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Referred bills
| Bill | Category | Caption | Date Referred to Committee |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 43 | Education Health Labor and Employment State Agencies |
Relating to the creation of a task force to evaluate state assessment instruments administered to public school students with significant cognitive disabilities. | 02/09/2015 |
| HB 51 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education State Agencies |
Relating to limits on the size of certain classes in public schools. | 02/09/2015 |
| HB 57 | Education |
Relating to the review by a school district board of trustees of a hearing examiner's determination regarding good cause to suspend a teacher without pay or terminate the teacher's contract. | 02/09/2015 |
| HB 138 | Education Social Issues |
Relating to the posting of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. | 02/09/2015 |
| HB 49 | Education |
Relating to a requirement for school districts to report class size to the Texas Education Agency. | 02/09/2015 |
| HB 186 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to the availability of free prekindergarten programs in public schools. | 02/09/2015 |
| HB 73 | Education Health Labor and Employment State Agencies |
Relating to academic assessment of public school students with significant disabilities. | 02/09/2015 |
| HB 47 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education State Agencies |
Relating to the salary paid to certain professional employees of public schools. | 02/09/2015 |
| HB 173 | Education |
Relating to information reported by a public school district regarding prekindergarten classes. | 02/09/2015 |
| HB 181 | Education |
Relating to information printed by school districts on high school diplomas. | 02/09/2015 |
| HB 54 | Education |
Relating to termination or suspension without pay of certain school district employees. | 02/09/2015 |
| HB 66 | Education Immigration State Agencies |
Relating to the consideration of the performance of students of limited English proficiency on state assessment instruments and inclusion of related information in campus report cards. | 02/09/2015 |
| HB 56 | Education Other State Agencies |
Relating to the creation of a task force to evaluate the English language proficiency standards used in public schools. | 02/09/2015 |
| HB 171 | Education |
Relating to limits on the size of fifth grade classes in public schools. | 02/09/2015 |
| HB 78 | Education Family and Children Issues Health |
Relating to human sexuality education in public schools. | 02/09/2015 |
| HB 70 | Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Education Family and Children Issues Health Legal Issues Sexual Orientation and Gender Issues State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to prevention of discrimination and harassment in public schools. | 02/09/2015 |
| HB 205 | Education Health Reproductive Issues |
Relating to the provision of human sexuality and family planning instruction in public schools. | 02/10/2015 |
| HB 204 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Commerce Education |
Relating to the first day of instruction at a public school. | 02/10/2015 |
| HB 238 | Education |
Relating to the first day of instruction in certain school districts. | 02/10/2015 |
| HB 228 | Education |
Relating to the optional flexible school day program provided by school districts. | 02/10/2015 |
| HB 223 | Education Guns |
Relating to acceptable conduct of students in kindergarten through grade five. | 02/10/2015 |
| HB 218 | Education |
Relating to certification requirements for teachers in bilingual education. | 02/10/2015 |
| HB 124 | Education |
Relating to the availability of free prekindergarten programs in public schools. | 02/11/2015 |
| HB 279 | Education Health Labor and Employment State Agencies |
Relating to eligibility for a public education grant of certain students receiving special education services. | 02/11/2015 |
| HB 233 | Education Social Issues |
Relating to social work services in public schools. | 02/11/2015 |
| HB 135 | Education |
Relating to inclusion of a course on the United States Constitution in the curriculum requirements for public high school students. | 02/11/2015 |
| HB 462 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to successful completion of dual credit courses as an alternative to compliance with end-of-course assessment requirements. | 02/11/2015 |
| HB 125 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Legislative Affairs |
Relating to studying the cost of education index. | 02/11/2015 |
| HB 296 | Education |
Relating to certain prekindergarten programs offered by a school district. | 02/11/2015 |
| HB 243 | Education Family and Children Issues Health Transportation |
Relating to the route a school bus takes when transporting a public school student. | 02/11/2015 |
| HB 256 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Family and Children Issues |
Relating to compensatory education allotment funding. | 02/11/2015 |
| HB 456 | Education Family and Children Issues Health |
Relating to a prohibition on the use and possession of e-cigarettes on school property. | 02/11/2015 |
| HB 289 | Education |
Relating to the composition of the board of trustees of certain independent school districts. | 02/11/2015 |
| HB 313 | Education Health State Agencies |
Relating to employment of certified school counselors by school districts. | 02/11/2015 |
| HB 182 | Education |
Relating to censure of a member of a school district board of trustees. | 02/11/2015 |
| HB 340 | Education |
Relating to the receipt of an exemption or waiver for a school district or campus that is academically unacceptable. | 02/12/2015 |
| HB 347 | Education |
Relating to equal opportunity for access by home-schooled students to University Interscholastic League sponsored activities; authorizing a fee. | 02/12/2015 |
| HB 198 | Crime Education Guns |
Relating to the carrying of concealed handguns by certain persons attending a school board meeting. | 02/12/2015 |
| HB 374 | Education |
Relating to requiring State Board of Education approval to offer advanced placement and international baccalaureate courses in public high schools. | 02/12/2015 |
| HB 338 | Education Other |
Relating to the evaluation of an internal auditor employed by a school district. | 02/12/2015 |
| HB 345 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to the creation of a task force to study the standards of the Bilingual Target Language Proficiency Test administered to bilingual educators in public schools. | 02/12/2015 |
| HB 379 | Crime Education Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to the failure to attend school for part of a day. | 02/12/2015 |
| HB 370 | Education Family and Children Issues Guns |
Relating to notifying a parent or guardian whether an employee of a school is appointed school marshal and the confidentiality of information submitted to or collected by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement in connection with a certification for appointment as school marshal. | 02/12/2015 |
| HB 357 | Education Health State Agencies |
Relating to the responsibilities of public school counselors. | 02/12/2015 |
| HB 356 | Education Health Labor and Employment State Agencies |
Relating to a federal waiver to exempt public school students with significant cognitive disabilities from annual assessment requirements imposed by federal law. | 02/12/2015 |
| HB 355 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to the creation of a task force to evaluate class size limits in public schools. | 02/12/2015 |
| HB 505 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to a prohibition of limitations on the number of dual credit courses or hours in which a public high school student may enroll. | 02/16/2015 |
| HB 514 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to the creation of an advisory council to research and make recommendations on the use of assessment instruments in public schools. | 02/16/2015 |
| HB 515 | Education Family and Children Issues |
Relating to the notice to the parent or other person having lawful control of a public school student concerning the student's class performance. | 02/16/2015 |
| HB 440 | Education Family and Children Issues Health Labor and Employment |
Relating to adapting the public school physical education curriculum to accommodate the needs of students with mental disabilities. | 02/16/2015 |
| HB 406 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to the creation of a task force to determine alternative methods of assessing the performance of public school students and school districts. | 02/16/2015 |
| HB 522 | Education Military State Agencies |
Relating to establishing a pilot program in designated public high schools in certain municipalities for placement of students in Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps programs as an alternative to placement in disciplinary or juvenile justice alternative education programs. | 02/16/2015 |
| HB 513 | Education |
Relating to educator financial incentives and salary contingencies based on student performance on certain assessment instruments. | 02/16/2015 |
| HB 407 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to school district selection of an alternative assessment method in place of state-administered assessment instruments. | 02/16/2015 |
| HB 405 | Education Labor and Employment State Agencies |
Relating to the creation of a task force to evaluate training provided to members of a school district board of trustees. | 02/16/2015 |
| HB 435 | Education Other |
Relating to the instruction of American Sign Language in public high schools. | 02/16/2015 |
| HB 506 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Commerce Education |
Relating to the issuance of tax-supported bonds by certain school districts and increasing the tax rate limitation on the issuance of those bonds. | 02/16/2015 |
| HB 424 | Education |
Relating to providing free full-day prekindergarten for certain children. | 02/16/2015 |
| HB 391 | Education |
Relating to providing free full-day prekindergarten for certain children. | 02/16/2015 |
| HB 567 | Education |
Relating to corporal punishment in public schools. | 02/18/2015 |
| HB 568 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to a review by the commissioner of education of state law regarding student suspension, expulsion, or other disciplinary action and the implementation of that law by school districts. | 02/18/2015 |
| HB 544 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education State Agencies |
Relating to payment by a school district of the costs of developmental coursework provided by an institution of higher education under the success initiative. | 02/18/2015 |
| HB 588 | Education |
Relating to restricting certain state and school district assessments of public school students in prekindergarten and kindergarten. | 02/18/2015 |
| HB 566 | Education Family and Children Issues Health State Agencies |
Relating to the use of epinephrine auto-injectors on public and open-enrollment charter school campuses and at off-campus school-sanctioned events. | 02/18/2015 |
| HB 666 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to the small and mid-sized district adjustments under the Foundation School Program. | 02/19/2015 |
| HB 664 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Science and Medical Research Technology and Communication |
Relating to funding for career and technology programs in public schools. | 02/19/2015 |
| HB 596 | Education |
Relating to the scheduling of the last day of school for students by public school districts. | 02/19/2015 |
| HB 676 | Education Family and Children Issues Health State Agencies Transportation |
Relating to School Bus Safety Week in public schools. | 02/19/2015 |
