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House Bills
HB 29 - Elimination of school district maintenance and operations taxes and the creation of a joint interim committee. HB 31 - Use of average enrollment for purposes of the public school finance system. HB 43 - Repeal of or limitations on certain state and local taxes, including school district maintenance and operations and school finance reform; imposing taxes. HB 135 - Use of average enrollment for purposes of the public school finance. HB 313 - Compensatory education allotment for homeless or students in foster care. HB 332 - Cost-of-living adjustment applicable to certain benefits paid by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. HB 341 - Funding for small and mid-sized open-enrollment charter schools. HB 346 - sales and use tax exemption for school supplies purchased by a teacher. HB 348 - Use of average enrollment for purposes of the public school finance. HB 429 - Annual cost-of-living increases applicable to benefits paid by TRS. HB 656 - Inclusion of Compensation paid under the TIA under the Foundation School Program for purposes of contributions to benefits under the TRS. HB 710 - Requirement that school districts and open-enrollment charter schools use metal detectors on each campus. HB 770 - Salary and wages paid to public school employees; making an appropriation. HB 775 - Benefits paid by the TRA. HB 882 - Annual adjustment to the basic allotment under the Foundation School Program to reflect inflation. HB 947 - allotment under the public school finance system for certain students whose parent or legal guardian has been incarcerated. HB 951 - permissible uses of the compensatory education allotment under the Foundation School Program. HB 962 - inclusion of certain information about classroom and student expenditures in the notice of the budget and proposed tax rate meeting of the board of trustees of a school district. HB 971 - frequency with which the comptroller is required to conduct the school district property value study and the ratio study of an appraisal district. HB 985 - Reducing school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes through the use of certain surplus state revenue. HB 991 - Establishing a minimum wage for school bus drivers. HB 1030 - Reducing school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes through the use of certain surplus state revenue. HB 1081 - Highway toll exemption for public school buses. HB 1107 - Adjustment to the basic allotment under the Foundation School Program to reflect inflation. HB 1115 - Cost-of-living increases applicable to benefits paid by the Teacher TRA. HB 1116 - Cost-of-living adjustment applicable to certain benefits paid by the TRA, including a related study. HB 1132 - Amount of an expenditure made by certain political subdivisions for which competitive bidding is required. HB 1201 - Cost-of-living adjustment applicable to certain benefits paid by the TRA. HB 1206 - Determination of a school district's assets to liabilities ratio under the public school financial accountability rating system. HB 1209 - Permissible uses of the bilingual education allotment provided under the foundation school program. HB 1218 - Cost-of-living adjustment applicable to certain benefits paid by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. HB 1284 - payment of certain employer contributions for retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas who resume service. HB 1304 - Basic allotment and guaranteed yield under the public school finance system. HB 1325 - Allocation and deposit of certain surplus state revenue to the property tax relief fund for use in reducing school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes. HB 1376 - Use of average enrollment for purposes of the public school finance system. HJR 76 - 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. HB 1548 - Salary and wages paid to public school employees. HB 1571 - Reimbursement under Medicaid of local educational agencies for the provision of health care services to students. HB 1572 -Instructional facilities funding for certain open-enrollment charter schools. HB 1628 - State funding for school districts to which an academically unacceptable school district is annexed. HB 1672 - basic allotment and the guaranteed yield under the Foundation School Program. HB 1682 - state funding for school districts to which an academically unacceptable school district is annexed. HB 1725 - Payment of certain employer contributions for retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas who resume service. HB 1729 - One-time supplemental payment of benefits under the TRS. HB 1749 -Limitation on the amount of school property tax revenue that is subject to recapture under the public school finance system. HB 1758 - Payment of certain employer contributions for employed retirees of the TRS HB 1790 - payment of certain employer contributions for employed retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. HJR 92 - Proposing a constitutional amendment to dedicate net state lottery revenue to support educational programs that benefit classroom teaching in public schools and to prohibit advertisements and promotions that state or imply lottery ticket sales revenue will financially assist public schools. HB 1812 - Authorizing school districts to provide funding using money received under the Foundation School Program to community-based organizations for purposes of reimbursing private employers for paid internships provided to certain students in career and technology education programs in the district. HB 1858 - Applicability to open-enrollment charter schools of certain law regarding travel expenses. HB 1961 - One-time supplemental payment of benefits under the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. HB 1974 - Establishment of a statewide Imagination Library program by the State Board of Education. HB 2147 - payment of a fee for the administration of a bilingual education certificate examination. HB 2169 - bilingual education allotment under the public school finance system . HB 2179 - Addition of a service readiness component to the college, career, or military readiness outcomes bonus under the Foundation School Program. HB 2204 - eligibility of school bus drivers and cafeteria workers for unemployment compensation benefits. HB 2210 - extension of the formula transition grant under the Foundation School Program. HB 2237 - establishment of the child first grant program. HB 2344 - franchise tax credit for a taxable entity that assists an employee in obtaining a high school diploma or high school equivalency certificate. HB 2346 - increasing the expenditure requirement for the career and technology education allotment under the Foundation School Program. HB 2347 - career and technology education allotment under the Foundation School Program. HB 2358 - creation of the Texas Teacher Residency Partnership Program and a residency partnership allotment under the Foundation School Program. HB 2377 - components of a school district's enrichment tax