Texas Register
Vol. 22 No. 42
June 6, 1997
Pages 5269-5620

****ATTORNEY GENERAL****
Letter Opinions.....5273
Opinions.....5273
****EMERGENCY RULES****
Board of Nurse Examiners
Licensure and Practice
22 TAC sec.sec.217.1, 217.3, 217.5-217.6.....5275
****ADOPTED RULES****
Commission on Jail Standards
Compliance and Enforcement
37 TAC sec.297.12, sec.297.13.....5277
Texas Department of Human Services
Nursing Facility Requirements for Licensure and Medicaid Certification
40 TAC sec.19.1934.....5277
40 TAC sec.19.2322.....5278
****OPEN MEETINGS****
Texas Department of Agriculture
Wednesday, June 11, 1997, 10:30 a.m......5279
Texas Department of Commerce
Monday, June 9, 1997, 1:00 p.m......5279
State Board of Dental Examiners
Wednesday, June 11, 1997, 11:00 a.m......5279
State Employee Charitable Campaign
Friday, June 6, 1997, 9:00 a.m......5279
Wednesday, June 11, 1997, 10:00 a.m......5280
Wednesday, June 25, 1997, 10:00 a.m......5280
Office of the Governor
Thursday, June 19, 1997, 9:00 a.m......5280
Texas Health Care Information Council 
Thursday, June 12, 1997, 1:00 p.m......5280
Texas Department of Health
Friday, June 6, 1997, 9:30 a.m......5281
Monday, June 9, 1997, 9:30 a.m......5281
Monday, June 9, 1997, 10:00 a.m......5281
Monday, June 9, 1997, 10:30 a.m......5281
Thursday, June 12, 1997, 8:30 a.m......5281
Thursday, June 12, 1997, 10:00 a.m......5282
Thursday, June 12, 1997, 12:30 p.m......5282
Texas Historical Commission
Saturday, June 13, 1997, 8:30 a.m......5282
Texas Commission on Human Rights
Tuesday, June 10, 1997, 9:00 a.m......5282
Texas Department of Insurance
Wednesday, June 18, 1997, 9:00 a.m......5283
General Land Office
Friday, June 6, 1997, 8:00 a.m......5283
Board of Law Examiners
Friday-Sunday, June 6-8, 1997, 8:30 a.m. daily.....5283
Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education
Thursday, June 12, 1997, 1:30 p.m. .....5283
Friday, June 13, 1997, 9:30 a.m. .....5283
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation 
Monday, June 9, 1997, 9:00 a.m......5284
Texas Lottery Commission
Monday, June 9, 1997, 9:00 a.m......5284
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission 
Wednesday, June 11, 1997, 9:00 a.m......5284
Wednesday, June 11, 1997, 9:30 a.m......5284
Texas Pension Review Board
Wednesday, June 11, 1997, 1:30 p.m......5285
Texas State Board of Pharmacy
Monday, June 9, 1997, 10:00 a.m......5285
Texas Council on Purchasing from People with Disabilities
Thursday, June 12, 1997, 10:00 a.m......5285
Texas Savings and Loan Department
Thursday, June 26, 1997, 9:00 a.m......5286
Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners 
Friday, June 13, 1997, 8:00 a.m......5286
Friday, June 13, 1997, 9:00 a.m......5286
Friday, June 13, 1997, 10:00 a.m......5286
Friday, June 13, 1997, 1:30 p.m......5286
Saturday, June 14, 1997, 8:30 a.m......5287
Saturday, June 14, 1997, 9:15 a.m......5287
State Securities Board
Friday, June 6, 1997, 9:00 a.m......5287
Board of Tax Professional Examiners
Sunday, June 15, 1997, 4:00 p.m......5287
The Texas State University System
Wednesday-Friday, June 4-6, 1997, 4:00 p.m., 9:00 a.m., and 9:00 a.m. 
