Committee

Texas House Public Education Committee

Bill Bill Name Progress Referral Date
HB2 Relating to public education and public school finance. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 02/25/2025
HB3 Relating to the establishment of an education savings account program. Dead 02/25/2025
HB4 Relating to the assessment of public school students, public school accountability and actions, and proceedings challenging the operations of the public school system. Dead 02/25/2025
HB6 Relating to discipline management and access to telehealth mental health services in public schools. Passed 02/25/2025
HB7 Relating to parental rights in public education, to the creation of the office of inspector general at the Texas Education Agency, and to the reporting of certain misconduct and child abuse and neglect; creating a criminal offense. Dead 03/14/2025
HB8 Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement, public school performance ratings, and interventions and sanctions under the public school accountability system, a grant program for school district local accountability plans, and actions challenging Texas Education Agency decisions related to public Dead 08/18/2025
HB27 Relating to courses in personal financial literacy for high school students in public schools. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/03/2025
HB54 Relating to the display of and allowance for non-human behaviors in Texas schools. Dead 03/14/2025
HB56 Relating to the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools. Dead 08/18/2025
HB100 Relating to the purchase, adoption, and use of instructional materials by public schools. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 02/25/2025
HB102 Relating to public school accountability, including reducing state required accountability exams to the minimum required by federal law and replacing current state required assessments with instructionally supportive assessments. Dead 08/18/2025
HB110 Relating to the creation of the Texas Education Reform Task Force. Dead 03/14/2025
HB117 Relating to the establishment of the governor's task force on the governance of early childhood education and care. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/14/2025
HB121 Relating to measures for ensuring public school safety, including the commissioning of peace officers by the Texas Education Agency, the composition of the board of directors of the Texas School Safety Center, and public school safety and security requirements and resources. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/14/2025
HB122 Relating to eliminating certain state-required assessment instruments and certain end-of-course assessment instruments not required by federal law. Dead 08/20/2025
HB122 Relating to the capacity and usage of school district facilities and the transfer of students between school districts. Dead 03/14/2025
HB123 Relating to measures to support kindergarten readiness and early literacy and numeracy skills for public school students and to funding to support those measures. Dead 02/25/2025
HB124 Relating to the school safety allotment under the Foundation School Program. Dead 03/14/2025
HB152 Relating to the provision of funding under the public school finance system on the basis of property values that take into account optional homestead exemptions. Dead 02/27/2025
HB159 Relating to the use of interim testing and adaptive, growth-based assessment instruments for certain required assessments of public school students and prohibiting the use of the results of certain required assessments of public school students for certain purposes. Dead 08/20/2025
HB161 Relating to excused absences from public school for students with a menstrual disorder. Dead 02/27/2025
HB172 Relating to creating a fine arts allotment under the public school finance system. Dead 02/27/2025
HB178 Relating to social studies curriculum choice for public school students. Dead 02/27/2025
HB183 Relating to the regulation and the review of certain library materials included in public school libraries. Dead 02/27/2025
HB190 Relating to a grant program to provide free or reduced-tuition prekindergarten classes to certain children. Dead 02/27/2025
HB196 Relating to the inclusion of instruction regarding the beginning of human life in the health curriculum for public school students. Dead 02/27/2025
HB210 Relating to contracting with a school district or open-enrollment charter school by a vendor with whom a member of the board of trustees or governing body of the district or school or a related individual has certain business interests; creating a criminal offense. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 02/27/2025
HB212 Relating to the establishment of a parental empowerment program administered by the comptroller of public accounts. Dead 02/27/2025
HB213 Relating to the inclusion of chronically absent students as students at risk of dropping out of school and the collection and reporting of data regarding those students. Dead 02/27/2025
HB221 Relating to eliminating certain state-required assessment instruments and certain end-of-course assessment instruments not required by federal law. Dead 02/27/2025
HB222 Relating to the permissible uses of the school safety allotment under the Foundation School Program. Dead 02/27/2025
HB225 Relating to a pilot program to provide grants for free or reduced-tuition prekindergarten classes to certain children. Dead 02/27/2025
HB236 Relating to the use of average enrollment for purposes of the public school finance system. Dead 02/27/2025
HB247 Relating to the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools. Dead 08/20/2025
HB248 Relating to the small and mid-sized district allotment under the public school finance system. Dead 02/27/2025
HB276 Relating to the use of average enrollment for purposes of the public school finance system. Dead 02/27/2025
HB278 Relating to a credit for prepayment of the amount required to be paid by a school district for the purchase of attendance credit under the public school finance system. Dead 02/27/2025
HB284 Relating to the establishment of an ombudsman for parents of children enrolled in public school. Dead 02/27/2025
HB289 Relating to a reduction of the amount by which certain school districts must reduce their local revenue levels in excess of entitlement under the public school finance system. Dead 02/27/2025
HB295 Relating to including antisemitism in the definition of bullying for the purpose of school discipline policies. Dead 02/27/2025
HB297 Relating to eliminating certain state-required end-of-course assessment instruments not required by federal law and eliminating graduation requirements based on satisfactory performance on certain end-of-course assessment instruments. Dead 02/27/2025
HB337 Relating to the dedication of surplus money in the foundation school fund to increase the basic allotment under the Foundation School Program. Dead 02/28/2025
HB340 Relating to a provision in a school district's student code of conduct prohibiting the wearing of clothing or displaying of items indicating membership in or support of certain organizations. Dead 02/28/2025
HB344 Relating to a prohibition on instruction and certain activities regarding sexual orientation or gender identity provided or allowed by a public school. Dead 02/28/2025
HB350 Relating to the use of glucagon medication on certain public and private school campuses. Dead 02/28/2025
HB351 Relating to an annual adjustment to the basic allotment under the Foundation School Program to reflect inflation. Dead 02/28/2025
HB358 Relating to providing free full-day prekindergarten for certain children. Dead 02/28/2025
HB362 Relating to the assignment of public school students enrolled in certain school districts to an uncertified teacher. Dead 02/28/2025
HB364 Relating to compensation of school district trustees. Dead 02/28/2025
HB367 Relating to verification of excused absences from public school for students with severe or life-threatening illnesses. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 02/28/2025
HB371 Relating to the admission to public schools of children unlawfully present in the United States and the eligibility of those children for the benefits of the available school fund and Foundation School Program. Dead 02/28/2025
HB390 Relating to the components of a school district's enrichment tax rate and the calculation of the guaranteed yield under the Foundation School Program. Dead 02/28/2025
HB409 Relating to requirements regarding certain behavior management for a student enrolled in a special education program of a public school. Dead 02/28/2025
HB419 Relating to establishing a minimum wage for school bus drivers. Dead 02/28/2025
HB423 Relating to a prohibition on the board of trustees of a school district from entering into certain contracts and the disclosure of certain conflicts of interest. Dead 02/28/2025
HB430 Relating to the terminology used to refer to certain disabilities in determining eligibility for special education services in public schools. Dead 02/28/2025
HB441 Relating to the sparsity adjustment for certain school districts under the Foundation School Program. Dead 02/28/2025
HB445 Relating to an early agreement credit for the purchase of attendance credit under the public school finance system. Dead 02/28/2025
HB458 Relating to the discipline of students enrolled in certain grade levels or receiving special education services in a public school. Dead 02/28/2025
HB462 Relating to the armed security officers required to be present at public schools and the permissible uses of the school safety allotment and the creation of a mental health allotment under the Foundation School Program. Dead 02/28/2025
HB466 Relating to policies and procedures regarding certain public school students with disabilities. Dead 02/28/2025
HB474 Relating to a policy adopted by a school district regarding the wearing of attire and regalia at certain public school events. Dead 02/28/2025
HB494 Relating to the eligibility of the children of public school employees for free prekindergarten programs in public schools. Dead 02/28/2025
HB497 Relating to requiring parental consent for behavioral or mental health treatment by school district personnel. Dead 02/28/2025
HB506 Relating to prohibiting certain nonprofit state associations and organizations from providing training and insurance and risk pool contracts to public educational entities. Dead 03/03/2025
HB508 Relating to nurses employed by public schools. Dead 03/03/2025
HB515 Relating to public school policies regarding student use of personal electronic devices. Dead 03/03/2025
HB527 Relating to librarians employed by public schools. Dead 03/03/2025
HB528 Relating to requiring public schools to provide to certain parents notice regarding certain incidents and risks related to the parent's child and suicide prevention materials. Dead 03/03/2025
HB532 Relating to the applicability to open-enrollment charter schools of certain law regarding travel expenses. Dead 03/03/2025
HB549 Relating to the availability and use of airway clearance devices at public school campuses and to contracts for medication for respiratory distress and training at public schools. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/03/2025
HB550 Relating to the provision of menstrual products at public schools. Dead 03/03/2025
HB558 Relating to the provision of funding under the public school finance system on the basis of property values that take into account optional homestead exemptions. Dead 03/03/2025
HB567 Relating to school district grace period policies and the provision of meals to public school students with insufficient balances on prepaid meal cards or in meal accounts. Dead 03/03/2025
HB591 Relating to the establishment of community-based learning centers to serve public school students. Dead 03/03/2025
HB593 Relating to the compensatory education allotment for homeless students or students in foster care under the Foundation School Program. Dead 03/03/2025
HB595 Relating to the basic allotment and guaranteed yield under the Foundation School Program, including an adjustment in those amounts to reflect inflation. Dead 03/03/2025
HB596 Relating to the use of public resources by a public school officer or employee to engage in certain political activities. Dead 03/03/2025
HB599 Relating to the provision of information regarding certain public assistance programs by public schools. Dead 03/03/2025
HB604 Relating to the scheduling of the first day of school for students by school districts. Dead 03/04/2025
HB610 Relating to a severance payment to a superintendent of a school district. Dead 03/04/2025
HB612 Relating to the establishment of an education savings account program, an insurance premium tax credit for contributions made for purposes of that program, and the award of attorney's fees in actions challenging certain educational choice laws. Dead 03/04/2025
HB615 Relating to policies and procedures regarding a public school student who knowingly produced or distributed certain intimate videos or images depicting another student. Dead 03/04/2025
HB619 Relating to the transfer for an athletic participation purpose of a student from the school district of the student's residence to another district. Dead 03/04/2025
HB620 Relating to a financial assistance program for open-enrollment charter school facilities. Dead 03/04/2025
HB625 Relating to a halal food option for breakfast and lunch programs provided by public schools. Dead 03/04/2025
HB629 Relating to advanced placement courses that may be offered by a school district. Dead 03/04/2025
HB637 Relating to the regulation of bleeding control stations in public schools. Dead 03/04/2025