| HB 667 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to permissible uses of the bilingual education allotment provided under the foundation school program. | 02/19/2015 |
| HB 680 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to the rulemaking authority of the State Board for Educator Certification. | 02/19/2015 |
| HB 677 | Education Family and Children Issues Health Recreation |
Relating to cardiac assessments of participants in extracurricular athletic activities sponsored or sanctioned by the University Interscholastic League. | 02/19/2015 |
| HB 654 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Other State Agencies |
Relating to public school finance and the formation of school finance districts. | 02/19/2015 |
| HB 657 | Education Labor and Employment |
Relating to the training requirements for a member of the board of trustees of a public school district. | 02/19/2015 |
| HB 662 | Education |
Relating to public school students evaluated for purposes of accountability ratings. | 02/19/2015 |
| HB 802 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Energy State Agencies Transportation |
Relating to the provision of a transportation allotment under the foundation school program based on the price of gasoline. | 02/23/2015 |
| HB 742 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to eliminating the state-required assessment instrument in social studies administered to public school students in eighth grade. | 02/23/2015 |
| HB 743 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to the essential knowledge and skills of the required public school curriculum and to certain assessment instruments for public school students. | 02/23/2015 |
| HB 645 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to the small-sized district adjustment under the Foundation School Program. | 02/23/2015 |
| HB 731 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Environmental Immigration Other State Agencies |
Relating to a pilot program under the foundation school program for funding prekindergarten programs provided by certain school districts with early high school graduation programs. | 02/23/2015 |
| HB 741 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to the administration to public school students in certain grades of state-administered assessment instruments. | 02/23/2015 |
| HB 729 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to the employment of certified school counselors by school districts. | 02/23/2015 |
| HB 810 | Education Other |
Relating to employment of persons with professional qualifications as public school teachers. | 02/23/2015 |
| HB 767 | Education Family and Children Issues Health Recreation |
Relating to cardiac assessments of participants in extracurricular athletic activities sponsored or sanctioned by the University Interscholastic League. | 02/23/2015 |
| HB 720 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to the small-sized district adjustment under the Foundation School Program. | 02/23/2015 |
| HB 775 | Education |
Relating to removing the requirement of satisfactory performance on state assessment instruments for public school grade-level promotion and providing alternative compliance for the requirement of satisfactory performance on state assessment instruments for graduation. | 02/23/2015 |
| HB 771 | Arts and Humanities Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to funding for the Texas Academy of Leadership in the Humanities. | 02/23/2015 |
| HB 718 | Education |
Relating to the number of charters the State Board of Education may grant for open-enrollment charter schools. | 02/23/2015 |
| HB 774 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to eliminating certain state-required assessment instruments administered to public school students in certain grades. | 02/23/2015 |
| HB 811 | Education |
Relating to administering certain assessment instruments to public school students in certain grades for diagnostic purposes only. | 02/23/2015 |
| HB 730 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to the use of public school counselors' work time. | 02/23/2015 |
| HB 779 | Education Family and Children Issues Health Recreation |
Relating to cardiac assessments of participants in extracurricular athletic activities sponsored or sanctioned by the University Interscholastic League. | 02/23/2015 |
| HB 726 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to outreach materials to foster awareness of recent public school curriculum changes. | 02/23/2015 |
| HB 744 | Education Health Insurance |
Relating to the purchase of certain insurance by public school districts. | 02/23/2015 |
| HB 719 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to the small and mid-sized district adjustments under the Foundation School Program. | 02/23/2015 |
| HB 717 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Education |
Relating to the election of trustees of certain school districts from single-member trustee districts. | 02/23/2015 |
| HB 927 | Education Technology and Communication |
Relating to requiring certain textbook publishers to offer electronic textbooks. | 02/25/2015 |
| HB 919 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to provisional special education funding for certain students in public schools. | 02/25/2015 |
| HB 925 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education State Agencies |
Relating to the balance maintained in a school district's general fund and associated requirements regarding the general fund. | 02/25/2015 |
| HB 917 | Crime Education Guns |
Relating to school marshals for private schools, notifying a parent or guardian whether an employee of a public or private school is appointed school marshal, and the confidentiality of information submitted to or collected by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement in connection with a certification for appointment as school marshal. | 02/25/2015 |
| HB 929 | Education |
Relating to exclusion of certain public school student disciplinary actions from reports required by state or federal law. | 02/25/2015 |
| HB 4 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Family and Children Issues State Agencies |
Relating to prekindergarten, including a high quality prekindergarten grant program provided by public school districts. | 02/26/2015 |
| HB 829 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to inclusion of a civics test in the graduation requirements for public high school students. | 02/26/2015 |
| HB 1023 | Education |
Relating to public school class size limits. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 842 | Education Health Labor and Employment State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to review of public school instructional materials for compliance with accessibility standards. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 1033 | Education Family and Children Issues Health |
Relating to the placement of video cameras in self-contained classrooms providing special education services. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 985 | Crime Education Health Technology and Communication |
Relating to mental health screening for public school students who may be a danger to self or others and to suspension or educational placement of those students; creating an offense. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 959 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to limiting certain state-required assessment instruments administered to public school students in certain grades to assessments required by federal law. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 1013 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to requirements regarding electronic access to instructional materials provided in printed book format purchased for public schools. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 980 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to a personal financial literacy component in a statistics course offered for public high school graduation. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 945 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education State Agencies |
Relating to the repeal of provisions requiring school districts to reduce their wealth per student to the equalized wealth level. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 1100 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education State Agencies |
Relating to a gold standard full-day prekindergarten program provided by public school districts. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 1067 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Commerce Education |
Relating to the first day of the school year for public schools. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 879 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to evaluating the performance of dropout recovery schools. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 1060 | Education |
Relating to reporting of teacher turnover information by public schools. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 1070 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Insurance State Agencies |
Relating to a reduction in the cost of attendance credits for certain school districts that purchase windstorm and hail insurance. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 1135 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education State Agencies |
Relating to a transportation allotment for a school district transporting students to dual credit courses. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 1139 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to inclusion of a civics test in the graduation requirements for public high school students. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 874 | Education |
Relating to employment of persons with advanced degrees as public school teachers. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 948 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education State Agencies |
Relating to the Texas High Performance Schools Consortium. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 724 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Education |
Relating to operation of public schools on certain election days. | 03/03/2015 |
| HB 1188 | Education Family and Children Issues Legislative Affairs Other State Agencies |
Relating to the creation of a joint interim committee to study and make recommendations regarding early childhood education. | 03/03/2015 |
| HB 1157 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to funding for public school career and technology education programs. | 03/03/2015 |
| HB 1231 | Education Family and Children Issues Health |
Relating to the membership of school district and open-enrollment charter school concussion oversight teams. | 03/03/2015 |
| HB 1218 | Education |
Relating to course content requirements for human sexuality instruction provided by a public school. | 03/03/2015 |
| HB 1227 | Education Family and Children Issues Health |
Relating to eliminating the requirement that a school district assess the physical fitness of students. | 03/03/2015 |
| HB 1162 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to eliminating satisfactory performance requirements for public school end-of-course assessment instruments as a criterion for promotion or graduation. | 03/03/2015 |
| HB 1164 | Education Other State Agencies |
Relating to requiring the Texas Education Agency to conduct a study to develop a writing assessment method for public school students and establish a pilot program to administer the assessment method developed. | 03/03/2015 |
| HB 18 | Education Health State Agencies |
Relating to measures to support public school student academic achievement and high school, college, and career preparation. | 03/03/2015 |
