio, Texas
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.61 Y88H 3/21/69S
Session:	61st R.S. (1969)
Online version:	View document [13 pages  File size: 1,537 kb]
Committee:	Senate Youth Affairs
Title:	Transcript of Public Hearing, Subcommittee, March 21, 1969, San Antonio, Texas
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.61 Y88H 3/21/69
Session:	61st R.S. (1969)
Online version:	View document [73 pages  File size: 43,765 kb]
Committee:	Senate Youth Affairs
Title:	Transcript of Public Hearing, March 31, 1969, Austin, Texas
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.61 Y88H 3/31/69
Session:	61st R.S. (1969)
Online version:	View document [67 pages  File size: 30,636 kb]
Committee:	Senate Youth Affairs
Title:	Committee Documentation: Correspondence, list of meetings, bills referred/reported favorably
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.61 Y88B
Session:	61st R.S. (1969)
Online version:	View document [3 pages  File size: 2,642 kb]
Committee:	Senate Youth Affairs
Title:	Miscellaneous reports / Senate Youth Affairs Committe.
Library Catalog Title:	Miscellaneous reports.
Library Call Number:	L1836.61 y88
Session:	61st R.S. (1969)
Committee:	House Juvenile Crime and Delinquency, Interim
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Handbook of youth crimes.
Subjects:	At-risk youth | Juvenile crime |
Library Call Number:	L1836.60 J988H
Session:	60th R.S. (1967)
Online version:	View report [60 pages  File size: 4,088 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Study this great social problem with a view toward recommending a program to combat juvenile crime and delinquency and any legislation needed to implement such a program.
Supporting documents
Committee:	House Juvenile Crime and Delinquency, Interim
Title:	Transcript, Volume 1, January 11, 1968, Austin
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.60 J988M V. 1
Session:	60th R.S. (1967)
Online version:	View document [80 pages  File size: 29,238 kb]
Committee:	House Juvenile Crime and Delinquency, Interim
Title:	Transcript, Volume 2, May 17, 1968, Corpus Christi
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.60 J988M V. 2
Session:	60th R.S. (1967)
Online version:	View document [262 pages  File size: 88,065 kb]
Committee:	House Juvenile Crime and Delinquency, Interim
Title:	Transcript, Volume 3, May 24, 1968, Austin; June 9, 1968, Dallas
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.60 J988M V. 3
Session:	60th R.S. (1967)
Online version:	View document [122 pages  File size: 88,789 kb]
Committee:	House Juvenile Crime and Delinquency, Interim
Title:	Transcript, Volume 4, September 5, 1968, Houston
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.60 J988M V. 4
Session:	60th R.S. (1967)
Online version:	View document [203 pages  File size: 76,153 kb]
Committee:	House Juvenile Crime and Delinquency, Interim
Title:	Transcript, Volume 5, October 3, 1968, Dallas
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.60 J988M V. 5
Session:	60th R.S. (1967)
Online version:	View document [207 pages  File size: 81,219 kb]
Committee:	House Juvenile Crime and Delinquency, Interim
Title:	Transcript, Volume 6, October 18, 1968, San Antonio
Library Catalog Title:	Minutes
Library Call Number:	L1836.60 J988M V. 6
Session:	60th R.S. (1967)
Online version:	View document [172 pages  File size: 65,884 kb]
Committee:	House Juvenile Crime
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Juvenile crime in Texas : a report to the 60th Legislature / by the Interim Committee on Juvenile Crime.
Subjects:	At-risk youth | Character education | Juvenile crime | School counselors |
Library Call Number:	L1836.59 j988
Session:	59th R.S. (1965)
Online version:	View report [15 pages  File size: 888 kb]
Charge:	This report should address the charge below.
1.	Study this problem with at view to making recommendations for a program to combat juvenile crime and any needed legislation to implement such a program.

* This represents an abstract of the report contents. Charge text is incomplete or unavailable.

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