rate and the calculation of the guaranteed yield under the Foundation School Program. HB 2378 - early agreement credit for the purchase of attendance credit under the public school finance system. HB 2393 - basic allotment and the guaranteed yield under the Foundation School Program. HB 2394 - 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. HB 2438 - requiring a school district to reimburse classroom teachers at certain grade levels for the cost of classroom supplies purchased with personal money. HB 2451 - permissible uses of the school safety allotment and the creation of a mental health allotment under the Foundation School Program. HB 2463 - 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. HB 2477 - dedication of surplus money in the foundation school fund to increase the basic allotment under the Foundation School Program. HB 2491 - temporary use of average enrollment for purposes of the public school finance system for a school district located in a disaster area. HB 2505 - adjustment of the public school financial accountability rating system for certain small and mid-sized school districts to account for the implementation of a local optional teacher designation system. HB 2634 - inclusion of civics instruction in public school government curriculum requirements for high school students HB 2736 - requirements regarding certain student resources provided to public and private school students by a public or private primary or secondary school, institution of higher education, state agency, or public library. HB 2824 - requiring an open-enrollment charter school to conduct an efficiency audit before applying for designation as a charter district or for the guarantee of certain bonds. HB 2840 - increasing the expenditure requirement for the career and technology education allotment under the Foundation School Program. HB 2841 - use of average enrollment for purposes of the public school finance system. HB 2842 - requiring the legislature to set the basic allotment and guaranteed yield under the public school finance system at certain amounts in the General Appropriations Act.CATEGORY ONE
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Senate Bills
SB 33 - Adjustments to certain benefits paid by the TRA . SB 109 -Cost-of-living adjustment applicable to certain benefits paid by the TRA. SB 263 - use of average enrollment for purposes of the public school finance system. SB 350 - Paid parental leave policy at public schools and an allotment under the Foundation School Program for the cost of providing paid parental leave under that policy. SB 442 - Increasing the expenditure requirement for the bilingual education allotment under the Foundation School Program. SB 574 - Creation of the School Violence Victims' Compensation Fund. SB 628 - Information that must be included in a school district bond election proposition. SB 657 - Establishment of the Texas Teacher Recruitment Scholarship Program and the Texas Teacher Retention Incentive Program. SB 669 - One-time supplemental payment of benefits under the TRS. SB 693 - Salary and wages paid to public school employees. SB 697 - authorizing school districts to provide funding using money received under the Foundation School Program to community-based organizations for purposes of reimbursing private employers for paid internships provided to certain students in career and technology education programs in the district. SB 701 - Highway toll exemption for public school buses. SB 764 - establishment of a statewide Imagination Library program by the State Board of Education. SB 942 - 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 SB 948 - permissible uses of the school safety allotment and the creation of a mental health allotment under the Foundation School Program. SB 960 - state savings and government efficiency achieved through a taxpayer savings grant program administered by the comptroller of public accounts. SB 980 - 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. SB 992 - establishing the Rural Pathway Excellence Partnership (R-PEP) program and creating an allotment and outcomes bonus under the Foundation School Program to support the program. SB 1068 - removal of restrictions on funding and payment of costs for certain full-time online educational programs; authorizing a fee SB 1087 - authorization and reimbursement for certain examination fee subsidies paid for public school teachers and students. SB 1099 - establishment of a new open-enrollment charter school campus by certain charter holders and to the expansion of an open-enrollment charter school. SB 1107 - reducing school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes through the use of certain surplus state revenue. CATEGORY ONE
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| CATEGORY II SCHOOL SAFETY/MENTAL HEALTH/PHYSICAL HEALTH |
House Bills
HB 34 - Classroom safety review and referral program for students engaged in violent criminal conduct. HB 36 - Public school's threat assessment, safe and supportive school team and the permissible uses of the school safety allotment under the public school finance system. HB 60 - Inclusion of instruction regarding the beginning of human life in the health curriculum. HB 72 - Instruction about bullying and harassment in the required health curriculum. HB 86 - Required maintenance on heating and air conditioning systems at public school and to the liability of certain facilities handling hazardous substances for damages caused to schools. HB 98 - Provision of on-campus mental health services by a school district and reimbursement under Medicaid. HB 114 - Possession of e-cigarettes on public school property or school events; creating a criminal offense. HB 201- Requirement to report through the PEMIS the number of students transported from a school district or open-enrollment charter school for a mental health emergency detention. HB 249 - Relating to the Purchase of online library resources for primary and secondary schools by the TSLAC. HB 316 - Social work services in public schools. HB 333 - Establishment of the School Psychologists Shortage Task. HB 395 - Requiring schools to use wet bulb globe temperature to determine whether conditions are unsatisfactory for student outdoor activities. HB 574 - Inclusion of instruction regarding the beginning of human life in the health curriculum. HB 669 - Schools providing panic alert devices in classrooms. HB 691 - Prevention and safety requirements regarding sudden cardiac arrest affecting students participating in interscholastic athletics. HB 801 - Requiring safety vestibules on public school. HB 920 - use of medication designated for treatment of respiratory distress on public and private school campuses. HB 949 - program requiring dyslexia screening and testing in public schools. HB 1002 - Membership of a public school concussion oversight team and the removal of a public school student from an interscholastic athletic activity on the basis of a suspected concussion. HB 1060 - 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. HB 1061 - A