| HB 1197 | Agriculture and Food Education Energy Environmental |
Relating to allowing certain extracurricular activities required by public school classes for agriculture, food, and natural resources. | 03/03/2015 |
| HB 1163 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education State Agencies |
Relating to the percentage of the annual distribution from the permanent school fund set aside for the state instructional materials fund. | 03/03/2015 |
| HB 1170 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Education Labor and Employment Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the applicability to open-enrollment charter schools of certain laws regarding local governments and political subdivisions. | 03/03/2015 |
| HB 1171 | Education Legal Issues |
Relating to the applicability of certain immunity and liability laws to open-enrollment charter schools. | 03/03/2015 |
| HB 1172 | Education Family and Children Issues Health State Agencies |
Relating to creating a program to recognize before-school and after-school programs that promote healthy eating and physical activity. | 03/04/2015 |
| HB 1461 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to the bilingual education allotment provided under the public school finance system. | 03/04/2015 |
| HB 1142 | Crime Education Executive Branch Family and Children Issues Health Social Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the establishment of a workgroup to examine the implementation of dating violence awareness and education programs in public schools. | 03/04/2015 |
| HB 868 | Crime Education Legal Issues |
Relating to a defense to prosecution for and civil liability of an educator who uses force or deadly force to protect the educator's person, students of the school, or property of the school, and suspension of a student who assaults an employee of a school. | 03/04/2015 |
| HB 1341 | Education |
Relating to review and modification of the essential knowledge and skills of the required public school curriculum. | 03/05/2015 |
| HB 1347 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to a study on the performance and operations of public schools that operate on a year-round system. | 03/05/2015 |
| HB 1479 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to the equalized wealth level and the guaranteed yield under the school finance system. | 03/05/2015 |
| HB 1477 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to the cost of an attendance credit under the public school finance system. | 03/05/2015 |
| HB 1300 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to eligibility requirements for admission of certain persons to educator preparation programs. | 03/05/2015 |
| HB 1305 | Agriculture and Food Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Family and Children Issues Health Public Services |
Relating to a program to provide a free or reduced-price breakfast to eligible students attending a public school and the method of determining the number of educationally disadvantaged students. | 03/05/2015 |
| HB 1304 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to the use of school committees to make determinations regarding graduation for certain public high school students who fail to perform satisfactorily on end-of-course assessment instruments. | 03/05/2015 |
| HB 1469 | Education Other State Agencies |
Relating to the assessment of public school students in writing and English language arts. | 03/05/2015 |
| HB 1478 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to a limitation on the amount of school property tax revenue that is subject to recapture under the public school finance system. | 03/05/2015 |
| HB 1351 | Education Family and Children Issues Health |
Relating to health education curriculum and instruction in public schools. | 03/05/2015 |
| HB 1486 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to a prohibition on a vendor contact with a member of the board of trustees of certain independent school districts during the procurement process. | 03/05/2015 |
| HB 1474 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education State Agencies |
Relating to the placement of money in the state instructional materials fund and payment of the instructional materials allotment. | 03/05/2015 |
| HB 1468 | Education Other State Agencies |
Relating to the assessment of fourth and seventh grade public school students in writing and English language arts. | 03/05/2015 |
| HB 1673 | Education |
Relating to eliminating certain state-required assessment instruments and certain end-of-course assessment instruments not required by federal law. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1373 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to the assignment of a public school student to an inexperienced or uncertified teacher. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1682 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to the salary paid to certain professional employees of public schools. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1498 | Education Family and Children Issues Health |
Relating to student use of sunscreen products in public schools. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1404 | Education Other State Agencies |
Relating to the creation of a committee to evaluate special education services in public schools. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1600 | Education State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to the establishment of a grant program to assist school districts in developing or implementing innovative blended learning initiatives. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1677 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education State Agencies |
Relating to the public school finance system. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1676 | Education Family and Children Issues Health |
Relating to authority of public and open-enrollment charter school campuses to maintain a supply of and administer anaphylaxis medicine. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1434 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Health Social Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the assignment of certain behavioral health professionals and school counselors to a public school campus. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1383 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to the salary paid to classroom teachers employed by public schools. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1366 | Education |
Relating to student eligibility for Foundation School Program benefits. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1430 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to the inclusion of mental health in the public services endorsement on a public school diploma and in information about health science career pathways. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1497 | Education Legal Issues |
Relating to the issuance of school district teaching permits to persons who teach career and technology education. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1451 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Technology and Communication |
Relating to the availability of certain school district financial information on certain districts' Internet websites. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1601 | Education |
Relating to eligibility of certain school district employees for certification as a principal. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1614 | Education |
Relating to reporting of teacher turnover information by public schools. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1599 | Education Labor and Employment State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to grants for school districts and campuses providing blended and individualized learning staff development activities. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1597 | Education Health Insurance |
Relating to state assistance for school employees uniform group health coverage. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1559 | Education Technology and Communication |
Relating to public school Internet website information concerning local programs and services available to assist homeless students. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1593 | Education Family and Children Issues Health State Agencies |
Relating to notification of parents regarding the immunization status of students enrolled at a public school. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1664 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to the authority of a school district to excuse from school attendance a student who is exempt from a final examination. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1431 | Education |
Relating to the development of a career-oriented foreign language program that public schools may offer. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1414 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to a prohibition of restrictions on the grade levels at which a public high school student may be eligible to enroll in a dual credit course. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1411 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to the cost of an attendance credit under the public school finance system. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1493 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Education |
Relating to authorization for a school district board of trustees to adopt or remove term limits. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1536 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to state interventions and sanctions against public school campuses with unacceptable performance and the establishment of the Texas Opportunity School District. | 03/10/2015 |
| HB 1883 | Education |
Relating to the acquisition of certain professional services by a school district. | 03/11/2015 |
| HB 1869 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to courses or other activities offered by public schools for certain industry-recognized credentials or certificates. | 03/11/2015 |
| HB 1935 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to additional state aid for tax reduction provided to certain school districts for one additional school year. | 03/11/2015 |
| HB 1867 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to state educational mandates imposed on school districts. | 03/11/2015 |
| HB 1881 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Commerce Education |
Relating to authorizing certain private schools to charge fees for processing or handling certain payments or payment transactions. | 03/11/2015 |
| HB 2032 | Education Technology and Communication |
Relating to the ability of certain students to enroll full-time in courses provided through the state virtual school network. | 03/11/2015 |
| HB 1894 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education State Agencies |
Relating to the balance maintained in a school district's general fund and associated requirements regarding the general fund. | 03/11/2015 |
| HB 1868 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to the essential knowledge and skills of the required public school curriculum and to certain state-adopted or state-developed assessment instruments for public school students. | 03/11/2015 |
| HB 2025 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to participation of certain school districts in the three-year high school diploma plan pilot program. | 03/11/2015 |
| HB 1875 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Insurance |
Relating to an allotment under the public school finance system for the cost of windstorm and hail insurance. | 03/11/2015 |