HB641 Relating to digital citizenship instruction in public schools. Dead 03/04/2025
HB650 Relating to a credit for prepayment of the amount required to be paid by a school district for the purchase of attendance credit under the public school finance system. Dead 03/04/2025
HB659 Relating to requiring cultural inclusion as part of the social studies curriculum for public schools. Dead 03/04/2025
HB667 Relating to a halal food option for breakfast and lunch programs provided by certain public schools. Dead 03/04/2025
HB683 Relating to the use of average enrollment for purposes of the public school finance system. Dead 03/04/2025
HB687 Relating to the establishment of a bullying prevention pilot program for public schools. Dead 03/04/2025
HB692 Relating to a notification requirement if a public school, including an open-enrollment charter school, does not have a nurse assigned to the school during all instructional hours. Dead 03/04/2025
HB693 Relating to the calculation of average daily attendance for school districts providing certain full-day prekindergarten programs. Dead 03/04/2025
HB725 Relating to the permissible uses of the bilingual education allotment provided under the Foundation School Program. Dead 03/04/2025
HB728 Relating to certain policies and procedures for the placement and use of video cameras in certain classrooms, including classrooms that provide special education services. Dead 03/04/2025
HB753 Relating to the offering of certain high school courses for which students may earn college credit. Dead 03/05/2025
HB756 Relating to the requirements for the revision of a charter for an open-enrollment charter school. Dead 03/05/2025
HB758 Relating to the requirement that an armed security officer be present at a school district campus. Dead 03/05/2025
HB759 Relating to the creation of a temporary educator certificate for educators certified by other states. Dead 03/05/2025
HB775 Relating to the participation by non-enrolled students in University Interscholastic League-sponsored activities. Dead 03/05/2025
HB781 Relating to certain public school instructional requirements and prohibitions and the incorporation of certain instructional activities as part of student coursework. Dead 03/05/2025
HB785 Relating to the adoption of a healthy and safe school water plan by public schools. Dead 03/05/2025
HB789 Relating to requiring parental consent for psychological or psychiatric examination, testing, or treatment conducted by school district personnel. Dead 03/05/2025
HB810 Relating to the requirements for hearings and meetings conducted by the University Interscholastic League. Dead 03/05/2025
HB819 Relating to the functions and duties of the University Interscholastic League. Dead 03/05/2025
HB824 Relating to the inclusion of civics instruction in public school government curriculum requirements for high school students. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/05/2025
HB825 Relating to the implementation of certain rules regarding public school accountability adopted by the commissioner of education or the Texas Education Agency. Dead 03/05/2025
HB830 Relating to the administration of the University Interscholastic League. Dead 03/05/2025
HB832 Relating to procedures regarding hearings and meetings held by or involving the University Interscholastic League. Dead 03/05/2025
HB846 Relating to a parental leave policy for certain school district classroom teachers. Dead 03/05/2025
HB850 Relating to emergency cardiovascular care at public schools and certain private schools in this state. Dead 03/05/2025
HB856 Relating to a policy regarding the maintenance, administration, and disposal of medication for respiratory distress by public and private schools. Dead 03/05/2025
HB887 Relating to endometriosis and menstrual disorders education and informational materials for public school students. Dead 03/06/2025
HB890 Relating to the administration of assessment instruments to public school students. Dead 03/06/2025
HB906 Relating to a temporary teaching certificate for certain military service members and first responders. Dead 03/06/2025
HB929 Relating to prohibiting a school district from procuring training, insurance products and risk pool participation, good or supplies from a buy board, and any investment or professional services from certain nonprofit associations or organizations. Dead 03/06/2025
HB942 Relating to a public school classroom safety review and referral program for students who engage in violent criminal conduct; creating a criminal offense. Dead 03/06/2025
HB973 Relating to prohibiting a court, administrative agency, or other tribunal from requiring certain amendments to a public school student's permanent record. Dead 03/06/2025
HB974 Relating to a limitation on the salary of superintendents and chief executive officers of school districts and open-enrollment charter schools. Dead 03/06/2025
HB976 Relating to parental rights in public education and prohibiting certain instruction regarding sexual orientation or gender identity; authorizing a civil penalty. Dead 03/06/2025
HB977 Relating to eligibility for the gifted and talented student allotment under the Foundation School Program. Dead 03/06/2025
HB983 Relating to the confidentiality of certain information held by the Texas Education Agency. Dead 03/06/2025
HB984 Relating to the establishment of an empowerment scholarship account program. Dead 03/06/2025
HB986 Relating to state savings achieved through a budget savings program administered by the comptroller of public accounts making an appropriation of a portion of those savings. Dead 03/06/2025
HB1009 Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools. Dead 03/07/2025
HB1010 Relating to measures for ensuring safety and security in public schools, including measures related to certain student records and conduct. Dead 03/07/2025
HB1011 Relating to required screenings for pediatric feeding disorder for students with certain disabilities and to the individualized education programs for certain public school students with pediatric feeding disorder. Dead 03/07/2025
HB1025 Relating to the appointment of an inspector general for education, the creation of a division of inspector general for education in the State Board of Education to investigate public education, and the authority of the commissioner of education to conduct special investigations. Dead 03/07/2025
HB1048 Relating to providing free full-day prekindergarten for certain children. Dead 03/07/2025
HB1055 Relating to the college, career, or military readiness outcomes bonus under the Foundation School Program. Dead 03/07/2025
HB1064 Relating to the provision of private security services at a public primary or secondary school; requiring an occupational license. Dead 03/07/2025
HB1073 Relating to the academic assessment of public school students. Dead 03/07/2025
HB1081 Relating to the placement by a school district of a student who engages in a course of conduct that demonstrates habitually violent, harmful, or destructive behavior. Dead 03/07/2025
HB1085 Relating to the offering of a lifetime recreation and outdoor pursuits course to satisfy the physical education curriculum requirements for public high school students. Dead 03/07/2025
HB1095 Relating to the use of interim testing and adaptive, growth-based assessment instruments for certain required assessments of public school students and prohibiting the use of the results of certain required assessments of public school students for certain purposes. Dead 03/07/2025
HB1096 Relating to the use of corporal punishment and to the reporting of certain information regarding the use of disciplinary measures or restraint by public schools. Dead 03/07/2025
HB1114 Relating to indicators of achievement under the public school accountability system. Dead 03/07/2025
HB1115 Relating to the employment of honorably retired peace officers as school district security personnel and the applicability to those officers of certain law governing private security. Dead 03/07/2025
HB1118 Relating to the creation of a Texas Commission on Assessment and Accountability. Dead 03/07/2025
HB1122 Relating to the employment of certified school counselors by school districts. Dead 03/07/2025
HB1123 Relating to interscholastic athletic competition based on biological sex, requirements for physical examinations and genetic testing in interscholastic athletics, and the adoption of rules by the University Interscholastic League to implement these requirements. Dead 03/07/2025
HB1124 Relating to continuing education requirements for a member of the board of trustees of a school district regarding state laws governing public schools; providing a civil penalty. Dead 03/07/2025
HB1137 Relating to a handbook on parental rights in education and training requirements on parental rights in education for a member of the board of trustees of a school district. Dead 03/07/2025
HB1141 Relating to the suspension of certain public school students and to the repeal of the positive behavior program for public schools. Dead 03/07/2025
HB1148 Relating to repealing the requirement for certain public school teachers and principals to attend a teacher literacy achievement academy. Dead 03/07/2025
HB1149 Relating to the scheduling of the first day of school for students by school districts. Dead 03/07/2025
HB1153 Relating to the provision of funding under the public school finance system on the basis of property values that take into account optional homestead exemptions. Dead 03/07/2025
HB1156 Relating to the definition of regular eligible student for purposes of the transportation allotment under the Foundation School Program. Dead 03/07/2025
HB1157 Relating to the use of average enrollment for purposes of the public school finance system. Dead 03/07/2025
HB1158 Relating to parental approval for a student's participation in human sexuality instruction in public schools. Dead 03/07/2025
HB1175 Relating to the provision of a student transcript by an independent school district. Dead 03/07/2025
HB1176 Relating to the approval of open-enrollment charter schools. Dead 03/07/2025
HB1178 Relating to the creation of a temporary educator certificate for educators certified by other states. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/07/2025
HB1179 Relating to the admission policy of an open-enrollment charter school. Dead 03/07/2025
HB1187 Relating to an elective course on community safety and firearm safety for certain public high school students. Dead 03/07/2025
HB1188 Relating to the provision of information regarding a local intellectual and developmental disability authority to the parents or guardians of certain special education students. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/07/2025
HB1192 Relating to an allotment under the Foundation School Program to provide full and individual initial evaluations for special education services. Dead 03/07/2025
HB1202 Relating to training requirements for public school teachers under the school's multihazard emergency operations plan. Dead 03/10/2025
HB1209 Relating to the minimum number of instructional days provided by public schools. Dead 03/10/2025
HB1212 Relating to the means by which schools are compared in the Public School Accountability System. Dead 03/10/2025
HB1224 Relating to required instruction in the Success Sequence for students in public schools. Dead 03/10/2025
HB1229 Relating to requiring fine arts as part of the foundation curriculum for public schools. Dead 03/10/2025
HB1248 Related to making the Texas Education Commissioner an elected office. Dead 03/10/2025
HB1249 Relating to authorizing the use of a writing portfolio assessment to assess writing performance for public school students. Dead 03/10/2025
HB1253 Relating to the instruction on bullying and harassment included in the required health curriculum for public school students. Dead 03/10/2025
HB1257 Relating to the compensation of public school educators, the public school finance system, public school prekindergarten and kindergarten programs, and the school health and related services program. Dead 03/10/2025
HB1258 Relating to public school policies regarding student possession of personal communication devices; authorizing a fee. Dead 03/10/2025
HB1260 Relating to a determination of a school district's assets to liabilities ratio under the public school financial accountability rating system. Dead 03/10/2025
HB1272 Relating to healthy relationships education in public schools. Dead 03/10/2025
HB1273 Relating to human sexuality education in public schools. Dead 03/10/2025
HB1278 Relating to creation and funding of professional charter academies which are owned and operated by highly qualified teaching professionals in Texas and authorizing the commissioner of education to adopt rules to administer and fund the professional charter academy program. Dead 03/10/2025
HB1279 Relating to prohibiting teaching in Texas public elementary and secondary schools of hateful, divisive and discriminatory practices and beliefs that could lead to discriminatory treatment of individuals because of such individual's race, color, ethnicity, sex, national origin or religion and the establishment of remedies and penalties for discriminatory treatment. Dead 03/10/2025
HB1290 Relating to prohibiting certain food additives from being included in free or reduced-price meals provided by school districts. Dead 03/10/2025
HB1311 Relating to a limitation on rules, bylaws, and policies adopted by a school district's board of trustees. Dead 03/10/2025
HB1313 Relating to the use by a school district or a school district employee of public funds for lobbying activities. Dead 03/10/2025