notification requirement concerning the availability of nurses on the campus of a public school, including an open-enrollment charter school. HB 1123 - Adoption of a healthy and safe school water plan by public schools. HB 1135 - Increasing the criminal penalty for assault of an educator or health care professional. HB 1139 - Employment of full-time registered nurses at public schools. HB 1147 - Regulation of bleeding control stations in public schools. HB 1149 - Requiring parental consent for psychological or psychiatric examination, testing, or treatment conducted by a school district employee. HB 1155 - Parental rights in public education and prohibiting instruction regarding sexual orientation or gender identity for certain public school students. HB 1177- School security volunteer program. HB 1238 - School health and related services program, including parental consent for program services, the establishment of a school health and related services program advisory council, and the publication of the Texas Medicaid Provider Procedures Manual. HB 1263 - Ability of a local authority to designate school crossing zones and school crosswalks at high school campuses located in certain municipalities. HB 1281 - 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. HB 1297 - Vision screenings for students in public or private school. HB 1298 - Menstrual disorders education and informational materials for public school students. HB 1370 - requiring a single entrance to a public school campus; creating a criminal offense. HB 1371 - requiring an armed security officer at each school district campus. HB 1485 - Staff development requirements for public educators regarding suicide prevention and other mental health training. HB 1507 - Prohibiting public school programs dedicated to celebrating or providing special instruction regarding a sexual preference; authorizing a fine. HB 1541 - Parental rights in public education and prohibiting certain instruction regarding sexual orientation or gender identity; authorizing a civil penalty. HB 1760 - Prosecution of the offense of possessing a weapon in certain prohibited places associated with schools or postsecondary educational institutions. HB 1795 - Reimbursement under Medicaid of local educational agencies for the provision of health care services to students. HB 1854 - 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. HB 1870 - Safety standards for private passenger van services that transport students to and from public primary and secondary schools. HB 1886 - operation of a sport shooting range near a school, open-enrollment charter school, or school athletic facility. HB 1905 - requiring school districts to make available certain school safety training courses to employees of child-care facilities and certain organizations providing out-of-school-time care. HB 1932 - school psychologist licensed under the Occupations Code. HB 1938 - Be it enacted by the legislature of the state of Texas: sexual grooming protection act. HB 2009 - Measures for school safety in public schools. HB 2032 - Requirement that school districts and open-enrollment charter schools provide emergency response mapping data to local law enforcement agencies. HB 2048 - Repealing the prohibition on promoting homosexuality in certain educational materials and instruction. HB 2064 - employment of honorably retired peace officers as school district security personnel and the applicability to those officers of certain law governing private security. HB 2069 - Minimum standards for entry safety point protocols and infrastructure for school districts and charter schools. HB 2090 - Elective course on community safety, firearm safety, and mental health for certain public high school students. HB 2104 - Requiring a school district to employ a social worker to assist district security personnel and oversee the district's threat assessment and safe and supportive school teams. HB 2105 - Training requirements for public school teachers under the school's multihazard emergency operations plan. HB 2111 - employment of certain federal law enforcement agents as school district security personnel and the authority of the chief of school safety and security for the Texas Education Agency to carry a weapon on public school grounds. HB 2176 - 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. HB 2261 - maintenance of anaphylaxis medicine by a public school. HB 2269 - memoranda of understanding for the provision of school resource officers at public schools. HB 2289 - requirement that public schools issue student identification cards to high school students. HB 2339 - transfer of certain public school students who are children of peace officers. HB 2361 - qualifications for a person to provide services as a mental health and substance use resource for school districts and the reporting of certain information regarding outcomes of those services. HB 2411 - use of opioid antagonists on public and private school campuses and at or in transit to or from off-campus school events. HB 2456 - employment of honorably retired peace officers as school district security personnel and the applicability to those officers of certain law governing private security. HB 2479 - parental approval for the participation of certain students in human sexuality instruction in public schools. HB 2484 - safety of a referee, judge, or other official at a public school extracurricular activity and prohibiting certain conduct by a spectator related to those officials' safety. HB 2588 - permissible uses of the school safety allotment and the creation of a mental health allotment under the Foundation School Program. HB 2652 - definition of a school crossing zone. HB 2694 - notification requirement if a public school does not have a nurse, school counselor, or librarian assigned to the school during all instructional hours. HB 2722 - Relating to a public school policy regarding multi-occupancy bathrooms or changing facilities HB 2773 - reimbursement under Medicaid of local educational agencies for the provision of health care services to students. HB 2811 - use of a volunteer school protection force established by a county sheriff for purposes of school district safety. HB 2812 - provision of school safety training to certain employees of a private religious academy or school who hold a license to carry a handgun. HB 2868 - providing mental health services and mental health education to public school students at school-based health centers. HB 2881 - excused absences from public school for a student's mental or behavioral health. CATEGORY TWO
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Senate Bills