| HB 1938 | Education Family and Children Issues Health |
Relating to a notification requirement if a public school campus or open-enrollment charter school does not have a nurse assigned to the campus during all instructional hours. | 03/11/2015 |
| HB 1891 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to Texas community schools. | 03/11/2015 |
| HB 2040 | Education Labor and Employment |
Relating to professional development requirements for teachers of gifted and talented students. | 03/11/2015 |
| HB 1866 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to the authorization of alternative assessment instruments for use under the public school accountability system. | 03/11/2015 |
| HB 1842 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to public school accountability, including the intervention in and sanction of a public school that has received an academically unsuccessful performance rating for at least two consecutive school years and the designation of a school district as a district of innovation. | 03/11/2015 |
| HB 1892 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education State Agencies |
Relating to the establishment of a Texas community school grant program. | 03/11/2015 |
| HB 2016 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to additional state aid for tax reduction provided to certain school districts. | 03/11/2015 |
| HB 1893 | Crime Education |
Relating to the authority of an open-enrollment charter school to commission peace officers. | 03/11/2015 |
| HB 1843 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to providing training academies for public school teachers who provide reading instruction to students in prekindergarten through grade three. | 03/11/2015 |
| HB 1850 | Education Other Resolutions |
Relating to operation of public schools on Memorial Day. | 03/11/2015 |
| HB 1993 | Education Family and Children Issues Technology and Communication |
Relating to the authorization of independent school districts to use electronic means to notify parents of a student's academic performance. | 03/11/2015 |
| HB 2026 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to the calculation of the number of students in weighted average daily attendance for purposes of the public school finance system. | 03/11/2015 |
| HB 2014 | Education Military State Agencies |
Relating to the authority of military personnel to obtain certification to teach career and technology education classes in public schools. | 03/11/2015 |
| HB 2151 | Education |
Relating to consideration by the board of trustees of a school district of parental complaints concerning student participation in extracurricular activities. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1796 | Education State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to public school choice, including school campus information, student transfers, the public education grant program, and the transportation allotment. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1798 | Education Executive Branch Municipal and County Issues State Agencies |
Relating to local control school districts. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1802 | Education State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to providing public school students tutorials through the state virtual school network for end-of-course assessment instruments required for graduation. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1773 | Education Health State Agencies |
Relating to the creation of a task force to examine the effectiveness of school counseling programs in public schools. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1959 | Education |
Relating to a requirement that public school counselors provide parents with information regarding assessment instruments used in the admissions processes of colleges and universities. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1759 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education State Agencies |
Relating to the public school finance system. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1804 | Education Family and Children Issues |
Relating to notice by campuses and open-enrollment charter schools about events that may significantly impact the education of certain foster children. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1763 | Education Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Education Agency and to the abolition of the State Board for Educator Certification and the transfer of its functions to the Texas Education Agency; providing for the ad valorem tax rate to be imposed after annexation of an insolvent or inoperative school district. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1815 | Education Social Issues |
Relating to a prohibition of school district retaliation against a teacher for permissible teaching about the Bible. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1765 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to the Texas Education Agency developing a strategic plan to increase enrollment in state prekindergarten programs. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1801 | Education Science and Medical Research State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to a technology grant to be awarded to public school districts that have received certain performance ratings. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1767 | Crime Education Family and Children Issues Health Social Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the establishment of a workgroup to examine the implementation of dating violence awareness and education programs in public schools. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1783 | Crime Education |
Relating to the right of a school employee to report a crime, persons subject to the prohibition on coercing another into suppressing or failing to report information to a law enforcement agency, and the reporting of criminal history record information of educators and other public school employees who engage in certain misconduct; creating a criminal offense. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1820 | Crime Education Family and Children Issues Health Other State Agencies |
Relating to a prescription drug misuse awareness component of the health curriculum used in public schools. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 2156 | Education Other Technology and Communication |
Relating to requirements for providers of certain technology services in public schools. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1728 | Education |
Relating to certain facilities transactions between school districts and charter schools. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1706 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to reducing paperwork and duplicate reports required of a school district. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 2186 | Education Family and Children Issues Health Labor and Employment Social Issues |
Relating to suicide prevention training for educators in public schools. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1713 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Science and Medical Research Technology and Communication |
Relating to the establishment of a technology allotment for public schools. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1727 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to petitions by parents of students for the repurposing, alternative management, or closure of low-performing public school campuses. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1729 | Education Health |
Relating to the qualifications of persons employed as nurses by public school districts. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1705 | Education Health Labor and Employment Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to management services for the physical facilities of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Texas School for the Deaf. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1711 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to the compensatory education allotment and the bilingual education allotment under the Foundation School Program. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 2176 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to public school performance ratings. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 2137 | Education |
Relating to allowing a member of the board of trustees of an independent school district to visit school campuses. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2451 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to the use by a school district of certain undesignated funds in the district's general fund. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2449 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Health Labor and Employment State Agencies |
Relating to a grant available to school districts to provide services to students residing in care and treatment facilities and residential placement facilities. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2109 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to public school performance ratings. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2417 | Education |
Relating to measures to ensure quality prekindergarten programs offered by school districts. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2209 | Education |
Relating to the Texas High Performance Schools Consortium. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2086 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to health and physical education requirements in public schools. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2094 | Education |
Relating to compliance with rules, bylaws, and written policies adopted by a school district's board of trustees. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2105 | Education Family and Children Issues Health |
Relating to parental notice on enrollment in a public school of a student who is not immunized. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2093 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
Relating to a study on the cost of a moratorium on administering certain assessment instruments. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2444 | Education |
Relating to alternative methods for satisfying certain public high school graduation requirements, including the use of individual graduation committees. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2415 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to open-enrollment charter schools that provide only prekindergarten programs. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2217 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to the availability of free prekindergarten programs in public schools. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2220 | Education Health Labor and Employment State Agencies |
Relating to mental health first aid training for school district employees and school resource officers. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2452 | Education |
Relating to the provision of educational services to certain students receiving treatment at a day treatment center and to the consideration of those students for purposes of accountability and calculating average daily attendance. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2349 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to public school assessment, performance standards, and course requirements. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2205 | Education Executive Branch State Agencies |