HB1316 Relating to the membership of a public school's threat assessment and safe supportive school team when conducting threat assessments of certain students. Dead 03/10/2025
HB1323 Relating to a standard and set of indicators in the academic accountability system. Dead 03/10/2025
HB1325 Relating to the transfer of public school students who are children of certain public servants. Dead 03/10/2025
HB1331 Relating to the curriculum requirements for high school students in public schools. Dead 03/10/2025
HB1332 Relating to school district policies on dating violence. Dead 03/10/2025
HB1334 Relating to the payment of a fee for the administration of a special education or bilingual education certificate examination. Dead 03/10/2025
HB1336 Relating to salary or wage deductions for classroom teachers employed by public schools. Dead 03/10/2025
HB1340 Relating to certain federal law enforcement agents serving as armed security officers at public schools and the authority of the chief of school safety and security for the Texas Education Agency to carry a weapon on public school grounds. Dead 03/10/2025
HB1348 Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools. Dead 03/10/2025
HB1358 Relating to the purchase, adoption, and use of instructional materials by public schools. Dead 03/11/2025
HB1368 Relating to a notification requirement if a public school does not have a nurse, school counselor, or librarian assigned to the school during all instructional hours. Dead 03/11/2025
HB1388 Relating to an indicator of achievement for military readiness under the public school accountability system. Dead 03/11/2025
HB1390 Relating to the requirement of a school district to notify a parent of curriculum or instructional material containing religion or religious values. Dead 03/11/2025
HB1405 Relating to bullying and cyberbullying in public schools. Dead 03/11/2025
HB1411 Relating to the use of personal leave during school holidays by certain school district employees. Dead 03/11/2025
HB1413 Relating to the salary and wages paid to public school employees. Dead 03/11/2025
HB1415 Relating to corporal punishment in public schools. Dead 03/11/2025
HB1427 Relating to prohibiting the denial of public benefits for students enrolled in a private school operated by a religious organization or providing religious instruction. Dead 03/11/2025
HB1429 Relating to the Rural Pathway Excellence Partnership (R-PEP) allotment and outcomes bonus under the Foundation School Program. Dead 03/11/2025
HB1441 Relating to the model training curriculum for school district peace officers and school resource officers. Dead 03/11/2025
HB1444 Relating to a school district's purchase of instructional materials using funds allotted under the instructional materials and technology allotment. Dead 03/11/2025
HB1446 Relating to a study by the Texas Education Agency on the effects of school district policies prohibiting student use of personal communication devices. Dead 03/11/2025
HB1456 Relating to the creation of the office of inspector general at the Texas Education Agency to investigate complaints by parents of children enrolled in public school. Dead 03/11/2025
HB1457 Relating to the inclusion of a course on modern conflicts in the curriculum requirements for public high school students. Dead 03/11/2025
HB1458 Relating to the armed security officers required to be present at public schools and the appointment of reserve police officers by a school district police department. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/11/2025
HB1481 Relating to school district and open-enrollment charter school policies regarding student use of personal communication devices. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/11/2025
HB1484 Relating to the protection of students from sexual grooming. Dead 03/11/2025
HB1512 Relating to reporting the number of children known or reasonably believed to not be citizens of the United States enrolled in a public school and to requesting reimbursement from the United States government for the cost of educating those children. Dead 03/12/2025
HB1542 Relating to funding under the transportation allotment for certain special education students. Dead 03/12/2025
HB1546 Relating to the reimbursement of fees associated with the issuance of a special education certificate for certain teachers. Dead 03/12/2025
HB1551 Relating to the notification of parents of students enrolled in public school regarding certain alleged criminal conduct by an employee. Dead 03/12/2025
HB1569 Relating to the eligibility of certain children of classroom teachers for enrollment in a free prekindergarten program. Dead 03/12/2025
HB1573 Relating to a school district policy regarding custodian workloads. Dead 03/12/2025
HB1579 Relating to establishing the Texas Seal of Biliteracy for public high school students. Dead 03/12/2025
HB1581 Relating to public school bilingual education programs, dual language immersion programs, and special language programs. Dead 03/12/2025
HB1591 Relating to the scheduling of the first day of school for students by school districts. Dead 03/12/2025
HB1626 Relating to the period for which an emergency educator certificate is valid. Dead 03/12/2025
HB1628 Relating to the transfer of certain public school students who are children of peace officers. Dead 03/12/2025
HB1637 Relating to the prohibition of glyphosate herbicides and certain food additives at primary and secondary schools. Dead 03/12/2025
HB1655 Relating to a policy prohibiting public school employees from assisting a student with social transitioning; authorizing a civil penalty; authorizing injunctive relief. Dead 03/12/2025
HB1657 Relating to the establishment of an education savings account program for certain children. Dead 03/12/2025
HB1658 Relating to access to public school library materials by non-enrolled students. Dead 03/12/2025
HB1660 Relating to the licensing of certain education professionals as licensed specialists in school psychology. Dead 03/12/2025
HB1662 Relating to a grant program for public schools and regional education service centers to provide services related to educating students with autism. Dead 03/12/2025
HB1679 Relating to a study by the Texas Education Agency regarding recommended standards for school district facility maintenance and custodial services. Dead 03/12/2025
HB1684 Relating to safety standards for private passenger van services that transport students to and from public primary and secondary schools. Dead 03/12/2025
HB1693 Relating to the financial audit of certain open-enrollment charter schools by the state auditor. Dead 03/12/2025
HB1697 Relating to the management, operation, and contract authority of open-enrollment charter schools. Dead 03/12/2025
HB1703 Relating to the use of average enrollment for purposes of the public school finance system. Dead 03/14/2025
HB1704 Relating to a parent's right to be notified by a school district concerning acts of self-harm by the parent's child. Dead 03/14/2025
HB1706 Relating to additional requirements for individualized education programs developed for children with autism or other pervasive developmental disorders. Dead 03/14/2025
HB1727 Relating to social workers employed by school districts. Dead 03/14/2025
HB1728 Relating to creating a mental health allotment under the Foundation School Program. Dead 03/14/2025
HB1759 Relating to the duties of a public school counselor. Dead 03/14/2025
HB1770 Relating to an annual adjustment to the basic allotment under the Foundation School Program to reflect inflation. Dead 03/14/2025
HB1773 Relating to allowing the board of trustees of certain school districts to create a nonvoting student trustee position on the board. Dead 03/14/2025
HB1785 Relating to the eligibility of a person who is homeless to take the high school equivalency examination. Dead 03/14/2025
HB1807 Relating to the self-administration of prescription anti-seizure medicine by a student at a public school. Dead 03/14/2025
HB1813 Relating to a parental right to information concerning a public school special education program and certain requirements for persons serving as special education representatives and hearing officers at impartial due process hearings; authorizing a fee. Dead 03/14/2025
HB1833 Relating to an honorably retired peace officer serving as an armed security officer at a public school. Dead 03/14/2025
HB1877 Relating to the receipt of financial benefits by the superintendent of a school district for certain services performed by the superintendent. Dead 03/14/2025
HB1878 Relating to the misuse of money received for an open-enrollment charter school to support an out-of-state school. Dead 03/14/2025
HB1889 Relating to the use of average enrollment for purposes of the public school finance system. Dead 03/14/2025
HB1911 Relating to instruction in human trafficking awareness in public schools. Dead 03/14/2025
HB1927 Relating to the instructional materials for certain curriculum in public schools, including certain instructional prohibitions and requirements regarding those materials. Dead 03/14/2025
HB1929 Relating to the administration of an election for a member of a board of trustees of an independent school district. Dead 03/14/2025
HB1931 Relating to the salary of the superintendent of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Dead 03/14/2025
HB1939 Relating to a credit for prepayment of the amount required to be paid by a school district for the purchase of attendance credit under the public school finance system. Dead 03/14/2025
HB1961 Relating to abolishing certain county boards of education, boards of county school trustees, and offices of county school superintendent. Dead 03/14/2025
HB1963 Relating to policies and procedures for addressing dating violence in public schools. Dead 03/14/2025
HB1981 Relating to the use of public resources by a public school officer or employee to engage in certain political activities. Dead 03/14/2025
HB1992 Relating to the establishment of the behaviorally at-risk student grant program to provide social and cognitive skills training to certain public school students. Dead 03/14/2025
HB1996 Relating to the eligibility of children enrolled in a special education program for free prekindergarten programs in public schools. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2004 Relating to a school district professional employee's liability for certain criminal conduct against a student. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2008 Relating to courses in personal financial literacy and economics for high school students in public schools. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2040 Relating to the required number of minutes of instructional time to be provided by a juvenile justice alternative education program. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2044 Relating to certain offenses and conduct subject to expulsion that are associated with possessing, carrying, exhibiting, or using a firearm on or within 1,000 feet of school property. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2049 Relating to the dissemination of Type 1 diabetes information by public schools. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2050 Relating to the duties of a public school counselor. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2051 Relating to a limitation on the amount of school property tax revenue that is subject to recapture under the public school finance system. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2053 Relating to a Texas Education Agency database of school district bonds, taxes, and bond-related projects. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2056 Relating to the designation of a public school health officer and the school health and safety allotment under the Foundation School Program. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2079 Relating to repeal of provisions requiring a school district to reduce its local revenue level in excess of entitlement. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2104 Relating to the members of a school district's local school health advisory council. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2107 Relating to training requirements for public school educators. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2108 Relating to the components of a school district's enrichment tax rate and the calculation of the guaranteed yield under the Foundation School Program. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2112 Relating to a school district employee's right to present a grievance under the district's employment policy. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2116 Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2121 Relating to the establishment of a property value study hardship grant program. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2122 Relating to an adjustment for certain school districts under the public school finance system for revenue lost due to the use of the state value of the district's taxable value of property determined by the comptroller of public accounts. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2124 Relating to the establishment of a property value study hardship grant program. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2125 Relating to an adjustment for certain school districts under the public school finance system for revenue lost due to the use of the state value of the district's taxable value of property determined by the comptroller of public accounts. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2134 Relating to a study and report regarding optimal school district size and academic effectiveness. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2157 Relating to the licensing of a psychologist as a licensed specialist in school psychology; authorizing a fee. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2168 Relating to the Texas Commission on Federal Special Education Law and Funding. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2171 Relating to a public school policy regarding the playing of the state song before certain school-sponsored athletic events. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2191 Relating to an adjustment in the amount of the basic allotment and the guaranteed yield under the Foundation School Program to reflect inflation. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2195 Relating to a public school campus's election under a campus turnaround plan to operate as a community school. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2196 Relating to the provision of virtual education in public schools and to certain waivers and modifications by the commissioner of education to the method of calculating average daily attendance in an emergency or crisis for purposes of preserving school district funding entitlements under the Foundation School Program during that emergency or crisis; authorizing a fee. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2199 Relating to enrollment-based funding for the special education allotment under the Foundation School Program. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2205 Relating to a policy prohibiting the use of personal electronic devices by public school students during instructional time. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2206 Relating to the reporting of certain public school employee misconduct to local law enforcement. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2211 Relating to the compensation and professional representation of certain students participating in University Interscholastic League activities or in intercollegiate athletic programs at certain institutions of higher education. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2219 Relating to the eligibility of a student with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder for special education services provided by a public school. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2222 Relating to the establishment of an energy efficiency program for school districts and open-enrollment charter schools. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2230 Relating to including an understanding of certain political ideologies in the foundation curriculum in public schools. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2236 Relating to the inclusion of chronically absent students as students at risk of dropping out of school and the collection and reporting of data regarding those students. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2243 Relating to the creation of the Texas Commission on Teacher Job Satisfaction and Retention. Vetoed 03/14/2025
HB2249 Relating to the establishment of the Texas Teacher Recruitment Scholarship Program. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2292 Relating to prohibiting certain releases of a student to the student's parent after school-initiated communication by a school district or open-enrollment charter school. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2310 Relating to developing a strategic plan for the improvement and expansion of early learning and educational opportunities for young children with disabilities. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/14/2025
HB2312 Relating to the requirements for issuance of a supplemental bilingual education teaching certificate. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2314 Relating to an exception for certain school districts to the requirement that an armed security officer be present at a public school campus. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2317 Relating to a credit for prepayment of the amount required to be paid by a school district for the purchase of attendance credit under the public school finance system. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2321 Relating to the development of a standard method of computing a student's high school grade point average. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2336 Relating to a school district employee's right to present a grievance under the district's employment policy. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2342 Relating to protection for a public school employee's use of terms consistent with biological sex. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2344 Relating to requiring the provision of certain information to the Texas Education Agency by a public or private school. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2354 Relating to charter schools, including the admission, enrollment, and employment policies of and the applicability of certain laws to open-enrollment charter schools. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2371 Relating to the eligibility of a trustee of certain school districts for employment by those districts. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2377 Relating to funding for projects that improve the physical and mental health of public school students and enhance the safety of public schools in this state; authorizing a fee. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2378 Relating to certain misconduct committed by an employee or security personnel of a public school or certain other educational entities, including the criminal offense of improper relationship with a student. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2395 Relating to a grant program to provide free public school prekindergarten programs to certain children who are eligible for the subsidized child-care program administered by the Texas Workforce Commission. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2396 Relating to the transfer of students between public schools. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2400 Relating to a prohibition on the use of artificial intelligence technology for classroom instruction. Dead 03/14/2025
HB2410 Relating to granting charters to certain public and private institutions of higher education for open-enrollment charter schools. Dead 03/17/2025
HB2419 Relating to special education and special education funding under the Foundation School Program. Dead 03/17/2025
HB2435 Relating to the basic allotment and the guaranteed yield under the Foundation School Program, including an adjustment in those amounts to reflect inflation. Dead 03/17/2025
HB2443 Relating to requiring the Texas Education Agency to prepare a report regarding public education mandates. Dead 03/17/2025
HB2451 Relating to courses in personal financial literacy and economics for high school students in public schools. Dead 03/17/2025
HB2456 Relating to the flying and display of flags by public schools. Dead 03/17/2025
HB2469 Relating to access to certain Internet websites in public schools. Dead 03/17/2025
HB2485 Relating to personal leave for wellness provided for school district employees. Dead 03/17/2025
HB2499 Relating to placement on the minimum salary schedule for certain public school employees. Dead 03/17/2025
HB2509 Relating to the basic allotment, school safety allotment, and guaranteed yield under the Foundation School Program, including an adjustment in those amounts to reflect inflation. Dead 03/17/2025
HB2526 Relating to school district grace period policies and the provision of meals to public school students with insufficient balances on prepaid meal cards or in meal accounts. Dead 03/17/2025
HB2533 Relating to the removal of a conservator, board of managers, or other alternative management of a campus or school district in certain circumstances. Dead 03/17/2025
HB2555 Relating to the payment of a fee for the administration of a bilingual education certificate examination. Dead 03/17/2025
HB2562 Relating to a limitation on the salary of superintendents and chief executive officers of school districts and open-enrollment charter schools. Dead 03/17/2025
HB2565 Relating to prohibiting certain additives from being included in food and drinks provided by school districts. Dead 03/17/2025
HB2569 Relating to the applicability of certain parental notification requirements to school districts of innovation. Dead 03/17/2025
HB2576 Relating to Victims of Communism Remembrance Day in public schools and the inclusion of an understanding of Victims of Communism Remembrance Day in the essential knowledge and skills for government under the social studies curriculum for public school students. Dead 03/17/2025
HB2591 Relating to the operation of a juvenile justice alternative education program. Dead 03/17/2025
HB2592 Relating to the operation of a juvenile justice alternative education program in certain counties. Dead 03/17/2025
HB2597 Relating to providing for a delay in the implementation of certain changes to the assignment of performance ratings under the public school accountability system. Dead 03/17/2025
HB2598 Relating to a school psychologist licensed under the Occupations Code. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/17/2025
HB2623 Relating to students enrolled in public schools subject to in-school or out-of-school suspension. Dead 03/18/2025
HB2633 Relating to the provision of services by nonphysician mental health professionals at school districts. Dead 03/18/2025
HB2657 Relating to the abolition of the Texas Education Agency and elimination of the position of commissioner of education, the transfer of powers and duties to the State Board of Education and the comptroller of public accounts, and the elimination of public school accountability and assessment systems. Dead 03/18/2025
HB2670 Relating to the administration of an election for a member of a board of trustees of an independent school district. Dead 03/18/2025
HB2674 Relating to prohibiting the regulation of home school programs. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/18/2025
HB2696 Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. Dead 03/18/2025
HB2709 Relating to the required minutes of service during each school day for a classroom teacher in public schools. Dead 03/18/2025
HB2732 Relating to prohibiting school districts from providing student instruction on Veterans Day. Dead 03/18/2025
HB2757 Relating to a public school policy for establishing age for purposes of admission into the school for certain children of foreign military members. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/19/2025
HB2764 Relating to reporting by the Texas Education Agency and the comptroller on school finance. Dead 03/19/2025
HB2779 Relating to the operation of free prekindergarten programs by certain school districts and to the early education allotment under the Foundation School Program. Dead 03/19/2025
HB2780 Relating to the creation of the Texas Teacher Residency Partnership Program and a residency partnership allotment under the Foundation School Program. Dead 03/19/2025
HB2781 Relating to menstrual disorders education and informational materials for public school students. Dead 03/19/2025
HB2782 Relating to instructional facilities funding for certain open-enrollment charter schools. Dead 03/19/2025
HB2796 Relating to the permissible uses of money received from the purchase of attendance credit by a school district. Dead 03/19/2025
HB2801 Relating to the definition of an epinephrine delivery device and the use of those devices in public and private schools. Dead 03/19/2025
HB2826 Relating to the regulation of certain political communications, a prohibition on electioneering by school district and open-enrollment charter school officials and employees, and actions and other proceedings by a public school challenging the operations of the public school system; authorizing an administrative penalty; creating a criminal offense. Dead 03/19/2025
HB2835 Relating to the basic allotment and guaranteed yield under the Foundation School Program, including an adjustment in those amounts to reflect inflation. Dead 03/19/2025
HB2846 Relating to parental rights in public education and prohibiting instruction regarding sexual orientation or gender identity for public school students. Dead 03/19/2025
HB2849 Relating to policies on the recess period in public schools. Dead 03/19/2025
HB2861 Relating to the implementation of telehealth services programs at certain public primary and secondary schools and the appointment of a telehealth services program task force to conduct a study and issue a report concerning the implementation of those programs. Dead 03/19/2025
HB2866 Relating to public school accountability and actions and other proceedings challenging the operations of the public school system. Dead 03/19/2025
HB2875 Relating to the development and adoption by school districts of local policies to address eloping behavior by students with autism or other intellectual or developmental disabilities. Dead 03/19/2025
HB2880 Relating to providing a designation for school district campuses that take certain action to address the mental and behavioral health and well-being of students. Dead 03/19/2025
HB2911 Relating to participation in the uniform group coverage program for active school employees and additional state aid for public schools that do not participate in that program. Dead 03/19/2025
HB2919 Relating to the suspension of a public school student for engaging in certain conduct against an employee or volunteer of a school district. Dead 03/19/2025
HB2949 Relating to Celebrate Veterans Week in public schools. Dead 03/19/2025