SB 112 - Inclusion of a mental health course in the required curriculum for public high school students. SB 113 - Provision of on-campus mental health services by a school district and reimbursement under Medicaid for certain services provided to eligible students. SB 142 - School security volunteer program in certain counties. SB 163 - Parental approval for a student's participation in human sexuality instruction in public schools. SB 294 - Use of medication designated for treatment of respiratory distress on public and private school campuses. SB 355 - authorizing the Texas School Safety Center to conduct random safety and security audits of public schools; authorizing a civil penalty. SB 357 - employment of honorably retired peace officers as school district security personnel and the applicability to those officers of certain law governing private security. SB 390 - repeal of the authority to exclude certain students without certain required immunizations from attending public school in times of emergency or epidemic. SB 391 - parental approval for a student's participation in human sexuality instruction in public schools. SB 393 - Parental rights in public education and prohibiting instruction regarding sexual orientation or gender identity for public school students; authorizing a civil remedy. SB 394 - Parental rights in public education. SB 400 - Requiring parental consent for psychological or psychiatric examination, testing, or treatment conducted by a school district employee. SB 410 - Fetal development instruction included as part of the public school health curriculum in certain grade levels. SB 456 - Adoption of a healthy and safe school water plan by public schools. SB 475 - inclusion of a school safety domain for evaluating districts and campuses under the public school accountability system. SB 562 - Parental rights regarding a threat assessment of a student conducted by a public school's threat assessment and safe and supportive school team. SB 595 - requiring parental consent for psychological or psychiatric examination, testing, or treatment conducted by a school district employee. SB 629 - Use of opioid antagonists on public and private school campuses and at or in transit to or from off-campus school events. SB 641 - Vaccination against bacterial meningitis of public school students. SB 649 - Participation in athletic activities based on biological sex; providing a civil right to action for K-12 athletes and college athletes. SB 662 - 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. SB 668 -Requiring school districts to make available certain school safety training courses to employees of child-care facilities and certain organizations providing out-of-school-time care. SB 689 - establishment of a public safety dual credit grant program by the Texas Education Agency. SB 700 - Implementation by public schools of certain communicable disease public health orders issued by a health authority. SB 709 - School marshals, including eligibility for appointment as a school marshal, licensure and training requirements, and school marshal uniforms or badges. SB 717 - Public school cybersecurity controls and requirements and technical assistance and cybersecurity risk assessments for public schools provided by the Department of Information Resources. SB 737 - Creation of the Texas School Patrol. SB 776 - required period of retention of video surveillance recordings of special education settings. SB 800 - ability of a local authority to designate school crossing zones and school crosswalks at high school campuses located in certain municipalities. SB 856 - entity's election to participate in or discontinue participation in the uniform group coverage program for active school employees. SB 858 - safety standards for private passenger van services that transport students to and from public primary and secondary schools. SB 866 - requirement that school districts and open-enrollment charter schools provide emergency response mapping data to local law enforcement agencies. SB 891 - excused absences from public school for a student's mental or behavioral health. SB 928 - protection of personally identifiable student information and the use of covered information by an operator or educational entity; authorizing a civil and administrative penalty SB 959 - Certain prohibited transactions between an open-enrollment charter school and an abortion provider or affiliate of the provider. SB 979 - safety training for certain public school extracurricular activities. SB 999 - requirement that providers of active shooter training at public schools and institutions of higher education obtain a certificate issued by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement. SB 1031 - studies or surveys on children's sexual behavior conducted at or by a public primary or secondary school, a public institution of higher education, a prescription drug manufacturer, a research entity, or another person; creating criminal offenses; imposing civil penalties. SB 1037 - establishing a committee to develop school safety and security rules and standards for newly constructed school facilities. SB 1072 - local school health advisory councils and human sexuality instruction provided by public schools. SB 1101 - excused absences from public school for certain students to attend mental health care appointments. HB 2970 - access to social media and social networking websites on public school campuses. 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CATEGORY III SPECIAL EDUCATION/CHARTER SCHOOLS
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House Bills
HB 23 - Relating to participation in athletic activities based on biological sex; providing a civil right to action for K-12 athletes and college athletes. HB 133 - Prohibiting the use of certain restraints on students who receive special education services. HB 166 - Appointment of an educational representative for certain students with disabilities. HB 195 - Provisions and plans by schools to ensure the safety of individuals with disabilities during a disaster or emergency situation. HB 331 - Costs of expansion of open-enrollment charter. HB 345 - Requirements for a request for the revision of a charter for an open-enrollment charter school. HB 530 - Terminology used in statute to refer to intellectual. HB 531 - Management and operation of open-enrollment charter schools. HB 534 - Expansion of an open-enrollment charter. HB 950 - Student's eligibility for special education services provided by a school district, including services for dyslexia and related disorders. HB - 983 - applicability of certain laws to open-enrollment charter schools. HB 1052 - Use of enrollment for purposes of the special education allotment under the Foundation School Program. HB 1098 - Admission policy of an open-enrollment charter school. HB 1122 - Financial assistance program for open-enrollment charter school facilities. HB 1369 - student's eligibility for special education services provided by a school district, including services for dyslexia and related disorders. HB1814 - creating a special education certification to teach students with disabilities. HB 1892 - Improved educational efficiency by empowering parents through a program administered by the comptroller. HB 1926 - Expiration date of the supplemental special education services program. HB 2114 - Establishment of an empowerment scholarship account program. HB 2125 - Required training course for persons serving as special education representatives and hearing officers at impartial due process hearings or as facilitators for individualized education program facilitation. HB 2234 - certain policies and procedures for the placement and use of video cameras in certain classrooms including classrooms that provide special education services. HB 2803 - program to serve special education students' needs. HB 2817 - establishing a program allowing certain students who are educationally disadvantaged, have a disability, or failed certain assessment instruments to use state money or money the state receives for the purpose from gifts and non-federal grants to pursue certain educational alternatives to public schools. HB 2831 - terminology used to refer to certain disabilities in determining eligibility for special education services in public schools HB CATEGORY THREE