Relating to the State Board for Educator Certification, educator preparation programs, educator certification, issuance of certain teaching permits, and certain procedures for investigating educator misconduct. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2377 | Education Technology and Communication |
Relating to the ability of a student who lived out of state in the preceding school year to enroll full-time in courses provided through the state virtual school network. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2252 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Health |
Relating to the use of the compensatory education allotment for a school district's school guidance and counseling program. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2225 | Education |
Relating to bonuses for teachers of students who perform successfully on college advanced placement tests and international baccalaureate examinations. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2223 | Education Other State Agencies |
Relating to training academies for public school teachers who provide reading comprehension instruction to students in grades four and five. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2247 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education State Agencies Transportation |
Relating to a determination of school district transportation costs and a modification of the transportation allotment under the foundation school program on the basis of those costs. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2453 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education State Agencies |
Relating to an allotment under the foundation school program for students with dyslexia or related disorders. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2224 | Education Labor and Employment State Agencies |
Relating to leadership development of public school administrators. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2450 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to the accreditation status and eligibility for funding under the Foundation School Program of a district that knowingly violates the Texas Constitution. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2482 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to the validity, reliability, and design of certain state-adopted or state-developed assessment instruments for public school students. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2218 | Education Health Labor and Employment Social Issues |
Relating to instruction regarding mental health, substance abuse, and youth suicide in educator training programs. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2195 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to the administration of college preparation assessment instruments to public school students at state cost. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2421 | Education Family and Children Issues Labor and Employment State Agencies |
Relating to a study and report on early childhood education. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2458 | Education |
Relating to equal opportunity for access by home-schooled students to University Interscholastic League sponsored activities; authorizing a fee. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2760 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to the state virtual school network, including funding and the provision of courses. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2607 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to treatment under the school finance system for certain school districts of maintenance and operations revenue in excess of the local share requirement. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2593 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to the sparsity adjustment for certain school districts under the Foundation School Program. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2810 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education State Agencies |
Relating to proclamations issued by the State Board of Education for instructional materials. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2126 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Education State Agencies |
Relating to authorizing school districts to suspend classes on primary and general election days and requiring the commissioner of education to adjust funding for certain related absences. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2295 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Education |
Relating to the date of the election for trustees of an independent school district. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2863 | Education Other State Agencies |
Relating to public school accountability for bilingual education and English as a second language and other special language programs. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2814 | Education Technology and Communication |
Relating to the grade levels at which students may enroll in courses provided through the state virtual school network. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2017 | Education |
Relating to permissible locations of open-enrollment charter schools created by institutions of higher education. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2579 | Education Other State Agencies |
Relating to the governance and operation of certain independent school districts. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2928 | Education Family and Children Issues |
Relating to enrollment in public schools by a child without a parent, guardian, or other person with legal control of the child under a court order. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2976 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Transportation |
Relating to the transportation allotments provided under the Foundation School Program to school districts that permit students to select a campus of attendance. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2660 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education State Agencies |
Relating to Foundation School Program funding for students enrolled in an optional flexible school day program. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2811 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education State Agencies |
Relating to the essential knowledge and skills of the required public school curriculum, the administration of and reports relating to assessment instruments administered to public school students, the instructional materials allotment, and proclamations for the production of instructional materials. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2487 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the authority of an independent school district to contract with a municipality for the design, improvement, or construction of an instructional facility, stadium, or other athletic facility. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2684 | Crime Education Labor and Employment Other |
Relating to the creation of a model training curriculum and to the required training for certain school district peace officers and school resource officers. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2815 | Education Technology and Communication |
Relating to the removal of restrictions on funding and payment of costs for certain full-time online educational programs. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2609 | Education Labor and Employment Science and Medical Research State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to providing training academies for public school teachers who provide mathematics instruction to students in kindergarten through grade three. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2664 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Housing and Property |
Relating to the provision of funding under the foundation school program on the basis of property values that exclude one-half of optional homestead exemptions. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2929 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Education |
Relating to authorization for a school district board of trustees to adopt or remove term limits. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2325 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to the permissible wealth per student of certain school districts. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2742 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Commerce Education |
Relating to the maintenance and operations tax revenue of a school district located in a reinvestment zone. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2698 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to the existing debt allotment under the foundation school program. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2545 | Education |
Relating to the eligibility of certain students to participate in a school district's special education program. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2659 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education State Agencies Transportation |
Relating to a transportation allotment credit for school districts required to take action to reduce wealth per student. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2566 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to educator preparation programs. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2677 | Crime Education Family and Children Issues Health Labor and Employment Social Issues |
Relating to training for employees of school districts and open-enrollment charter schools on the prevention of sexual abuse and other maltreatment of certain children. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2539 | Education Labor and Employment State Agencies |
Relating to training requirements for a member of the board of trustees of an independent school district. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2843 | Education |
Relating to requiring certain school districts to offer district-funded or tuition-supported prekindergarten. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2820 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to the authorization of certain industry professionals to provide instruction in public schools. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2804 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to evaluation of public school performance. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2833 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to the issuance of interest-bearing time warrants by school districts. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2765 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Commerce Education |
Relating to property tax relief, the school facilities allotment and the existing debt allotment under the Foundation School Program. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2792 | Education Other State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to access to certain information regarding the performance of public school campuses. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2800 | Education |
Relating to permissible teachers assigned to a bilingual education program and the permissible uses of the bilingual education allotment provided under the foundation school program. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2886 | Education Labor and Employment State Agencies |
Relating to providing a training course for public school prekindergarten teachers. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2326 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to the sparsity adjustment for certain school districts under the Foundation School Program. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2922 | Education |