HB2967 Relating to vision screenings for public and private school students, including vision screening information reporting for public school students, and to the creation of a vision care grant program for certain students. Dead 03/20/2025
HB2980 Relating to the reporting of a controlled substance overdose occurring on the campus of a public school. Dead 03/20/2025
HB2987 Relating to annual reporting regarding the establishment of certain school district planning and decision-making committees. Dead 03/20/2025
HB2995 Relating to the provision of medication for respiratory distress in public and private schools. Dead 03/20/2025
HB3013 Relating to a restriction on the use of public money by a school district regarding the passage of a bond proposal. Dead 03/20/2025
HB3020 Relating to statewide standing orders prescribing epinephrine auto-injectors, medication for respiratory distress, and opioid antagonists to public and private schools. Dead 03/20/2025
HB3024 Relating to required reporting regarding a school district's school counseling program. Dead 03/20/2025
HB3025 Relating to requiring parental consent for the use of corporal punishment in public schools. Dead 03/20/2025
HB3029 Relating to the administration of nonprescription medications to certain public and private school students. Dead 03/20/2025
HB3048 Relating to the revision of the essential knowledge and skills of the public school social studies curricula to include instruction relating to the history of persons with disabilities. Dead 03/20/2025
HB3051 Relating to the policies and procedures of a public school's threat assessment and safe and supportive school teams. Dead 03/20/2025
HB3052 Relating to compensation increases provided to certain public school employees under the Foundation School Program. Dead 03/20/2025
HB3082 Relating to the small and mid-sized district allotment under the public school finance system. Dead 03/20/2025
HB3099 Relating to adult high school charter program funding. Dead 03/20/2025
HB3101 Relating to the provision of accelerated and supplemental instruction for public school students and outcomes-based contracting with those providers. Dead 03/20/2025
HB3102 Relating to exempting school districts impacted by education savings account programs from the recapture of maintenance and operations ad valorem tax revenue under the public school finance system. Dead 03/20/2025
HB3103 Relating to certain requirements for a school district to contract with an open-enrollment charter school or entity to operate a district campus. Dead 03/20/2025
HB3136 Relating to excused absences from public school for the purpose of visiting an institution of higher education. Dead 03/20/2025
HB3143 Relating to establishing the safety protection grant program under which the parent of a student whose safety is in jeopardy may elect to transfer the student to another public school campus or receive funding for the student to attend private school. Dead 03/20/2025
HB3147 Relating to fiscal reporting by public schools. Dead 03/20/2025
HB3149 Relating to instruction on hunter education for public high school students. Dead 03/20/2025
HB3152 Relating to the display of the pledge of allegiance to the United States flag and the pledge of allegiance to the Texas flag in public school classrooms. Dead 03/20/2025
HB3160 Relating to Internet safety and technology protection policies in public schools and libraries. Dead 03/20/2025
HB3170 Relating to transparency in special education legal proceedings involving a school district and a limit on legal fees that may be spent by a school district in special education legal proceedings. Dead 03/20/2025
HB3190 Relating to school personnel and public school operations, including the eligibility of certain employees for unemployment compensation benefits. Dead 03/20/2025
HB3192 Relating to establishing age for purposes of admission into public schools for certain children of foreign military members. Dead 03/20/2025
HB3222 Relating to school district policies, appeals to the commissioner of education, and reporting on settlement agreements entered into by a public school. Dead 03/20/2025
HB3224 Relating to the compensation and professional representation of certain students participating in University Interscholastic League activities. Dead 03/20/2025
HB3245 Relating to requiring school districts to annually provide information regarding employee benefits to district employees, retired district employees, and their families. Dead 03/20/2025
HB3264 Relating to the inclusion of firearm safety instruction in the required health curriculum for public school students. Dead 03/20/2025
HB3266 Relating to prohibiting a school district from charging fees for late drop-offs or pickups of a student at a district campus. Dead 03/20/2025
HB3277 Relating to the basic allotment and guaranteed yield under the Foundation School Program, including an adjustment in those amounts to reflect inflation. Dead 03/20/2025
HB3292 Relating to prohibiting ultraprocessed food from being served or sold to students in public schools. Dead 03/20/2025
HB3297 Relating to the establishment of the Texas prekindergarten fund to support public school prekindergarten education. Dead 03/20/2025
HB3312 Relating to the preservation and release of video surveillance recordings of special education settings. Dead 03/21/2025
HB3325 Relating to a public school student's transition from an alternative education program to a regular educational environment, including parental rights related to that transition, and the admission of certain students with a criminal or disciplinary history. Dead 03/21/2025
HB3328 Relating to the approval of purchases under the supplemental special education services and instructional materials program by a public school student's admission, review, and dismissal committee. Dead 03/21/2025
HB3341 Relating to providing to parents a copy of certain procedures included in a public school's multihazard emergency operations plan. Dead 03/21/2025
HB3342 Relating to the adjustment of the average daily attendance of a school district due to unsafe conditions. Dead 03/21/2025
HB3347 Relating to person not eligible for employment in public schools and to measures to ensure publics schools do not employ those persons. Dead 03/21/2025
HB3351 Relating to measures for ensuring public school safety, including the commissioning of peace officers by the Texas Education Agency, public school safety and security requirements, and the provision of safety-related resources. Dead 03/21/2025
HB3369 Relating to the removal of a spectator of certain school extracurricular athletic activities or competitions. Dead 03/21/2025
HB3372 Relating to prohibiting certain personal services performed by school district administrators; providing a civil penalty. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/21/2025
HB3373 Relating to the provision by school districts of certain records and financial information to the public. Dead 03/21/2025
HB3380 Relating to the basic allotment and guaranteed yield under the Foundation School Program, including an adjustment in those amounts to reflect inflation. Dead 03/21/2025
HB3384 Relating to the applicability of class size limits and certain parental notification requirements to school districts of innovation. Dead 03/21/2025
HB3397 Relating to the administration of medication by open-enrollment charter schools, private schools, and school employees. Dead 03/21/2025
HB3408 Relating to the posting of annual financial statements and governing body information on an open-enrollment charter school's Internet website. Dead 03/21/2025
HB3411 Relating to prohibiting a public school teacher from supporting a student's gender transition. Dead 03/21/2025
HB3450 Relating to instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of automated external defibrillators for school district, private school, and open-enrollment charter school employees and volunteers. Dead 03/21/2025
HB3456 Relating to prohibiting high fructose corn syrup from being included in drinks sold by school districts. Dead 03/24/2025
HB3460 Relating to the bilingual education allotment under the public school finance system. Dead 03/24/2025
HB3470 Relating to the administration of assessment instruments in public schools, eliminating the requirement to use public school assessment instruments as a criterion for promotion or graduation, and the temporary suspension of certain accountability determinations for a school district or campus in a school year in which the operations of the district or campus are disrupted as a result of a declared disaster. Dead 03/24/2025
HB3485 Relating to the availability and instruction on the use of automated external defibrillators and a cardiac emergency response plan at public schools and certain private schools in this state. Dead 03/24/2025
HB3536 Relating to the Collaborative Task Force on Public School Mental Health Services. Dead 03/24/2025
HB3546 Relating to the authority of an independent school district to change the date of the general election for officers. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/24/2025
HB3548 Relating to local school health advisory councils and instruction regarding human sexuality, sexual orientation, and gender identity provided by public schools. Dead 03/24/2025
HB3549 Relating to requiring a school district or open-enrollment charter school to report data regarding certain disciplinary or law enforcement actions taken against students. Dead 03/24/2025
HB3551 Relating to a school district student's reentry into a regular educational environment from an alternative education program, including parental rights related to that reentry. Dead 03/25/2025
HB3558 Relating to certain provisions required to be included in teacher employment contracts. Dead 03/25/2025
HB3564 Relating to the collection and reporting of data regarding race and ethnicity by the Texas Education Agency. Dead 03/25/2025
HB3570 Relating to the terms of members of a board of trustees of a military reservation school district. Dead 03/25/2025
HB3579 Relating to eliminating the requirement for personal skills instruction in public schools. Dead 03/25/2025
HB3583 Relating to reading instruction, assessment instruments, and interventions provided to public school students. Dead 03/25/2025
HB3587 Relating to firearm safety instruction in public schools and certain private schools. Dead 03/25/2025
HB3596 Relating to prevention of and safety requirements regarding sudden cardiac arrest affecting public school students participating in interscholastic athletics. Dead 03/25/2025
HB3604 Relating to the authority of the board of trustees of certain small school districts to decrease the number of trustees on the board. Dead 03/25/2025
HB3606 Relating to an exemption from teacher certification examinations for certain persons who graduated from general academic teaching institutions. Dead 03/25/2025
HB3617 Relating to the creation of the office of inspector general for education at the Texas Education Agency to investigate the administration of public education and required reporting on misconduct by employees of certain educational entities; creating a criminal offense; increasing an administrative penalty; authorizing an administrative penalty. Dead 03/25/2025
HB3622 Relating to measures to support public school students at risk of dropping out of school, including average daily attendance for the optional flexible school day program and the dropout recovery school and residential placement facility allotment under the Foundation School Program. Dead 03/25/2025
HB3624 Relating to excused absences from public school for a student's mental or behavioral health. Dead 03/25/2025
HB3627 Relating to allowing the chair of the State Board of Education to employ personnel to assist in performing the board's duties. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/25/2025
HB3629 Relating to prohibiting a person required to register as a sex offender from serving as a member of the board of trustees of an independent school district. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/25/2025
HB3631 Relating to a credit against required recapture payments for certain school districts for the cost of windstorm and hail insurance under the public school finance system. Dead 03/25/2025
HB3633 Relating to the retention of certain public school student records related to special education. Dead 03/25/2025
HB3656 Relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Texas School Safety Center. Dead 03/25/2025
HB3657 Relating to the removal of a public school student from the classroom for engaging in certain conduct against a school district employee. Dead 03/25/2025
HB3661 Relating to the regulation of certain political communications, a prohibition on electioneering by school district and open-enrollment charter school officials and employees, and actions and other proceedings by a public school challenging the operations of the public school system; authorizing an administrative penalty; creating a criminal offense. Dead 03/25/2025
HB3662 Relating to the operation of an unmanned aircraft over a primary or secondary school instructional facility; creating a criminal offense. Dead 03/25/2025
HB3670 Relating to access to the catalog of a public school's library materials. Dead 03/25/2025
HB3672 Relating to the creation of an extracurricular community education grant program. Dead 03/25/2025
HB3690 Relating to a review of library materials included in public school libraries; providing a civil penalty. Dead 03/25/2025
HB3692 Relating to additional state aid for school districts for the provision of certain prekindergarten classes. Dead 03/25/2025