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Senate Bills
SB 90 - Application for the establishment of a new open-enrollment charter school campus or site. SB 445 - Establishment of a grant program to provide additional resources for public school students with disabilities. SB 448 - Special education liaison program and the provision of certain special education services at public school districts. SB 670 - 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. CATEGORY THREE |
CATEGORY IV SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION
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House Bills
HB 45 - Ethnic studies instruction in public schools. HB 74 - Establishment of the Texas Teacher Recruitment Scholarship Program and the Texas Teacher Retention Incentive Program. HB 86 - Required maintenance on heating and air conditioning systems and to the liability of certain facilities handling hazardous substances for damages caused to schools. HB 97 - Public school instructional requirements and prohibitions and the incorporation of instructional activities as part of student coursework. HB 99 - Digital citizenship instruction in public schools. HB 108 - Privileged parking and the issuance of specialty license plates for certain classroom teachers and retired classroom teachers. HB 128 - Exemption of schools employees from jury service. HB 131 - Excused absences from public school for students to visit a professional's workplace for a career investigation day. HB 158 - Confidentiality of certain information held by TEA. HB 160 - Cost-of-living adjustment applicable to certain benefits paid by the TRA and a biennial study on providing additional cost-of-living adjustments based on the effects of increased inflation. HB 185 - Inclusion of chronically absent students as students at risk of dropping out of school. HB 221- requirement that an election for a member of a board of trustees of an independent school district is partisan. HB 231 - Privileged parking and the issuance of specialty license plates for certain classroom teachers and retired classroom teachers; imposing a fee. HB 273 - Providing for the review of certain county departments of education by the Sunset Advisory Commission. HB 277 - Abolishing certain county BOA, boards of county school trustees, and offices of county school superintendent. HB 301 - Cost-of-living adjustment applicable to certain benefits paid by the TRA. HB 306 - Student access to certain academic records; authorizing a fee. HB 338 - content ratings for books and other written materials used in public schools. HB 339 - Voter registration application forms in high schools. HB 358 - Study and report regarding optimal school district size and academic effectiveness. HB 360 - Requiring the disclosure of certain information regarding public school teaching materials and activities. HB 363 - establishment of a task force to study the effect of delayed school start times on students. HB 368 - Establishment of the African American studies advisory board by the SBOE. HB 390 - Internet broadcast or audio recording of certain open meetings. HB 453 - Exclusion from the market value of real property for ad valorem tax purposes of the value of any improvement... HB 478 - Parental approval for a student's participation in human sexuality instruction in public schools. HB 529 - eligibility for appointment to the board of managers of a school district or open-enrollment charter school. HB 546 - Prohibiting a school district board of trustees from adopting a preference for trustee training offered by a specific provider. HB 613 - charges imposed by a governmental body for providing copies of public information under the public information law. HB 621 - Creating a temporary educator certification for certain military service members. HB 631 - Creating a temporary educator certification for certain military service members. HB 646 - Severance payment to a superintendent of a school district. HB 648 - Enforcement of the prohibition on passing a school bus using images from a school bus monitoring system. HB 651 - Inclusion of Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps and Leadership Officer Training Corps programs as school CTE programs HB 677 - Highway toll exemption for public school buses. HB 681 - Virtual and off-campus electronic instruction at a public school. HB 686 - Highway toll exemption for public school buses. HB 694 - Inclusion of a course on the United States Constitution and the Texas Constitution in the curriculum requirements for public high school students. HB 699 - Determining the student enrollment of a public school that allows non-enrolled students to participate in University Interscholastic League activities HB 706 - Requirement that school districts and open-enrollment charter schools use metal detectors on each campus HB 768 - Use of personal leave during school holidays by school district employees. HB 773 - prohibiting certain releases of a student to the student's parent after school-initiated communication by a school district or open-enrollment charter school. HB 777 - prohibiting face covering mandates for public school students, prohibiting public schools from requiring students to provide documentation regarding certain vaccinations. HB 917 - access to certain public school library materials. HCR 8 - Designating the first full week in April as Gifted and Talented Students Week HCR 10 - Designating the second Tuesday in October as Legislators in Schools Day for a 10-year period ending in 2033. HJR 38 - Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the rights of parents to direct the upbringing of their children. HB 964 - Applicability of sex offender registration requirements to the offense of improper relationship between educator and student. HB 1005 - Assignment of public school students enrolled in certain school districts to an uncertified teacher. HB 1067 - Detachment and annexation of school district territory by petition. HB 1069 - Establishing the Texas State Seal of Bilingualism and Biliteracy for public high school students. HB 1071 - Voter registration application forms in high schools. HB 1119 - Requiring cultural inclusion curriculum as part of the enrichment curriculum for public schools. HB 1124 - Creating abbreviated educator preparation programs for certification in marketing education and certification in health science technology education. HB 1143 - Election of trustees of certain school districts. 