Tyler Senator Kevin Eltife accepts a club jacket from a Future Farmers of America group from his district as the Senate honored FFA in Austin.

Senators (L-to-R) Robert Duncan, Dan Patrick, Mario Gallegos and Carlos Uresti examine the Baty Bott, a teleprescence robot owned by 15-year-old Lyndon Baty. Lyndon's rejection of a donated kidney left him with severe immune system problems, so he is homebound, but he is able to attend school and interact with his friends through the robot.

Reporters pack the Senate press conference room to hear a report from members of the Senate Subcommittee on Public Education Funding.

Senate parliamentarian Karina Davis confers with Senate Finance Committee Chair Senator Steve Ogden of Bryan.