Relating to selection of statewide competition locations by the University Interscholastic League. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2422 | Education Family and Children Issues Health Other |
Relating to the acquisition and use by a school district of an electroencephalogram brain assessment platform to monitor concussions in student athletes. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2610 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to the minimum number of minutes of instruction for students to be provided by public school districts and the scheduling of the last day of school for students by public school districts. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2543 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Labor and Employment Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
Relating to public school teacher performance appraisals, continuing education, professional development, career advancement, and compensation. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2885 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to requiring a school district to report data regarding restraints administered to, sanctions imposed on, complaints filed against, citations issued to, and arrests made of students. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2564 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to prohibiting a publisher or manufacturer from requiring a school district or open-enrollment charter school to place a minimum order of instructional materials. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 3260 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to a study and report regarding the use of open-source instructional materials at public schools. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3281 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to public school accountability. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 2323 | Education Family and Children Issues Health |
Relating to mandatory spinal screenings for children in certain grades attending public or private schools. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3347 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to revocation of a charter for an open-enrollment charter school and procedures for the disposition of property owned by a charter school after revocation or surrender of a charter. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3254 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to the equalized wealth level and the guaranteed yield under the public school finance system. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3351 | Education Legal Issues |
Relating to the status and eligibility of provisions in the educator's code of ethics | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 2847 | Education Family and Children Issues Health State Agencies |
Relating to policies and training regarding the use of epinephrine auto-injectors by school districts and open-enrollment charter schools; providing immunity. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3417 | Education Health Labor and Employment |
Relating to providing for endorsements for public high school students enrolled in special education programs. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3247 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Housing and Property State Agencies |
Relating to the adjustment under the public school finance system for optional homestead exemptions granted by public school districts. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3289 | Education Family and Children Issues Health |
Relating to inclusion of mental health concerns in existing school health efforts. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3392 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to funding for an open-enrollment charter school based on certain ad valorem taxes collected by school districts. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3282 | Education Executive Branch Health Legislative Affairs State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to the coordination of, communication of best practices concerning, and collection of information pertaining to the provision of evidence-based behavioral services for students with autism spectrum disorder in this state. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3262 | Education |
Relating to limits on class size at certain grade levels in public schools. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3278 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to measures to support public school student academic achievement and career preparation, including measures to improve and support dual-credit courses. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3403 | Education |
Relating to public school curriculum and textbooks. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3375 | Education Housing and Property State Agencies |
Relating to ownership and control of property acquired with state funds by the charter holder of an open-enrollment charter school. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3274 | Education Family and Children Issues |
Relating to providing a parent of a public school student with certain required notices in the parent's native language. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 2668 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Insurance State Agencies |
Relating to the cost of education index. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 2397 | Crime Education Judiciary |
Relating to public school interventions and procedures for truancy. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 2293 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
Relating to the certification by the comptroller to the commissioner of education of the taxable value of property in each school district. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 2285 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to requiring a school district to report data regarding citations issued to and arrests made of students. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 2812 | Education |
Relating to the limit on junior college courses that a high school student may enroll in for dual credit and the calculation of average daily attendance for a school district or open-enrollment charter school. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 2251 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education State Agencies |
Relating to an established schedule of payments from the foundation school fund of the yearly entitlement of certain open-enrollment charter schools. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3331 | Education |
Relating to the state virtual school network, including student eligibility, course provider eligibility, and funding for certain providers. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3341 | Crime Education Family and Children Issues Health Legal Issues Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to a requirement that school district superintendents report information relating to the use of restraints against students and student arrests; creating a criminal offense. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 3466 | Education |
Relating to district-required benchmark assessment instruments. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 3487 | Education Family and Children Issues |
Relating to operation of open-enrollment charter schools, including parental rights, applicability of certain laws, and admission policy. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 3441 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Education |
Relating to the date of the election for trustees of an independent school district. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 3502 | Family and Children Issues |
Relating to the selection of entities to perform functions required of the State Center for Early Childhood Development. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 3494 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to educator preparation programs and teacher certification examinations. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 3503 | Education |
Relating to the administration of assessment instruments to certain students of limited English proficiency. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 3716 | Education Family and Children Issues Health |
Relating to a requirement that public school districts and open-enrollment charter schools notify the Texas Education Agency of student deaths. | 03/19/2015 |
| HB 3671 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education State Agencies |
Relating to the public school finance system. | 03/19/2015 |
| HB 3596 | Crime Education Executive Branch Family and Children Issues Health State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to public school safety and security policies, procedures, and practices. | 03/19/2015 |
| HB 3700 | Education Science and Medical Research State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to the establishment of a pilot program in certain school districts to develop computer science education and professional development opportunities. | 03/19/2015 |
| HB 3664 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education State Agencies |
Relating to a limitation on the amount of school property tax revenue that is subject to recapture under the public school finance system. | 03/19/2015 |
| HB 3708 | Education |
Relating to the use of the results of assessment instruments administered to public school students transferring from out-of-state schools. | 03/19/2015 |
| HB 3546 | Education |
Relating to minimum scores required for public school students to pass an examination for acceleration or for credit. | 03/20/2015 |
| HB 3562 | Agriculture and Food Education Family and Children Issues Health Public Services |
Relating to the adoption of a policy allowing a grace period after the exhaustion of the balance of a meal card or account used by students to purchase meals in public schools. | 03/20/2015 |
| HB 3571 | Education |
Relating to rules which insure that local independent school district selection of non-state adopted instructional materials to be purchased with state funds, is as accountable and transparent as the State Board of Education approval process for state-adopted instructional materials. | 03/20/2015 |
| HB 3568 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to the creation of a technology applications course allotment under the foundation school program. | 03/20/2015 |
| HB 3874 | Education Health |
Relating to course content requirements for biology instruction provided by a public school. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3957 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Labor and Employment |
Relating to recovery by school districts of overpayments of salary to district employees. | 03/23/2015 |
| HJR 82 | Education Legislative Affairs |
Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the authorization or funding of an elementary or secondary education voucher program. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 4033 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to approval by the commissioner of education of an expansion or new school amendment for a charter holder previously denied a charter by the State Board of Education. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3896 | Education Family and Children Issues State Agencies |
Relating to student access to public school instructional materials and technology. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3195 | Health Insurance Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the establishment of a health care pilot program for low-income individuals. | 03/23/2015 |
