Education
Chuck has been involved in passing a number of bills related to education, an issue that is important to the vitality of East Texas.
2009
HB 51
– Enhances and maintains the quality of state universities, including funding and incentives to support public research universities in developing programs of the highest tier.
HB 3340 – Relating to the conveyance of certain state forest land in Cherokee County under the control of the board of regents of The Texas A&M University System.
HB 4294 – Relating to textbooks, electronic textbooks, instructional material, and technological equipment in public schools.
HCR 258 – Urging the University of Houston and other institutions of higher education to cease displaying the flag of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and to replace it with the Freedom and Heritage Flag.
2007
HB 2112 Relating to the prosecution of an offense prohibiting the exhibition, use, or threatened exhibition or use of a firearm in or on school property or a school bus.
HB 3900 Relating to the Texas tomorrow fund II prepaid tuition unit undergraduate education program.
2005
HB 1170 Relating to the award of higher education course credit for the completion of certain military training and to readmission to a public institution of higher education of students who withdraw to perform active military service.
HB 3563 Relating to the use of anabolic steroids by public school students.
2003
HB 219 Relating to the display of the United States national motto in public elementary and secondary schools and institutions of higher education.
HB 1844 Relating to a program under which classroom teachers are reimbursed for personal funds expended on classroom supplies.
HB 3526 Relating to the establishment of the research development fund to promote research at certain institutions of higher education and to the abolition of the Texas excellence fund and the university research fund.
SB 1642 Relating to the establishment of a geriatric education and care research center at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler.
2001
HB 6 Relating to open-enrollment charter schools.
HB 1200 Relating to the enactment of the Texas Economic Development Act, authorizing certain ad valorem tax incentives for economic development, including authorizing school districts to provide tax relief for certain corporations and limited liability companies that make large investments that create jobs in this state, to authorizing the imposition of certain impact fees, and to continuing the Property Redevelopment and Tax Abatement Act.
HB 3343 Relating to the operation and funding of certain group coverage programs for certain school and educational employees and their dependents.
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