11HB 49 - Requiring parental consent for psychological or psychiatric examination, testing, or treatment conducted by a school district employee. HB 1157 - Excused absences from public school for certain students to attend mental health care appointments. HB 1174 - An early childhood literacy plan for students enrolled in a dual language program in a public school. HB 1212 - Verification of excused absences from public school for the purpose of observing religious holy days. HB 1249 - Continuing education requirements for public school counselors. HB 1334 - Requiring cultural inclusion curriculum as part of the enrichment curriculum for public schools HB 1404 - prohibiting public schools from purchasing library materials from certain vendors. HB 1462 - local remote learning program offered by certain school districts or open-enrollment charter schools. HB 1531 - Provision of information regarding certain public assistance programs by public schools. HB 1537 - Submission by law enforcement agencies to certain public school personnel of a handle with care notice concerning a traumatic event experienced by a public school student and to certain required training regarding those notices. HB 1569 - Establishment of a computer science strategic advisory committee and a grant program for the professional development and training of computer science classroom teachers. HB 1655 - Regulation of books sold to or included in public school libraries. HB 1658 - Parental access to records regarding library materials checked out from public school libraries and instructional materials used in public schools. HB 1662 - Certain requirements and procedures regarding the posting of a school district's employment policy on the district's Internet website. HB 1678 - Local remote learning program offered by a public school for certain students at risk of dropping out of school. HB 1681 - Establishment of an energy efficiency program for school districts and open-enrollment charter schools. HB 1691 - Time at which instruction may begin in public schools. HB 1707 - Applicability of certain laws to open-enrollment charter schools. HB 1789 - Application of nepotism prohibitions to a person appointed or employed by a school district as a bus driver. HB 1802 - Compensation and professional representation of certain students participating in University Interscholastic League activities or in intercollegiate athletic programs at certain institutions of higher education. HB 1804 - instructional material list and supplemental instructional materials adopted by the State Board of Education. HB 1822 - Review and approval of advanced placement courses by the State Board of Education. HB 1825 - Consumption, possession, and sale of alcoholic beverages at certain performing arts facilities owned by certain school districts. HB 1843 - Confidentiality of certain information held by the TEA. HB 1853 - Parental access to public school library Internet portals and restriction of access to certain public school library materials for the parent's student. HB 1893 - Compensation of school district trustees. HB 1924 - Establishment of an ombudsman for parents of children enrolled in public school. HB 1945 - access to certain Internet websites in public schools. HB 1955 - Establishing residency for purposes of admission into public schools. HB 1959 - Transfer of certain public school students who are children of peace officers. HB 1982 - Teacher literacy achievement academies and the requirement for certain public school teachers and principals to attend a teacher literacy achievement academy. HB 1988 - List of reading instruments adopted and maintained by the commissioner of education. HB 2012 - Display of the national motto in public school and institution of higher education classrooms. HB 2074 - Establishment of a local optional teacher designation system grant program by the Texas Education Agency. HB 2101 - Grade levels at which human sexuality instruction may be provided in public schools. HB 2102 - Establishment of a new open-enrollment charter school campus by certain charter holders and to the expansion of an open-enrollment charter school. HB 2103 - Approval of open-enrollment charter schools. HB 2106 - implementation of student and family engagement plans by school districts. HB 2120 - Practice of barbering and cosmetology at an establishment at a public secondary school. HB 2164 - monitoring of public school bilingual education and special language programs by the Texas Education Agency. HB 2168 - measures to prepare students to teach bilingual education, English as a second language, or Spanish. HB 2172 - annual reporting regarding the establishment of certain school district planning and decision-making committees. HB 2203 - management, operation, and contract authority of open-enrollment charter schools. HB 2273 - foundation curriculum and social studies curriculum in public schools. HB 2285 - allowing the board of trustees of certain school districts to create a nonvoting student trustee position on the board. HB 2340 - effective date of retirement for certain members of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. HB 2370 - resumption of service by certain retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas who resume service. HB 2372 - training materials and resources for public school administrators regarding bilingual education programs and dual language immersion programs. HB 2420 - eligibility of a person employed by a school district as a teacher to serve on the appraisal review board of an appraisal district HB 2452 - effective date of retirement for certain members of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. HB 2510 - transparency in certain legal proceedings and contracts involving a school district and a limit on legal fees that may be spent by a school district in certain legal proceedings. HB 2485 - mentors assigned to classroom teachers in public schools. HB 2490 - retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas who resume certain employment with a school district. HB 2510 - transparency in certain legal proceedings and contracts involving a school district and a limit on legal fees that may be spent by a school district in certain legal proceedings. HB 2510 - Transparency in certain legal proceedings and contracts involving a school district and a limit on legal fees that may be spent by a school district in certain legal proceedings. HB 2530 - State savings achieved through a budget savings program administered by the comptroller of public accounts making an appropriation of a portion of those savings. HB 2546 - Scheduling of the first day of school for students by school districts. HB 2579 - adjustments to certain benefits paid by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. HB 2615 - operation by