| HJR 97 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
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 unless the requirement is met. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3201 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to a federal waiver to allow the Texas Education Agency to administer annual assessment instruments based on modified achievement standards for certain public school students. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 4006 | Crime Education |
Relating to a requirement that a school district, open-enrollment charter school, or shared services arrangement terminate or refuse to hire an employee or applicant convicted of certain offenses. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3991 | Education Health Labor and Employment |
Relating to the development of an individualized education program for a child in public school. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3879 | Education |
Relating to employment of athletic coaches by school districts. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 4094 | Education |
Relating to the governance independent school districts. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3583 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education State Agencies |
Relating to a pilot program in certain school districts exempting those districts from administering standard assessment instruments and authorizing alternative assessment instruments. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3887 | Education Family and Children Issues Health Labor and Employment State Agencies |
Relating to the establishment of the office of early learning within the Texas Education Agency. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 4066 | Education Legal Issues |
Relating to informal methods of seeking resolution to grievances or complaints of school district employees or parents of school district students. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 4036 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Public Services |
Relating to additional state aid for school districts that provide social security coverage for district employees. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3885 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to procedures for public school district and campus performance evaluations. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3886 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to assignment and appeal of public school district and campus performance ratings. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3955 | Education Family and Children Issues State Agencies |
Relating to authorization for a caregiver who is a relative to enroll a child in school. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3004 | Education |
Relating to the authority of certain independent school districts to change the length of the terms of office for the board of trustees of the district. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3106 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to the period of time allowed for appointment of a board of managers for a school district. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3192 | Education Health Labor and Employment |
Relating to providing for endorsements for public high school students enrolled in special education programs. | 03/23/2015 |
| HJR 113 | Education Legislative Affairs |
Proposing a constitutional amendment protecting private schools from state and local regulation. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3135 | Education Energy Housing and Property State Agencies |
Relating to the authority of school districts in certain counties to grant housing stipends to teachers employed by the districts and receive state reimbursement of those costs. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3970 | Education |
Relating to an optional bad weather policy for public schools. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3987 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Health State Agencies |
Relating to programs in public schools designed to facilitate planning and saving for higher education and facilitate personal financial literacy instruction. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3145 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Health Labor and Employment |
Relating to the computation of dropout rates of a school district and the calculation of average daily attendance for funding purposes with respect to certain students 18 years of age or older receiving special education services from the district. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 4102 | Education |
Relating to requiring certain public school students to attend a designated film screening. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3017 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Health Labor and Employment |
Relating to public education and public school finance matters. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 4106 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education State Agencies |
Relating to state savings and government efficiency achieved through a taxpayer savings grant program administered by the comptroller of public accounts. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3134 | Education Other State Agencies |
Relating to the establishment of reading excellence teams. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 4047 | Education |
Relating to the extension to open-enrollment charter school employees of certain rights granted to school district employees. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3815 | Education |
Relating to instruction in positive character traits in public schools. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3746 | Education Executive Branch Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
Relating to the study of public education performance. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 4092 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to the compensation of public school district employees for additional workdays. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3992 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to the Texas School Accountability Dashboard. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 4028 | Education Executive Branch Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
Relating to the creation of a committee to recommend a new system for student assessment and public school accountability. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3973 | Education |
Relating to the validity, reliability, and design of certain state-adopted or state-developed assessment instruments for public school students. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3147 | Education Health Labor and Employment |
Relating to transition services for public school students enrolled in special education programs. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 4041 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to abolishing the State Board for Educator Certification and establishing the Texas State Board for Professional Educators; authorizing the adoption of a fee. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3018 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to the guarantee of charter district bonds by the permanent school fund. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3979 | Education Guns |
Relating to restrictions on the use of certain sprays, stun guns, and Tasers against public school students. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3975 | Education Health Labor and Employment |
Relating to the timeline for a parent to request a special education impartial due process hearing. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3816 | Education Science and Medical Research State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to the establishment of a grant program for promoting computer science certification and professional development for public school teachers. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3055 | Education |
Relating to assessment of public school students enrolled in a special education program. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3189 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to the functions and duties of the University Interscholastic League. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3173 | Education |
Relating to renewal, expiration, or revocation of charters of and evaluation of performance of open-enrollment charter schools providing education within a residential treatment facility. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3848 | Education Other |
Relating to removing the requirement for bilingual education and special language programs for certain students of limited English proficiency. | 03/24/2015 |
| HJR 16 | Education Legislative Affairs |
Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the exclusive legislative duty to support and maintain an efficient system of public schools. | 03/24/2015 |
| HB 4108 | Crime Education |
Relating to the authority of a school district peace officer commissioned by certain school districts located in certain counties to issue citations to a child for certain Class C misdemeanor offenses committed on school property. | 03/24/2015 |
| HB 1475 | Education Health Public Services Technology and Communication |
Relating to telecommunications service discounts for educational institutions, libraries, hospitals, and telemedicine centers. | 03/24/2015 |
| HB 3894 | Agriculture and Food Family and Children Issues Health Public Services |
Relating to an award program to recognize school nutrition program excellence. | 03/24/2015 |
| HB 244 | Education |
Relating to the lunch period for classroom teachers at the middle school, junior high school, or high school grade level. | 03/30/2015 |
| HB 245 | Education |
Relating to a classroom teacher's lunch period. | 03/30/2015 |
| SB 149 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to alternative methods for satisfying certain public high school graduation requirements, including the use of individual graduation committees. | 04/02/2015 |
| HB 4173 | Education |
Relating to the date for publication of the factors considered for admission to a new graduate and professional program. | 04/10/2015 |
| SB 6 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to public school performance ratings. | 04/17/2015 |
| SB 902 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Other Technology and Communication |
Relating to the disclosure of certain public information by a public school district. | 04/27/2015 |
| SB 935 | Education Other State Agencies |
Relating to the establishment of a reading excellence team pilot program. | 04/29/2015 |
| SB 107 | Education |
Relating to the designation of campus behavior coordinators to serve at public school campuses and issues to be considered when removing a student from class. | 04/29/2015 |
| SB 925 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to providing training academies for public school teachers who provide reading instruction to students in kindergarten through grade three. | 04/29/2015 |
| SB 934 | Education Labor and Employment Science and Medical Research State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to providing training academies for public school teachers who provide mathematics instruction to students in kindergarten through grade three. | 04/29/2015 |
| SB 972 | Education Other State Agencies |
Relating to training academies for public school teachers who provide reading comprehension instruction to students in grades four and five. | 04/29/2015 |