respectively.....5288
Texas Department of Transportation
Thursday, June 12, 1997, 9:30 a.m......5288
University of Houston System
Monday, June 2, 1997, 8:00 a.m......5288
University Interscholastic League
Wednesday, June 4, 1997, 9:00 a.m......5288
Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners 
Thursday, Friday, June 12-13, 1997, 8:30 a.m......5289
Texas Workforce Commission
Sunday, June 8, 1997, 3:00 p.m......5289
Regional Meetings
****IN ADDITION****
Texas Commission for the Blind
FFY 1997 Employment Training Service.....5293
Coastal Coordination Council
Notice and Opportunity to Comment on Requests for Consistency 
Agreement/Concurrence under the Texas Coastal Management Program .....5293
Office of the Consumer Credit Commissioner 
Notice of Rate Ceiling.....5294
Deep East Texas Council of Governments
Request for Vocational Classroom Training Vendors.....5294
Texas Education Agency
Request for Proposals for the Texas Permanent School Fund Investment.....5295
Texas Health Care Information Council 
Request for Information.....5295
Texas Health and Human Services Commission 
Families are Valued Project Grant Award Notice.....5295
Texas Department of Insurance
Insurer Services.....5296
Subject: Third Party Administrator Application  .....5296
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission 
Enforcement Orders, Week Ending May 30, 1997 .....5296
Notice of Application for Waste Disposal Permits .....5297
Provisionally-Issued Temporary Permits to Appropriate State Water .....5299
Notice of Public Hearing.....5299
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Electric Quality of Service Reports Workshop .....5300
Notices of Application for Service Provider Certificate of Operating Authority  
.....5300
Notices of Intent to File Pursuant to Public Utility Commission Substantive Rule 
23.27.....5301
Notice of Petition for Temporary Stay of Requirements of Public Utility 
Commission Substantive Rule 23.57(H) .....5301
Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services
Request for Proposal-Child Care Training Services.....5302
Riceland Regional Mental Health Authority 
Request for Proposal.....5302
Texas Savings and Loan Department
Notice of Application to Establish Remote Service Unit.....5303
The University of Texas System
Request for Proposal-Third Party Liability Coverage.....5303
Texas Workforce Commission
Wagner-Peyser Funding Allocation for Employment Service Activities .....5303
****PROPOSED RULES****
Texas Racing Commission
Licenses for Pari-mutuel Racing
16 TAC sec.305.42.....5315
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Student Services
19 TAC sec.sec.21.23, 21.28-21.33, 21.39.....5316
19 TAC sec.sec.21.23, 21.28-21.33, 21.39, 21.42-21.43.....5316
19 TAC sec.21.121-sec.21.129.....5321
19 TAC sec.21.151, sec.21.152.....5322
19 TAC sec.21.171-sec.21.179.....5323
19 TAC sec.sec.21.251, 21.254-21.255, 21.258.....5323
19 TAC sec.sec.21.259-21.266.....5325
19 TAC sec.sec.21.259-21.265.....5325
19 TAC sec.21.430-sec.21.438.....5327
19 TAC sec.21.560-sec.21.572.....5328
19 TAC sec.21.590-sec.21.602.....5328
19 TAC sec.21.680-sec.21.692.....5329
19 TAC sec.21.710-sec.21.723.....5330
19 TAC sec.21.1010-sec.21.1020.....5331
19 TAC sec.21.1030-sec.21.1042.....5332
Texas Education Agency
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading
19 TAC sec.sec.110.1-110.7.....5333
19 TAC sec.sec.110.21-110.26.....5352
19 TAC sec.sec.110.41-110.66.....5366
19 TAC sec.sec.110.81-110.88.....5396
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Mathematics 
19 TAC sec.sec.111.11-111.17.....5398
19 TAC sec.sec.111.21-111.24.....5407
19 TAC sec.111.35, sec.111.36.....5412
19 TAC sec.sec.111.51-111.60.....5414
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Science 
19 TAC sec.sec.112.1-112.7.....5416
19 TAC sec.sec.112.21-112.24.....5423
19 TAC sec.sec.112.41-112.49.....5428
19 TAC sec.sec.112.61-112.71.....5441
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Social Studies
19 TAC sec.sec.113.1-113.7.....5442
19 TAC sec.sec.113.21-113.24.....5456
19 TAC sec.sec.113.31-113.39.....5466
19 TAC sec.sec.113.51-113.68.....5482
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Health Education
19 TAC sec.sec.115.1-115.7.....5485
19 TAC sec.sec.115.21-115.23.....5493
19 TAC sec.sec.115.31-115.33.....5496
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Physical Education
19 TAC sec.sec.116.1-116.7.....5501
19 TAC sec.sec.116.21-116.24.....5508
19 TAC sec.sec.116.51-116.56.....5512
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Economics with Emphasis on the Free 
Enterprise System and its Benefits
19 TAC sec.118.1, sec.118.2.....5517
19 TAC sec.sec.118.11-118.17.....5520
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Spanish Language Arts and English as a 
Second Language
19 TAC sec.sec.128.1-128.7.....5522
19 TAC sec.sec.128.21-128.26.....5547
19 TAC sec.sec.128.41-128.66.....5567
Student Attendance
19 TAC sec.129.21.....5613
Hearings and Appeals
19 TAC sec.157.41.....5614
Board of Nurse Examiners
Licensure and Practice
22 TAC sec.sec.217.1, 217.3, 217.5-217.6.....5615
Employees Retirement System of Texas
Creditable Service
34 TAC sec.71.23.....5615
Commission on Jail Standards
General
37 TAC sec.251.1.....5616
Life Safety
37 TAC sec.263.71.....5616
Clothing, Personal Hygiene and Bedding
37 TAC sec.277.1.....5617
Discipline and Grievances
37 TAC sec.283.2.....5617
Compliance and Enforcement
37 TAC sec.297.2.....5618
37 TAC sec.sec.297.5-297.8.....5618
Fees.
37 TAC sec.300.1, sec.300.2.....5619
Texas Department of Human Services
Income Assistance Services
40 TAC sec.3.903.....5620