a school district of a vocational education program to provide eligible high school students with vocational and educational training under a plan for the issuance of a high school diploma and the application of certain student-based allotments under the public school finance system. HB 2647 - allowing the board of trustees of certain school districts to create a nonvoting student trustee position on the board. HB 2659 - protection for a public school employee's refusal to participate in certain inclusivity policies. HB 2693 - Relating to a study by the Texas Education Agency regarding recommended standards for school district facility maintenance and custodial services. HB 2695 - school district policy regarding custodian workloads. HB 2710 - school district purchasing of and contracting for goods and services. HB 2801 - severance payment to a superintendent of a school district. HB 2871 - establishment of a program at the University of Texas at Austin to promote computer science education capacity in public schools. HB 2875 - requirements regarding certain student resources provided to public and private school students by a public or private primary or secondary school, institution of higher education, state agency, or public library. HB 2890 - approval of open-enrollment charter schools HB 2891 - prescription glucagon medication on public and private school campuses. CATEGORY FOUR
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Senate Bills
SB 65 - Excluding the furnishing of an academic transcript from the definition of "information service" for purposes of sales and use taxes. SB 68 - Excused absences from public school for certain students to visit a professional's workplace for a career investigation day. SB 89 - Eligibility of certain children of classroom teachers for enrollment in a free prekindergarten program SB 143 - Use of a public school as a polling place SB 164 - Display of the national motto and the founding documents of the United States in public schools and the inclusion of an elective course on the founding principles of the United States in the curriculum for public high school students. SB 165 - Parental rights in public education and to audits of school district curricula by the TEA. SB 193 - 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. SB 238 - Installment of electric school buses and solar panels in Texas public schools. SB 248 - Ethnic studies instruction in public schools. SB 354 - carrying of concealed handguns by handgun license holders on the campus of a school district or open-enrollment charter school. SB 361 - Eligibility of a person employed by a school district as a teacher to serve on the appraisal review board of an appraisal district. SB 371 - Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program. SB 392 - transparency in certain legal proceedings and contracts involving a school district and a limit on legal fees that may be spent by a school district in certain legal proceedings. SB 418 - transfer of public school students between certain school districts. SB 419 - Parental access to a public school's library catalog and consent for student access to certain public school library materials. SB 420 - Parent's right to access certain records regarding school library materials obtained by the parent's child and the option to receive notice each time the parent's child obtains a school library material. SB 421 - Applicability of certain requirements relating to parental rights, open records, and public information to school districts designated as districts of innovation. SB 425 - school district's use of public money to pay fees or dues or provide compensation to a nonprofit state association or organization that engages in certain lobbying. SJR 29 - Constitutional amendment establishing a parent's right to direct a child's education. SB 588 - Creating a temporary educator certification for certain military service members and first responders. SB 6363 - Voter registration application forms in high schools. SB 654 - Requiring the disclosure of public school curricula and teaching materials. SB 690 - Appointment of an inspector general for education and the creation of a division of inspector general for education in the governor's office to investigate the administration of public education. SB 763 - allowing school districts to employ chaplains to perform the duties of school counselors. SB 798 - certification requirements for a public school counselor. SB 808 - Use of public schools as polling place locations. SB 822 - establishment of a grant program for school districts or open-enrollment charter school campuses that are designated as full-service community schools. SB 824 - use of public schools as polling place locations. SB 907 - employment of certified school counselors by school districts. SB 923 - 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. SB 961 - authority of the board of trustees of a school district to exclude the use of district buildings as polling places and to the designation of days a school district campus is used as a polling place as staff development days. SB 971 - compensation and professional representation of certain students participating in University Interscholastic League activities or in intercollegiate athletic programs at certain institutions of higher education. SB 981 - 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. SB 995 - ballot proposition on the manner of election for members of the board of trustees of a school district. SB1008 - establishing residency for purposes of admission into public schools. SB 1028 - required number of minutes of instructional time to be provided by a juvenile justice alternative education program. CATEGORY FOUR
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House Bills
HB 557 - Establishment of an educational expenses reimbursement program. HB 619 - insurance premium tax credit for contributions made to certain educational assistance organizations. HB 1291 - Essential knowledge and skills of the technology applications curriculum for certain public school students. HB 1326 - academic assessment of public school students. HB 1358 - content of a public school campus improvement plan. HB 1416 - Accelerated instruction provided to public school students who fail to achieve satisfactory performance on certain assessment instruments. HB 1493 - Accommodations for the assessment of certain public school students receiving special education services. HB 1626 - Public school student's transition from an alternative education program to a regular classroom and the admission of certain students with a criminal or disciplinary history HB 1768 - Applicability of certain laws governing public school discipline and law and order to a school district of innovation. HB 1781 - Evaluation under the state accountability system of school district campuses that enroll certain students who receive special education services. HB 1837 - Appointment of members to a committee established to review and make recommendations for revisions to the essential knowledge