| SB 453 | Education |
Relating to minimum scores required for public school students to receive credit by an examination administered through the College-Level Examination Program. | 04/30/2015 |
| SB 382 | Education Family and Children Issues Health Other State Agencies |
Relating to public school educator continuing education credit for instruction on the use of an automated external defibrillator. | 04/30/2015 |
| SB 892 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to educator preparation programs and teacher certification examinations. | 04/30/2015 |
| SB 893 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Labor and Employment Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
Relating to public school teacher performance appraisals, continuing education, professional development, career advancement, and compensation. | 04/30/2015 |
| SB 265 | Education Family and Children Issues Health |
Relating to student use of sunscreen products in public schools. | 04/30/2015 |
| SB 945 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Housing and Property |
Relating to funding under the public school finance system for a school district with a compressed tax rate below the state maximum compressed tax rate. | 04/30/2015 |
| SB 836 | Education Health Labor and Employment State Agencies |
Relating to management services for the physical facilities of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Texas School for the Deaf. | 04/30/2015 |
| SB 955 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to permissible locations of open-enrollment charter schools created by certain institutions of higher education. | 05/01/2015 |
| SB 159 | Education |
Relating to certification requirements for teachers in bilingual education. | 05/01/2015 |
| SB 168 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to temporary waiver of superintendent certification for employment of public school district superintendents. | 05/01/2015 |
| SB 133 | Education Health Labor and Employment State Agencies |
Relating to mental health first aid training for school district employees and school resource officers. | 05/01/2015 |
| SB 750 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Insurance State Agencies |
Relating to a report made by the Texas Education Agency regarding the property and casualty insurance costs of school districts and open-enrollment charter schools. | 05/04/2015 |
| SB 1170 | Education Family and Children Issues |
Relating to excluding certain students from the computation of dropout and completion rates for purposes of public school accountability. | 05/04/2015 |
| SB 66 | Education Family and Children Issues Health State Agencies |
Relating to the use of epinephrine auto-injectors on public school and open-enrollment charter school campuses and at or in transit to or from off-campus school events. | 05/04/2015 |
| SB 96 | Education Family and Children Issues Health |
Relating to a prohibition on the use and possession of e-cigarettes on school property or at school-related or school-sanctioned activities. | 05/04/2015 |
| SB 1434 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education State Agencies |
Relating to counting time spent by students participating in certain approved off-campus instructional programs in calculation of the average daily attendance for a school district or open-enrollment charter school. | 05/04/2015 |
| SB 1200 | Education Executive Branch Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
Relating to the creation of a commission to recommend a new system for student assessment and public school accountability. | 05/04/2015 |
| SB 28 | Education Family and Children Issues Health Legal Issues |
Relating to immunity from liability for public and open-enrollment charter school campuses that maintain a supply of epinephrine auto-injectors for emergency use. | 05/04/2015 |
| SB 164 | Education Family and Children Issues State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to a notification requirement if a school counselor is not assigned to a public school campus in certain school districts. | 05/04/2015 |
| SB 810 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the authority of an independent school district to contract with a municipality for the design, improvement, or construction of an instructional facility, stadium, or other athletic facility. | 05/04/2015 |
| SB 1494 | Education |
Relating to the educational needs of homeless students. | 05/04/2015 |
| SB 1003 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to the issuance of school district teaching permits to persons who teach career and technical education. | 05/04/2015 |
| SB 69 | Education Family and Children Issues Health |
Relating to a notification requirement if a public school campus or open-enrollment charter school does not have a nurse assigned to the campus during all instructional hours. | 05/04/2015 |
| SB 13 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to measures to support public school student academic achievement and high school, college, and career preparation, including measures to improve and support dual credit courses, the development of public outreach materials, and the development of postsecondary education and career counseling academies. | 05/05/2015 |
| SB 14 | Education Family and Children Issues State Agencies |
Relating to empowering the parents of students to petition for the reconstitution, repurposing, alternative management, or closure of low-performing public school campuses. | 05/05/2015 |
| SB 1222 | Education Legal Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the authority of the commissioner of education to issue subpoenas during an investigation of educator misconduct. | 05/05/2015 |
| SB 1867 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to excluding certain adult students receiving special education services from computation of completion rates for purposes of public school accountability. | 05/05/2015 |
| SB 313 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education State Agencies |
Relating to the essential knowledge and skills of the required public school curriculum, the administration of and reports relating to assessment instruments administered to public school students, the instructional materials allotment, and proclamations for the production of instructional materials. | 05/05/2015 |
| SB 1771 | Education |
Relating to the Texas High Performance Schools Consortium. | 05/05/2015 |
| SB 213 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to the functions and duties of the University Interscholastic League. | 05/05/2015 |
| SB 1309 | Education Military State Agencies |
Relating to the establishment of a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps teaching certificate and eligibility of such certified teacher for other educator certification. | 05/05/2015 |
| SB 496 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education State Agencies |
Relating to Foundation School Program funding for certain students. | 05/06/2015 |
| SB 1896 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to providing public school students tutorials through the state virtual school network for end-of-course assessment instruments required for graduation. | 05/06/2015 |
| SB 2062 | Education |
Relating to authorizing certain charter holders to provide combined services for certain adult and high school dropout recovery programs. | 05/06/2015 |
| SB 471 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to reviews and investigations conducted by the Texas Education Agency. | 05/06/2015 |
| SB 33 | Crime Education Family and Children Issues Health Judiciary |
Relating to the offense of hazing. | 05/11/2015 |
| SB 968 | Crime Education Family and Children Issues Health Other State Agencies |
Relating to a prescription drug misuse awareness component of the health curriculum used in public schools. | 05/11/2015 |
| SB 1569 | Education Legal Issues |
Relating to the applicability of certain immunity and liability laws to open-enrollment charter schools. | 05/11/2015 |
| SB 669 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to state interventions and sanctions against public school campuses with unacceptable performance and the establishment of the Texas Opportunity School District for educating students at certain low-performing campuses. | 05/11/2015 |
| SB 996 | Education Family and Children Issues Guns |
Relating to notifying a parent or guardian whether an employee of a school is appointed school marshal and the confidentiality of information submitted to or collected by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement in connection with a certification for appointment as school marshal. | 05/11/2015 |
| SB 674 | Education Health Labor and Employment Social Issues |
Relating to instruction regarding mental health, substance abuse, and youth suicide in educator training programs. | 05/14/2015 |
| SB 507 | Education Family and Children Issues Health State Agencies |
Relating to the placement and use of video cameras in self-contained classrooms or other settings providing special education services. | 05/14/2015 |
| SB 1259 | Education |
Relating to the development of an individualized education program for a child in public school. | 05/14/2015 |
| SB 1584 | Education Legal Issues |
Relating to positive behavioral interventions and supports for students enrolled in public school who receive special education services. | 05/14/2015 |
| SB 1058 | Crime Education Family and Children Issues Health |
Relating to the reporting of criminal history record information of educators and other public school employees who engage in certain misconduct. | 05/14/2015 |
| SB 1241 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to authority of school districts, home-rule school districts, and open-enrollment charter schools to establish innovation zones and the authority of school districts to obtain designation as districts of innovation. | 05/14/2015 |
| SB 161 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Other |
Relating to a study regarding the costs of educating students of limited English proficiency in public schools. | 05/14/2015 |
| SB 811 | Education Other |
Relating to providing a translated copy of a student's individualized education program to parents unable to speak English. | 05/14/2015 |
| SB 1178 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education State Agencies |
Relating to an interim study on an education savings account program. | 05/14/2015 |
| SB 1897 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to public school accountability, including the powers and duties of the commissioner of education regarding open-enrollment charter schools. | 05/14/2015 |
| SB 1169 | Education Family and Children Issues Health Labor and Employment Social Issues |
Relating to suicide prevention training for educators in public schools. | 05/14/2015 |
| SB 1004 | Education Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to courses and programs offered jointly by certain public junior colleges and independent school districts. | 05/18/2015 |
| SB 1216 | Education Legislative Affairs |
Relating to providing for the review of certain county departments of education by the Sunset Advisory Commission. | 05/18/2015 |
| SB 2046 | Education |
Relating to equal opportunity for access by home-schooled students to University Interscholastic League-sponsored activities; authorizing a fee. | 05/21/2015 |
| SB 1568 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to the issuance of interest-bearing time warrants by school districts. | 05/22/2015 |
| SB 1497 | Crime Education |
Relating to a requirement that a school district or open-enrollment charter school terminate certain employees convicted of certain offenses. | 05/22/2015 |
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