HB3702 Relating to the applicability of educator certification and contract requirements to school districts of innovation. Dead 03/26/2025
HB3703 Relating to the applicability of certain laws governing public school requirements to a school district of innovation. Dead 03/26/2025
HB3714 Relating to eliminating the requirement for character traits and personal skills instruction in public schools. Dead 03/26/2025
HB3736 Relating to prohibiting certain additives from being included in food and drinks provided by school districts. Dead 03/26/2025
HB3738 Relating to an annual study on perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in school lunches. Dead 03/26/2025
HB3739 Relating to fetal development instruction included as part of the public school health curriculum in certain grade levels. Dead 03/26/2025
HB3754 Relating to a school district conference or hearing following a public school student's removal from a classroom or expulsion. Dead 03/26/2025
HB3764 Relating to parental notice of certain changes relating to a school district student's teacher. Dead 03/26/2025
HB3780 Relating to the application of nepotism prohibitions to a person appointed or employed by a school district as a teacher or other employee. Dead 03/26/2025
HB3795 Relating to applicability of reporting requirements to private schools and other entities providing education services in this state that accept students with vouchers, education savings accounts, tax credit scholarships, or certain other funding. Dead 03/26/2025
HB3796 Relating to public school accountability, including the administration of assessment instruments in public schools, the assignment of public school campus performance ratings, and the creation of the Texas Commission on Public School Assessment and Accountability. Dead 03/26/2025
HB3797 Relating to the terminology used to refer to certain assessment instruments administered to public school students. Dead 03/26/2025
HB3802 Relating to the establishment of the governor's task force on the governance of early childhood education and care. Dead 03/26/2025
HB3822 Relating to parental leave policies for certain public school classroom teachers. Dead 03/26/2025
HB3852 Relating to providing information regarding immunization requirements for admission to public elementary and secondary schools. Dead 03/27/2025
HB3884 Relating to foreign language curriculum requirements for high school students in public schools. Dead 03/27/2025
HB3885 Relating to the transfer of public school students who are children of certain public servants. Dead 03/27/2025
HB3907 Relating to the percentage of a basic allotment increase under the Foundation School Program required to be used to provide compensation increases. Dead 03/27/2025
HB3938 Relating to the formation of a public education scholarship program. Dead 03/27/2025
HB3939 Relating to student input for school district and campus improvement plans. Dead 03/27/2025
HB3956 Relating to a parent-directed supplemental services and instructional materials program for public school students; authorizing a fee. Dead 03/27/2025
HB3968 Relating to the establishment of the School Meals Council to study and make recommendations regarding public school meal programs. Dead 03/27/2025
HB3972 Relating to including fetal development instruction as part of the required health curriculum for public school students in certain grade levels. Dead 03/27/2025
HB3975 Relating to authorizing a credit union to act as a school district depository. Dead 03/27/2025
HB3991 Relating to misconduct by public school employees and to persons who must be listed in the registry of persons not eligible for employment in public schools. Dead 03/27/2025
HB3998 Relating to the capacity and usage of school district facilities and the transfer of students between school districts. Dead 03/27/2025
HB4002 Relating to parental rights in public education and prohibiting instruction regarding sexual orientation or gender identity for public school students. Dead 03/27/2025
HB4003 Relating to parental consent for certain activities engaged in by a school district employee or contractor with respect to the parent's child. Dead 03/27/2025
HB4010 Relating to a school district's library collection development policies; authorizing a civil penalty. Dead 03/27/2025
HB4040 Relating to prohibiting diversity, equity, and inclusion practices at school districts; authorizing an administrative penalty. Dead 03/27/2025
HB4056 Relating to school district policies regarding the selection, removal, and replacement of library materials. Dead 03/27/2025
HB4093 Relating to the provision of information regarding certain public assistance programs by public schools. Dead 03/27/2025
HB4096 Relating to a limitation on the salary of school administrators of school districts. Dead 03/27/2025
HB4104 Relating to the adoption of a list of performance standards for the removal of a conservator, management team, or board of managers appointed to a school district. Dead 03/27/2025
HB4125 Relating to the requirement that law enforcement agencies notify school districts when a school district employee is under investigation for certain criminal offenses. Dead 03/27/2025
HB4126 Relating to the transfer of public school students who are children of certain public servants. Dead 03/27/2025
HB4128 Relating to accelerated instruction for public school students who fail to achieve satisfactory performance on certain assessment instruments. Dead 03/27/2025
HB4146 Relating to the rights of public school educators and assistance provided to public schools by the Texas Education Agency related to public school educators. Dead 03/27/2025
HB4156 Relating to creation of a school district by detachment of territory from an existing school district. Dead 03/31/2025
HB4160 Relating to the release of certain video surveillance of special education settings. Dead 03/31/2025
HB4183 Relating to a prohibition on instruction regarding abortion in public schools; creating a criminal offense. Dead 03/31/2025
HB4185 Relating to the election of the commissioner of education. Dead 03/31/2025
HB4190 Relating to an annual audit of attendance credit purchased by a school district and the refund of attendance credit used for a prohibited purpose. Dead 03/31/2025
HB4193 Relating to measures for ensuring safety and security in public schools, including certain training for school district personnel and parents of certain students. Dead 03/31/2025
HB4197 Relating to a requirement that public schools issue student identification cards to high school students. Dead 03/31/2025
HB4198 Relating to the standards for a school district's library collection development policies; providing a civil penalty. Dead 03/31/2025
HB4206 Relating to the creation of the office of inspector general for education at the Texas Education Agency to investigate the administration of public education and required reporting on misconduct by employees of certain educational entities; creating a criminal offense; increasing an administrative penalty; authorizing an administrative penalty. Dead 03/31/2025
HB4208 Relating to including fetal development instruction as part of the required health curriculum for public school students. Dead 03/31/2025
HB4209 Relating to a report of child abuse or neglect made by an employee of a school district or an open-enrollment charter school. Dead 03/31/2025
HB4241 Relating to the process for filling a vacancy on the board of trustees of an independent school district. Dead 03/31/2025
HB4249 Relating to the establishment of a grant program to provide training to public school educators and administrators related to teaching historically underserved students. Dead 03/31/2025
HB4252 Relating to a semiannual progress report by the commissioner of education on the performance of a school district or district campus to which a conservator, management team, or board of managers has been appointed. Dead 04/01/2025
HB4262 Relating to the recall of members of school district boards of trustees. Dead 04/01/2025
HB4292 Relating to appeals regarding school laws and a school district's grievance procedure regarding complaints concerning violation of state education law or school district board of trustees policy. Dead 04/01/2025
HB4320 Relating to allowing a dual credit course to be offered through remote instruction under a school district's college credit program. Dead 04/01/2025
HB4330 Relating to a public school's cooperation with certain officers engaged in immigration-related duties. Dead 04/01/2025
HB4352 Relating to the removal of a public school student from the classroom for engaging in conduct involving the possession of certain prohibited substances. Dead 04/01/2025
HB4354 Relating to access to certain public school library materials. Dead 04/01/2025
HB4365 Relating to training requirements for a member of the board of trustees of an independent school district. Dead 04/01/2025
HB4375 Relating to broadcast coverage agreements for postseason activity of students representing a University Interscholastic League member school. Dead 04/01/2025
HB4381 Relating to parental rights and required notification in public education; authorizing an administrative penalty. Dead 04/01/2025
HB4383 Relating to the paper administration of certain assessment instruments and information related to assessment instrument accommodations for students with disabilities. Dead 04/01/2025
HB4390 Relating to parental rights regarding the use of machine grading to score certain portions of assessment instruments administered to public school students in this state. Dead 04/01/2025
HB4411 Relating to school district hearings regarding complaints. Dead 04/02/2025
HB4428 Relating to the approval of innovative courses by the State Board of Education. Dead 04/02/2025
HB4440 Relating to the use of receipts from attendance credit purchased under the public school finance system. Dead 04/02/2025
HB4442 Relating to an elective course on mindfulness for middle school, junior high school, and high school students. Dead 04/02/2025
HB4448 Relating to an automated artificial intelligence review of library material purchased by public schools; providing an administrative penalty. Dead 04/02/2025
HB4481 Relating to the applicability of laws regarding school crossing guards to open-enrollment charter schools. Dead 04/03/2025
HB4489 Relating to the issuance of an educator certificate to certain applicants from outside this state. Dead 04/03/2025
HB4527 Relating to the applicability to private schools of laws relating to the reporting to law enforcement of certain employee misconduct. Dead 04/03/2025
HB4548 Relating to assessment and reporting requirements regarding safety and security in public schools. Dead 04/03/2025
HB4550 Relating to permissible uses of the school safety allotment under the Foundation School Program. Dead 04/03/2025
HB4551 Relating to the process for filling a vacancy on the board of trustees of an independent school district. Dead 04/03/2025
HB4561 Relating to prohibiting excused absences and school district support for student political protests, advocacy, or attempts to influence governmental policymaking during the school day, and establishing educator standards and disciplinary measures to ensure political neutrality in Texas public schools. Dead 04/03/2025
HB4567 Relating to a study by the Texas Education Agency regarding standardizing building designs for public schools. Dead 04/03/2025
HB4571 Relating to eliminating redundant or unnecessary requirements placed on school districts. Dead 04/03/2025
HB4574 Relating to required notice of an appeal to the commissioner of education regarding certain actions or decisions by a school district. Dead 04/03/2025
HB4596 Relating to certain electioneering activities by members of a board of trustees of an independent school district. Dead 04/03/2025
HB4618 Relating to the terms of certain agreements involving minor boundary adjustments between two contiguous school districts. Dead 04/03/2025
HB4619 Relating to the parental notification regarding public school teacher qualifications. Dead 04/03/2025
HB4651 Relating to the period for which a public school student may be placed in a disciplinary alternative education program or expelled. Dead 04/03/2025
HB4653 Relating to the discipline of public school students who engage in certain conduct. Dead 04/03/2025
HB4664 Relating to requiring public schools to make reasonable accommodations for lactating students. Dead 04/03/2025
HB4678 Relating to the authority of a school district to contract to operate certain district campuses. Dead 04/03/2025
HB4684 Relating to instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of automated external defibrillators for school district, private school, and open-enrollment charter school employees and volunteers. Dead 04/03/2025
HB4687 Relating to the applicability of certain immunity and liability laws to certain charter school campuses or programs. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/03/2025
HB4698 Relating to the establishment of a grant program for school district or open-enrollment charter school campuses that are designated as full-service community schools. Dead 04/03/2025
HB4699 Relating to required independent school districts, home-rule school districts, and open-enrollment charter schools to comply with legally required policies. Dead 04/03/2025
HB4704 Relating to a public school paid parental leave policy, an allotment under the Foundation School Program for the cost of providing paid parental leave under that policy, and the eligibility of certain children for free prekindergarten programs. Dead 04/03/2025
