Texas' Select Committee on Public Education, created in 1983 by resolution of the Texas Legislature, was directed "to study the issues and continuing concerns relating to public education in Texas, particularly school finance and each of its components." The committee's recommendations, presented in this report, are intended to provide the basis for significant reform in every aspect of the state's public education system. The recommendations cover (1) the organization and management of the schools, from the state board of education and the state education agency to the local school boards, districts, and education service centers; (2) principles underlying the allocation of state funds; (3) legislative and intergovernmental action, including recodification of the Texas Education Code, support for school community guidance centers and alternative schools, provisions for discipline management programs, and factors affecting litigation; (4) teacher education, testing, and employment; (5) and regulations affecting school operations, including the school day and year, class size, the curriculum, textbooks and technology, extracurricular activities, vocational education, and education for limited English speakers, exceptional children, and preschool-age children. The report concludes with a discussion of the costs associated with the recommended reforms. (PGD)