---
title: Education--Primary & Secondary--Finance - Texas Legislation
subject: Education--Primary & Secondary--Finance
total_bills: 14
unique_authors: 7
critical_bills: 6
high_cost_bills: 5
canonical_url: "https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/education-primary-secondary-finance"
source: JD Key Consulting - Texas Legislative Intelligence
---

# Education--Primary & Secondary--Finance

Legislative subject area in the Texas 89th Legislature

## Overview

- **Total Bills:** 14
- **Unique Authors:** 7
- **Critical Compliance:** 6 bills
- **High Cost Impact:** 5 bills
- **Bipartisan Bills:** 10

## Chamber Breakdown

- **Senate:** 11 bills
- **Senate:** 3 bills

## Compliance Urgency Distribution

- **Critical:** 6 bills
- **Moderate:** 5 bills
- **Low:** 2 bills
- **Unanalyzed:** 1 bills

## Top Authors in This Subject

- **Paul Bettencourt** (R, Senate) - 6 bills
- **Charles Creighton** (R, Senate) - 2 bills
- **Brad Buckley** (R, House) - 2 bills
- **Lois Kolkhorst** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Joan Huffman** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Adam Hinojosa** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Keith Bell** (R, House) - 1 bills

## Related Subjects

- [Education](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/education) (14 shared bills)
- [Education--Primary & Secondary](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/education-primary-secondary) (14 shared bills)
- [EDUCATION AGENCY, TEXAS](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/education-agency-texas) (9 shared bills)
- [EDUCATION, COMMISSIONER OF](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/education-commissioner-of) (7 shared bills)
- [Taxation](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/taxation) (6 shared bills)
- [Education--School Districts](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/education-school-districts) (6 shared bills)
- [Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/education-primary-secondary-charter-schools) (6 shared bills)
- [Taxation--School District](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/taxation-school-district) (6 shared bills)

## Enforcing Agencies

- [Texas Education Agency](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-education-agency) - 12 bills
- [State Board of Education](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/state-board-of-education) - 3 bills
- [State Board for Educator Certification](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/state-board-for-educator-certification) - 2 bills
- [Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-comptroller-of-public-accounts) - 2 bills
- [County Tax Assessor-Collectors](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/county-tax-assessor-collectors) - 2 bills
- [Local School Districts](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/local-school-districts) - 1 bills

## High Impact Bills

| Bill | Title | Urgency | Cost |
|------|-------|---------|------|
| [HB2](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2-89th-regular) | Relating to public education and public sc... | Critical | High |
| [HB5515](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb5515-89th-regular) | Relating to restrictions on freight and sh... | Critical | High |
| [SB2](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2-89th-regular) | Relating to the establishment of an educat... | Critical | High |
| [SB568](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb568-89th-regular) | Relating to special education in public sc... | Critical | High |
| [HB120](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb120-89th-regular) | Relating to college, career, and military ... | Critical | Medium |
| [SB12](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb12-89th-regular) | Relating to parental rights in public educ... | Critical | Medium |
| [SB1490](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1490-89th-regular) | Relating to adult high school charter prog... | Unanalyzed | High |

## All Bills

| Bill | Title | Author | Compliance |
|------|-------|--------|------------|
| [HB120](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb120-89th-regular) | Relating to college, career, and mili... | Keith Bell (R) | Critical |
| [HB2](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2-89th-regular) | Relating to public education and publ... | Brad Buckley (R) | Critical |
| [HB5515](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb5515-89th-regular) | Relating to restrictions on freight a... | Brad Buckley (R) | Critical |
| [SB12](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb12-89th-regular) | Relating to parental rights in public... | Charles Creighton (R) | Critical |
| [SB1490](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1490-89th-regular) | Relating to adult high school charter... | Paul Bettencourt (R) | - |
| [SB1502](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1502-89th-regular) | Relating to the authority of the gove... | Paul Bettencourt (R) | Low |
| [SB2](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2-89th-regular) | Relating to the establishment of an e... | Charles Creighton (R) | Critical |
| [SB2185](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2185-89th-regular) | Relating to the bilingual education a... | Adam Hinojosa (R) | Moderate |
| [SB23](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb23-89th-regular) | Relating to an increase in the amount... | Paul Bettencourt (R) | Moderate |
| [SB260](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb260-89th-regular) | Relating to the school safety allotme... | Joan Huffman (R) | Low |
| [SB4](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb4-89th-regular) | Relating to an increase in the amount... | Paul Bettencourt (R) | Moderate |
| [SB568](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb568-89th-regular) | Relating to special education in publ... | Paul Bettencourt (R) | Critical |
| [SB843](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb843-89th-regular) | Relating to a Texas Education Agency ... | Lois Kolkhorst (R) | Moderate |
| [SJR2](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sjr2-89th-regular) | Proposing a constitutional amendment ... | Paul Bettencourt (R) | Moderate |

## Source Links

- [Full Interactive Analysis](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/education-primary-secondary-finance)
- [All Texas Subjects](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subjects)

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