and skills of the public school required curriculum. HB 1883 - Administration of assessment instruments on religious holy days. HB 1981 - Administration of assessment instruments to public school students. HB 1983 - assessment of public school students and the provision of accelerated instruction to students who fail to achieve satisfactory performance on certain assessment instruments. HB 2031 - Assessment of public school students and the provision of accelerated instruction to students who fail to achieve satisfactory performance on certain assessment instruments. HB 2040 - Indicator of achievement for military readiness under the public school accountability system. HB 2126 - information reported through the Public Education Information Management System and to parents regarding disciplinary measures used by a public school. HB 2162 - reading instruction, assessment instruments, and interventions provided to public school students. HB 2389 - supplemental instruction provided for public school students who fail to achieve satisfactory performance on certain assessment instruments. HB 2487 - possession or use of marihuana or e-cigarettes on or near public school property or at certain school events; creating a criminal offense. HB 2570 - Provision of accelerated and supplemental instruction to public school students who fail to achieve satisfactory performance on certain assessment instruments. HB 2661 - eliminating the requirement to use public school assessment instruments as indicators of achievement under the public school accountability system. HB 2673 - requirements for the use and transfer of electronic devices to students by a public school. HB 2721 - accelerated and supplemental instruction provided to public school students who fail to achieve satisfactory performance on certain assessment instruments and access to criminal history record information for certain tutors providing that instruction. HB 2725 - Relating to truancy; increasing a criminal penalty HB 2808 - finality of public school accountability determinations. HB 2857 - removal of a public school student from the classroom for engaging in conduct involving the possession of certain prohibited substances. CATEGORY Five
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Senate Bills
SB 176 - Establishment of the Texas Parental Empowerment Program and an insurance premium tax credit for contributions made for purposes of that program. SB 789 - transfer of the University Interscholastic League from The University of Texas at Austin to the Texas Education Agency. SB 886 - exclusion of students not lawfully present in the United States from consideration for purposes of the indicators of achievement under the public school accountability system SB 982 - parental access to public school instructional materials and tests. CATEGORY FIVE |
CATEGORY VI STUDENT DISCIPLINE
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House Bills
HB 133 - Relating to prohibiting the use of certain restraints on students enrolled in public schools who receive special education services. HB 285 - Expulsion of public school students for engaging in conduct that constitutes serious offenses. HB 459 - Prohibiting the physical restraint of or use of chemical irritants on certain public school students by peace officers and school security personnel under certain circumstances. HB 473 - Parental rights regarding a threat assessment of a student conducted by a public school's threat assessment and safe and supportive school team. HB 498 - Policies and procedures for addressing bullying and harassment in public schools. HB 516 - Requiring a school district or open-enrollment charter school to report data regarding certain disciplinary or law enforcement actions taken against students. HB 567 - Discrimination on the basis of hair texture or protective hairstyle associated with race. HB 655 - Placement by a school district of a student who engages in habitually violent behavior. HB 772 - Corporal punishment in public schools. HB 1066 - psychological assessment of homicidal risk of a public school student following the student's expulsion or placement in a disciplinary alternative education program for certain conduct. HB 1261 - punishment for contempt of court by a truancy court. HB 1326 - Academic assessment of public school students. CATEGORY SIX |
Senate Bills
SB 133 - prohibiting the physical restraint of or use of chemical irritants on certain public school students by peace officers and school security personnel under certain circumstances. CATEGORY SIX |
CATEGORY VII STUDENT ASSESSMENT/ACCOUNTABILITY
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House Bills
HB 37 - Creation of the Texas Commission on Assessment and Accountability. HB 83 - Authorizing the use of a writing portfolio assessment to assess writing performance for public school students. HB 97 - Certain public school instructional requirements and prohibitions and the incorporation of certain instructional activities as part of student coursework. HB 272 - Terminology used to refer to an individualized education program team. HB 323 - Requiring fine arts as part of the foundation curriculum for public schools. HB 337 - 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. HB 364 - Inclusion of information about the process of voting as part of the social studies curriculum requirements for public high school students. HB 509 - Academic assessment of public school students. HB 535 - Indicators of achievement under the public school accountability system. HB 579 - Procedures for the alternative assessment of certain public school students that receive special education services and alternative accountability plans for certain campuses serving students that receive special education services. HB 680 - Procedures for the alternative assessment of certain public school students that receive special education services and alternative accountability plans for certain campuses serving students that receive special education services. HB 748 - Administration of certain required assessment instruments. HB 977 - creation of a Texas Commission on Assessment and Accountability. HB 1035 - Indicator of achievement for evaluating the performance of public elementary, middle, and junior high school campuses and districts under the public school accountability system. HB 1051 - Means by which schools are compared in the Public School Accountability System. HB 1121 - Implementation of certain rules regarding public school accountability adopted by the commissioner of education or TEA. HB 1225 - Administration of certain required assessment instruments in paper format. HB 1267 - academic assessment of public school students. HB 1278 - Eliminating certain state-required assessment instruments and certain end-of-course assessment instruments not required by federal law CATEGORY SEVEN
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Senate Bills
SB 472 - Applicability of certain laws to open-enrollment charter schools. CATEGORY SEVEN
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