Sec. 27. PUBLIC EDUCATION. The committee shall have 13
members, with jurisdiction over all matters pertaining to:
(1) the public schools and the public school system of
Texas and the financing thereof;
(2) the state programming of elementary and secondary
education for the public school system of Texas;
(3) proposals to create, change, or otherwise alter
school districts of the state; and
(4) the following organizations and state agencies:
the State Board of Education, the Texas Education Agency, the Texas
representatives to the Education Commission of the States, the
Southern Regional Education Board, the Texas School for the Blind and
Visually Impaired, the State Board for Educator Certification, and
the Texas School for the Deaf.