State Agency

TEA

Texas Education Agency

57 Bills22 Critical23 Moderate

Bills to Implement

HB2

Relating to public education and public school finance.

Author: Brad BuckleyRegular SessionCritical
HB6

Relating to discipline management and access to telehealth mental health services in public schools.

Author: Jeff LeachRegular SessionCritical
HB20

Relating to establishing the Applied Sciences Pathway program.

Author: Gary GatesRegular SessionModerate
HB27

Relating to courses in personal financial literacy for high school students in public schools.

Author: Ken KingRegular SessionModerate
HB33

Relating to active shooter incidents at primary and secondary school facilities and other emergencies.

Author: Don McLaughlinRegular SessionCritical
HB100

Relating to the purchase, adoption, and use of instructional materials by public schools.

Author: Terri Leo-WilsonRegular SessionModerate
HB117

Relating to the establishment of the governor's task force on the governance of early childhood education and care.

Author: Alan SchoolcraftRegular SessionLow
HB120

Relating to college, career, and military readiness in public schools, including career and technology education programs, the Financial Aid for Swift Transfer (FAST) program, and the Rural Pathway Excellence Partnership (R-PEP) program, funding for those programs under the Foundation School Program, and workforce reporting to support those programs, to the public school accountability system, and to the new instructional facility allotment and the permissible uses of funding under the Foundation School Program.

Author: Keith BellRegular SessionCritical
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.

Author: Cody VasutRegular SessionModerate
HB824

Relating to the inclusion of civics instruction in public school government curriculum requirements for high school students.

Author: Jolanda JonesRegular SessionModerate
HB1178

Relating to the creation of a temporary educator certificate for educators certified by other states.

Author: Charles CunninghamRegular SessionCritical
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.

Author: Christian ManuelRegular SessionModerate
HB1481

Relating to school district and open-enrollment charter school policies regarding student use of personal communication devices.

Author: Caroline FairlyRegular SessionCritical
HB2310

Relating to developing a strategic plan for the improvement and expansion of early learning and educational opportunities for young children with disabilities.

Author: Claudia Ordaz PerezRegular SessionLow
HB2598

Relating to a school psychologist licensed under the Occupations Code.

Author: Angie ButtonRegular SessionLow
HB2757

Relating to a public school policy for establishing age for purposes of admission into the school for certain children of foreign military members.

Author: James FrankRegular SessionLow
HB3627

Relating to allowing the chair of the State Board of Education to employ personnel to assist in performing the board's duties.

Author: Carl TepperRegular SessionLow
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.

Author: Candy NobleRegular SessionCritical
HB4236

Relating to the creation of a study group to evaluate the school district property value study conducted by the comptroller of public accounts.

Author: Trey Martinez FischerRegular SessionLow
HB4687

Relating to the applicability of certain immunity and liability laws to certain charter school campuses or programs.

Author: Barbara Gervin-HawkinsRegular SessionModerate
HB4903

Relating to the establishment of the Quad-Agency Child Care Initiative and the Quad-Agency Child Care Initiative Commission.

Author: Caroline Harris DavilaRegular SessionModerate
HB5515

Relating to restrictions on freight and shipping costs included in the price of instructional materials for public schools.

Author: Brad BuckleyRegular SessionCritical
SB2

Relating to the establishment of an education savings account program.

Author: Charles CreightonRegular SessionCritical
SB4

Relating to an increase in the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district and the protection of school districts against certain losses in local revenue.

Author: Paul BettencourtRegular SessionModerate
SB10

Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.

Author: Phil KingRegular SessionCritical
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.

Author: Charles CreightonRegular SessionCritical
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.

Author: Angela PaxtonRegular SessionCritical
SB23

Relating to an increase in the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district of the appraised value of the residence homestead of a person who is elderly or disabled and the protection of school districts against certain losses in local revenue.

Author: Paul BettencourtRegular SessionModerate
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.

Author: Donna CampbellRegular SessionLow
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.

Author: Judith ZaffiriniRegular SessionCritical
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.

Author: Angela PaxtonRegular SessionModerate
SB207

Relating to excused absences from public school for certain students to attend mental health care appointments.

Author: Angela PaxtonRegular SessionLow
SB226

Relating to establishing residency for children who are the subject of parental child safety placement agreements for purposes of admission into public schools.

Author: Royce WestRegular SessionModerate
SB260

Relating to the school safety allotment under the Foundation School Program.

Author: Joan HuffmanRegular SessionLow
SB314

Relating to prohibiting certain food additives from being included in free or reduced-price meals provided by school districts.

Author: Bryan HughesRegular Session
SB326

Relating to the procedure for determining whether a student's violation of a public school's or public institution of higher education's student code of conduct was motivated by antisemitism.

Author: Phil KingRegular SessionModerate
SB401

Relating to participation by non-enrolled students in University Interscholastic League-sponsored activities.

Author: Angela PaxtonRegular SessionCritical
SB413

Relating to the meetings of the boards of trustees of independent school districts.

Author: Mayes MiddletonRegular SessionCritical
SB546

Relating to seat belts on buses that transport children.

Author: Jose MenendezRegular SessionModerate
SB568

Relating to special education in public schools, including funding for special education under the Foundation School Program.

Author: Paul BettencourtRegular SessionCritical
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.

Author: Paul BettencourtRegular SessionCritical
SB571

Relating to the reporting and investigation of certain misconduct and child abuse and neglect; creating a criminal offense.

Author: Paul BettencourtRegular SessionCritical
SB843

Relating to a Texas Education Agency database of school district and open-enrollment charter school bonds, taxes, and bond-related projects.

Author: Lois KolkhorstRegular SessionModerate
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.

Author: Carol AlvaradoRegular SessionCritical
SB920

Relating to the administration of nonprescription medications to certain public and private school students.

Author: Kevin SparksRegular SessionModerate
SB965

Relating to the right of a public school employee to engage in religious speech or prayer while on duty.

Author: Tan ParkerRegular SessionCritical
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.

Author: Paul BettencourtRegular SessionModerate
SB1049

Relating to excused absences from public school for the purpose of attending a released time course.

Author: Phil KingRegular SessionCritical
SB1191

Relating to the development of a standard method of computing a student's high school grade point average.

Author: Charles CreightonRegular SessionModerate
SB1207

Relating to instruction on adoption in the parenting and paternity awareness program in public schools.

Author: Phil KingRegular SessionModerate
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