Today's Committee Meetings on the LRL website is a calendar of interim committee hearings with links to agendas. The following may be helpful resources for upcoming hearings.
April 30th
House Committee on Public Education
Topic: Disciplinary Alternative Education Programs (DAEPs) and Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Programs (JJAEPs)
- Chapter 37 - Safe Schools, (Disciplinary Alternative Education Programs), Texas Education Agency
- "JJAEP students pass '11 reading TAKS", Times Record News, April 9, 2012
- An Analysis of Disciplinary Alternative Education Programs in Texas: The Role of School Districts’ Wealth, Location and Size, (An Applied Research Project), Texas State University - San Marcos, Fall 2011
- Breaking Schools' Rules: a Statewide Study of How School Discipline Relates to Students' Success and Juvenile Justice Involvement, The Council of State Governments Justice Center, Public Policy Research Institute at Texas A&M University, July 19, 2011
- Disciplinary Alternative Education Programs in Texas, Intercultural Development Research Association, Updated 2009
- Disciplinary Alternative Education Program Practices, Texas Education Agency, August 2007
Senate Committee on Natural Resources (University of Texas of the Permian Basin)
Charge: Dunes sagebrush lizard, implications of endangered species listing for oil and gas industry
- "Save the Sand-Dune Lizard?," National Review Online, April 5, 2011
- "Cornyn Offers Amendment to Block Sand Dune Lizard Listing," Texas Insider, March 28, 2012
- Texas Conservation Plan for the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard, Texas Comptroller, February 13, 2012
- Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants: 6-month extension of final determination for the proposed listing of the dunes sagebrush lizard, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, December 5, 2011
- Ecology, Management and Conservation of the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard (research studies and reports), Texas A&M University, last updated October 2011
May 1st
House Committee on County Affairs
Topic: Texas Healthcare Transformation and Quality Improvement Program Medicaid 1115 Waiver
- HHSC Gets Approval for Medicaid Improvements, Texas Health and Human Services Commission
- Medicaid 1115 Waiver - Texas Health Care Transformation and Quality Improvement Program, Texas Hospital Association
- Medicaid 1115 Waiver, Texas Association of Counties
- "Texas Lawmakers Working to Reform Medicaid," Texas Tribune, February 29, 2012
- Presentation to County Judges and Commissioners on Texas Healthcare Transformation and Quality Improvement Program 1115 Waiver Update, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, February 7, 2012
- California and Texas: Section 1115 Medicaid Demonstration Waivers Compared, Kaiser Family Foundation, December 2011
May 3rd
House Committee on Ways and Means
Charge: Tobacco manufacturer revenue Charge Removed from agenda 4/26/2012
- A Broken Promise to Our Children: The 1998 State Tobacco Settlement 13 Years Later, Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, December 7, 2011
- "In Hunt for Revenue, it's Big Tobacco vs. Little," Texas Tribune, May 3, 2011
- "States' Reserves Still Eyed For Some Tobacco Bonds, Despite More Cash," Dow Jones Newswires/Wall Street Journal, April 20, 2012
Charge: Property tax notice requirements and "truth-in-taxation"
- Findings and Recommendations: A Report from the Texas Task Force on Appraisal Reform, January 2007
- Property Tax Basics, Chapter 2, Appraisal, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, January 2012
- "Megawatts vs. Millions: the Role of Incentives in Data Center Location Decisions," CBRE Inc., February 2011
- Tax Exemptions and Tax Incidence, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, March 2011
- "States Offering a Variety of Incentives to Attract Data Centers," BNA State Tax Blog, March 21, 2012
- Principles of Data Center Siting and Economic Development Incentives, Biggins Lacy Shapiro & Company, February 23, 2011
Charge: Alternatives to current system of taxation
- The ITEP Guide to Fair State and Local Taxes, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, March 2011
- State Tax and Spending Policy resources, Tax Foundation
Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations (University of North Texas at Dallas)
Charge: Impact of regulatory requirements on the price of residential housing
- How Government Regulation Affects the Price of a New Home, Economics and Housing Policy Group, National Association of Home Builders, July 5, 2011
- Regulatory Barriers Clearinghouse (affordable housing), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Policy Development and Research and HUD USER
Charge: Affordable housing
- Affordability in Washington, DC (role of transportation costs in affordable housing), The Center for Neighborhood Technology, prepared for The District of Columbia Office of Planning, July 2011
- Housing an Aging Population – Are We Prepared?, Center for Housing Policy, April 2012
- State Policy Options to Support Sustainable and Equitable Development, Center for Housing Policy, September 2011
Charge: Homeless and runaway youth
- Homeless and Runaway Youth (overview and research studies, state policy options, references), National Conference of State Legislatures, Updated April 2010
- Homeless Youth Count Map, National Alliance to End Homelessness, April 12, 2012