HB4707 Relating to the admission to public schools of children unlawfully present in the United States and the eligibility of those children for the benefits of the available school fund and Foundation School Program. Dead 04/03/2025
HB4758 Relating to a public school policy to allow a student with a disability to be accompanied by a handler for the student's service animal. Dead 04/03/2025
HB4786 Relating to repeal of provisions requiring a school district to reduce its local revenue level in excess of entitlement. Dead 04/03/2025
HB4814 Relating to the display of and allowance for non-human behaviors in Texas schools. Dead 04/03/2025
HB4821 Relating to speech protections for student media publications in public schools. Dead 04/03/2025
HB4826 Relating to the bilingual education allotment under the Foundation School Program. Dead 04/03/2025
HB4827 Relating to a contract for professional services rendered to a school district. Dead 04/03/2025
HB4831 Relating to prohibiting private schools from hiring persons in the registry of persons not eligible for employment in schools and to persons who must be listed in that registry. Dead 04/03/2025
HB4833 Relating to the removal of a public school student from the classroom for engaging in certain conduct and requiring a drug prevention and intervention program. Dead 04/03/2025
HB4834 Relating to the applicability of certain laws pertaining to energy aggregation by political subdivisions. Dead 04/03/2025
HB4871 Relating to grief instruction in public schools. Dead 04/03/2025
HB4874 Relating to the policies and procedures of a public school's threat assessment and safe and supportive school team and threat assessment review team. Dead 04/03/2025
HB4886 Relating to reporting on students not lawfully present in the United States enrolled in a public school. Dead 04/03/2025
HB4893 Relating to the establishment of a postsecondary advising program for students who are the first in their families to pursue postsecondary education or who are educationally disadvantaged. Dead 04/03/2025
HB4963 Relating to the assignment of family engagement specialists at public schools. Dead 04/03/2025
HB4983 Relating to an elective course on firearms safety for public high school students and a virtual course on firearms safety for the public. Dead 04/03/2025
HB5019 Relating to school district contracts with certain organizations and payroll deductions for school district employees. Dead 04/03/2025
HB5021 Relating to the standards for public school library materials. Dead 04/03/2025
HB5035 Relating to a prohibition on the guarantee of public school bonds. Dead 04/03/2025
HB5045 Relating to the employment of and parental notification regarding classroom teachers in public schools. Dead 04/03/2025
HB5056 Relating to human sexuality education in public schools. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5075 Relating to the authority of school districts in certain counties to establish alternative programs in lieu of sending students to a juvenile justice alternative education program. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5077 Relating to the essential knowledge and skills for the public school foundation curriculum and social studies curriculum. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5089 Relating to creation of a school district by detachment of territory from an existing school district. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5100 Relating to instruction on adoption in the parenting and paternity awareness program in public schools. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5110 Relating to safety standards for public school instructional facility doors. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5125 Relating to measures to ensure public school transparency and accountability, including school district board of trustees meeting requirements, posting of certain information on a public school's Internet website, the creation of a grievance portal, and the inclusion of a transparency and accountability domain in the public school accountability system. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5140 Relating to a credit for prepayment of the amount required to be paid by a school district for the purchase of attendance credit under the public school finance system. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5162 Relating to repealing the authority to create a school district by detachment of territory from an existing school district. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5175 Relating to the employment of classroom teachers in public schools and the waiver or payment of certain educator examination and certification fees. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5179 Relating to disclosure of information regarding an open-enrollment charter school's management company. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5190 Relating to requiring parental consent before interviewing a student regarding certain alleged incidents of misconduct in public schools. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5201 Relating to requiring school districts ensure that project managers overseeing construction projects are bonded. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5230 Relating to emergency response management training for certain administrators and security personnel at public schools. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5232 Relating to a pilot program for outcomes-based contracts at public schools. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5251 Relating to excused absences from public school for certain students to attend mental health care appointments. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5257 Relating to mental health first aid training for certain school district volunteers. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5262 Relating to the establishment of a school health and related services program advisory council. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5263 Relating to the accessibility of results from the state assessment. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5282 Relating to the use of artificial intelligence to score certain portions of assessment instruments administered to public school students. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5296 Relating to the salary and wages paid to public school employees. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5305 Relating to recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America in public schools and in open-enrollment charter schools; providing exemptions. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5306 Relating to the permissible uses of the school safety allotment and the creation of a mental and behavioral health allotment under the Foundation School Program. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5312 Relating to the sale, lease, or use of an unused or underused school district facility. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5338 Relating to providing for an election by the parent of a student who was victimized by a public school employee to transfer the student to another public school campus or receive funding for the student to attend private school. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5353 Relating to the administration of certain assessment instruments and the accountability rating system for assessing campus and district performance. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5355 Relating to the permissible uses of the allotment for students with dyslexia or related disorders under the Foundation School Program. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5371 Relating to reporting on students not lawfully present in the United States enrolled in a public school; creating a criminal offense. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5374 Relating to the bilingual education allotment under the public school finance system. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5378 Relating to the notice of certain food additives in meals provided by a public school. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5381 Relating to the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children and other protections for certain military dependents enrolled in a public school. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5384 Relating to a classroom teacher's right to appeal to the commissioner of education regarding the teacher's designation under a local optional teacher designation system. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5393 Relating to the reporting and investigation of misconduct by public and private school employees; creating a criminal offense; providing a civil penalty. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5406 Relating to the creation of the office of inspector general, appointed by the State Board of Education, with jurisdiction to investigate allegations of public school employee misconduct. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5418 Relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Texas School Safety Center. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5419 Relating to eliminating inefficiencies in the organization, operation, powers, regulations, and management of the Texas Education Agency to prioritize the provision of funding directly to public schools. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5420 Relating to a military transition allotment under the Foundation School Program. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5423 Relating to an annual report published by the Texas Education Agency regarding public school campus closures. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5485 Relating to the standards for a school district's library collection development policies; providing a civil penalty. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5498 Relating to a public school's grievance procedure. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5515 Relating to restrictions on freight and shipping costs included in the price of instructional materials for public schools. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/07/2025
HB5516 Relating to an application for the establishment of a new open-enrollment charter school campus or site. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5526 Relating to a school security volunteer program for public schools in certain counties. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5548 Relating to prohibiting certain food additives from being included at primary and secondary schools. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5552 Relating to lead in drinking water at public schools. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5553 Relating to discipline in public schools. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5589 Relating to a review and revision of the essential knowledge and skills of the science curriculum by the State Board of Education. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5601 Relating to conditioning the implementation of a school choice program on federal reimbursement of state expenses relating to securing the border. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5606 Relating to a sick leave pool for public school employees. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5614 Relating to providing free full-day prekindergarten for certain children. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5615 Relating to the establishment of a grant program for preventing violence and substance abuse in public schools. Dead 04/07/2025
HB5636 Relating to the reporting of information regarding high school performance acknowledgments earned by public school students. Dead 04/07/2025
HCR64 Designating the first full week in April as Gifted and Talented Students Week for a 10-year period ending in 2035. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/05/2025
HCR151 Designating October 5 as Texas Teachers' Day for a 10-year period ending in 2035. Dead 05/16/2025
HJR52 Proposing a constitutional amendment protecting private schools from state and local regulation. Dead 03/03/2025
HJR92 Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing a parent's right to direct the education of the parent's child. Dead 03/10/2025
HJR124 Proposing a constitutional amendment creating the state school health and safety fund to provide financial support for projects that improve the physical and mental health of public school students and enhance the safety of public schools in this state. Dead 03/17/2025
HJR125 Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the state to pay at least 50 percent of the cost of maintaining and operating the public school system and prohibiting the comptroller from certifying legislation containing an appropriation for public education unless the requirement is met. Dead 03/17/2025
HJR136 Proposing a constitutional amendment protecting private schools from state and local regulation. Dead 03/19/2025
HJR155 Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing a parent's right to direct a child's education. Dead 03/24/2025
HJR181 Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing elections for the recall of a member of the board of trustees of an independent school district. Dead 04/02/2025
HJR194 Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to provide for credits against the ad valorem taxes imposed by a school district on the property of certain persons who provide an educational alternative for a child eligible to attend a public school in the district. Dead 04/03/2025
HJR207 Proposing a constitutional amendment to restrict the power of the legislature to mandate unfunded or underfunded costs and requirements on a school district. Dead 04/07/2025
HJR210 Proposing a constitutional amendment related to the funding and support of public free schools. Dead 04/07/2025
HJR217 Proposing a constitutional amendment conditioning the implementation of a school choice program on federal reimbursement of state expenses relating to securing the border. Dead 04/07/2025
SB2 Relating to the establishment of an education savings account program. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 02/25/2025
SB10 Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/25/2025
SB12 Relating to parental rights in public education, to certain public school requirements and prohibitions regarding instruction, diversity, equity, and inclusion duties, and social transitioning, and to student clubs at public schools. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/22/2025
SB13 Relating to a school district's library materials and catalog, the establishment of local school library advisory councils, and parental rights regarding public school library catalogs and access by the parent's child to library materials. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/09/2025
SB24 Relating to the inclusion of an understanding of communist regimes and ideologies in the essential knowledge and skills for the social studies curriculum for certain public school students. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/09/2025
SB26 Relating to public education, including the rights and compensation of public school educators and funding for teacher compensation under the Foundation School Program. Dead 04/09/2025
SB27 Relating to the rights of public school educators and financial and other assistance provided to educators and to public schools by the Texas Education Agency related to public school educators. Dead 04/17/2025
SB57 Relating to provisions and plans by public schools to ensure the safety of individuals with disabilities or impairments during a mandatory school drill or a disaster or emergency situation. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/09/2025
SB111 Relating to reporting by school districts regarding special education legal proceedings in which a certain amount of legal fees has been incurred by the district. Dead 05/14/2025
SB112 Relating to parental rights in public education. Dead 04/22/2025
SB204 Relating to a handbook on parental rights in education and training requirements on parental rights in education for a member of the board of trustees of a school district. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/17/2025
SB205 Relating to fetal development instruction included as part of the public school health curriculum in certain grade levels. Dead 05/14/2025
SB207 Relating to excused absences from public school for certain students to attend mental health care appointments. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/09/2025
SB226 Relating to establishing residency for children who are the subject of parental child safety placement agreements for purposes of admission into public schools. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/22/2025
SB260 Relating to the school safety allotment under the Foundation School Program. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/09/2025
SB314 Relating to prohibiting certain food additives from being included in free or reduced-price meals provided by school districts. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/09/2025
SB371 Relating to parental approval for a student's participation in human sexuality instruction in public schools. Dead 04/09/2025
SB400 Relating to requiring parental consent for psychological or psychiatric examination, testing, or treatment conducted by a school district employee. Dead 04/09/2025
SB401 Relating to participation by non-enrolled students in University Interscholastic League-sponsored activities. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/30/2025
SB413 Relating to the meetings of the boards of trustees of independent school districts. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/22/2025
SB568 Relating to special education in public schools, including funding for special education under the Foundation School Program. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/22/2025
SB569 Relating to the provision of virtual education in public schools and to certain waivers and modifications by the commissioner of education to the method of calculating average daily attendance in an emergency or crisis for purposes of preserving school district funding entitlements under the Foundation School Program during that emergency or crisis; authorizing a fee. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/09/2025
SB570 Relating to an attendance policy adopted by public schools to prevent truancy. Dead 04/22/2025
SB571 Relating to the reporting and investigation of certain misconduct and child abuse and neglect; creating a criminal offense. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 05/10/2025
SB582 Relating to certain agreements arising out of special investigations conducted by the Texas Education Agency. Dead 05/14/2025
SB604 Relating to the posting of information regarding certain bonds guaranteed by the permanent school fund. Dead 04/28/2025
SB605 Relating to the establishment of a new open-enrollment charter school campus by certain charter holders and to the expansion of an open-enrollment charter school. Dead 04/22/2025
SB609 Relating to requiring independent school districts, home-rule school districts, and open-enrollment charter schools to comply with legally required policies. Dead 04/17/2025
SB686 Relating to the transfer of students between public schools. Dead 04/22/2025
SB735 Relating to Holocaust education and training for public school educators and students. Dead 05/02/2025
SB747 Relating to public school policies and programs regarding the production or distribution of certain intimate visual material by public school students. Dead 04/28/2025
SB762 Relating to the display of flags in public schools; providing a civil penalty. Dead 04/22/2025
SB784 Relating to the transfer of certain public school students who are children of peace officers. Dead 05/02/2025
SB843 Relating to a Texas Education Agency database of school district and open-enrollment charter school bonds, taxes, and bond-related projects. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/28/2025
SB865 Relating to instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of automated external defibrillators and to a cardiac emergency response plan for certain school employees and volunteers. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 05/08/2025
SB875 Relating to prohibiting election activities committed by a member of the board of trustees or superintendent of an independent school district or on certain school district premises; creating criminal offenses. Dead 04/22/2025
SB920 Relating to the administration of nonprescription medications to certain public and private school students. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/09/2025
SB991 Relating to the inclusion of chronically absent and truant students as students at risk of dropping out of school and the collection and reporting of data regarding those students. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/22/2025
SB1049 Relating to excused absences from public school for the purpose of attending a released time course. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 05/02/2025
SB1191 Relating to the development of a standard method of computing a student's high school grade point average. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/22/2025
SB1207 Relating to instruction on adoption in the parenting and paternity awareness program in public schools. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/09/2025
SB1224 Relating to the reporting of certain public or private school employee misconduct to local law enforcement. Dead 05/06/2025
SB1325 Relating to contracting by public and private schools for the provision of medication for respiratory distress and training in administering that medication. Dead 04/28/2025
SB1395 Relating to the membership of a school district's local school health advisory council. Dead 05/02/2025
SB1396 Relating to prohibiting the adoption or use of national sex education standards in public schools. Dead 04/22/2025
SB1418 Relating to the terminology used to refer to certain assessment instruments administered to public school students. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/28/2025
SB1447 Relating to standards adopted by the Texas Education Agency regarding the use of electronic devices and software applications by public schools. Dead 04/22/2025
SB1490 Relating to adult high school charter program funding. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/30/2025
SB1551 Relating to the availability of automated external defibrillators at public schools. Dead 05/06/2025
SB1581 Relating to the eligibility of a trustee of certain school districts for employment by those districts. Dead 05/14/2025
SB1750 Relating to instructional facilities funding for certain open-enrollment charter schools. Dead 04/22/2025
SB1832 Relating to providing for an election by the parent of a student who was victimized by a public school employee to transfer the student to another public school campus or receive funding for the student to attend private school. Dead 04/28/2025
SB1871 Relating to discipline management and access to telehealth mental health services in public schools. Dead 04/22/2025
SB1872 Relating to the expulsion of a public school student for engaging in conduct that constitutes certain offenses. Dead 04/22/2025
SB1873 Relating to students enrolled in public schools subject to in-school or out-of-school suspension. Dead 04/22/2025
SB1874 Relating to immunity from certain disciplinary proceedings against a professional employee of a school district for certain actions concerning public school discipline and law and order. Dead 04/22/2025
SB1903 Relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Texas Permanent School Fund Corporation. Dead 05/14/2025
SB1962 Relating to public school accountability, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement and public school performance ratings under the public school accountability system, a grant program for school district local accountability plans, and actions challenging Texas Education Agency decisions related to public school accountability. Dead 04/22/2025
SB1972 Relating to a limitation on rules, bylaws, and policies adopted by a school district's board of trustees. Dead 05/02/2025
SB2185 Relating to the bilingual education allotment under the public school finance system. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/24/2025
SB2252 Relating to measures to support kindergarten readiness and early literacy and numeracy skills for public school students, including an early childhood parental support program and prekindergarten programs in public schools, and to funding under the Foundation School Program for certain school districts and to support those measures. Dead 04/24/2025
SB2253 Relating to the certification of public school educators, including financial and other assistance provided to public schools by the Texas Education Agency. Dead 04/30/2025
SB2365 Relating to a policy prohibiting the use of personal wireless communication devices by public school students during instructional time. Dead 04/17/2025
SB2392 Relating to notice to local law enforcement of certain offenses occurring on public or private school property or at school-sponsored or school-related activities; providing a civil penalty. Dead 05/02/2025
SB2398 Relating to certain policies and procedures related to concussions or other brain injuries sustained by public school students. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 05/02/2025
SB2540 Relating to the terms of certain agreements involving minor boundary adjustments between two contiguous school districts. Dead 05/02/2025
SB2600 Relating to a fee charged by a school district for the transportation of a student who lives within two miles of the school the student attends. Dead 05/14/2025
SB2617 Relating to a policy adopted by a school district or open-enrollment charter school regarding the expression of dates. Dead 05/21/2025
SB2619 Relating to certain accountability-related policies and procedures related to public schools, the availability of information regarding a board of trustees of a school district or governing body of an open-enrollment charter school, and the approval by the Texas Education Agency of training provided to a member of a board of trustees of a school district. Dead 05/16/2025
SB2751 Relating to the inspection of residential and day placement facilities for special education students. Dead 05/16/2025
SB2920 Relating to the regulation of steroid use by students participating in athletic competitions sponsored or sanctioned by the University Interscholastic League. Dead 04/30/2025
SB2927 Relating to a contract regarding the operation of a school district campus. Dead 05/02/2025
SB2929 Relating to the removal of a spectator of certain school extracurricular athletic activities or competitions. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 05/08/2025
SB3061 Relating to the eligibility of children of certain elected officials to participate in an education savings account program. Dead 05/16/2025
SJR12 Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing a parent's right to direct a child's education. Dead 04/17/2025