Chair
State Senator (R)
Education
Senate Committee
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State Senator (D)
Committee members
Referred bills
| Bill | Category | Caption | Date Referred to Committee |
|---|---|---|---|
| SB 23 | Education |
Relating to providing free full-day prekindergarten for certain children. | 01/26/2015 |
| SB 49 | Education |
Relating to the transfer of a student from the school district of the student's residence to another district. | 01/26/2015 |
| SB 72 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to the availability of free prekindergarten programs in public schools. | 01/26/2015 |
| 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. | 01/26/2015 |
| SB 88 | Education Family and Children Issues Health |
Relating to health education curriculum and instruction in public schools. | 01/26/2015 |
| 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. | 01/26/2015 |
| 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. | 01/26/2015 |
| SB 73 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to limits on the size of prekindergarten classes in public schools. | 01/26/2015 |
| SB 74 | Education Legislative Affairs |
Relating to placing the State Board of Education under periodic review by the Sunset Advisory Commission. | 01/26/2015 |
| 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. | 01/27/2015 |
| SB 149 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to alternative methods for satisfying certain public high school graduation requirements, including the use of individual graduation committees. | 01/27/2015 |
| SB 165 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to the use of public school counselors' work time. | 01/27/2015 |
| SB 168 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to temporary waiver of superintendent certification for employment of public school district superintendents. | 01/27/2015 |
| 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. | 01/27/2015 |
| SB 176 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to the Texas School Accountability Dashboard. | 01/27/2015 |
| SB 159 | Education |
Relating to certification requirements for teachers in bilingual education. | 01/27/2015 |
| SB 167 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to the employment of certified school counselors by school districts. | 01/27/2015 |
| 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. | 01/27/2015 |
| SB 265 | Education Family and Children Issues Health |
Relating to student use of sunscreen products in public schools. | 01/28/2015 |
| SB 276 | 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. | 01/28/2015 |
| SB 298 | Education Family and Children Issues Health |
Relating to the vaccination against bacterial meningitis of public school students. | 01/28/2015 |
| SB 247 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to the equalized wealth level and the guaranteed yield under the public school finance system. | 01/28/2015 |
| SB 299 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
Relating to the form of the Legislative Budget Board's report of equalized funding elements to the commissioner of education and the legislature. | 01/28/2015 |
| SB 266 | Education |
Relating to the first day of instruction of a school year for public school students. | 01/28/2015 |
| SB 297 | Education Family and Children Issues Health Reproductive Issues |
Relating to health education curriculum and instruction in public schools. | 01/28/2015 |
| SB 241 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education State Agencies Transportation |
Relating to the transportation allotment provided under the Foundation School Program. | 01/28/2015 |
| SB 240 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to the state's contribution to the financing of public education. | 01/28/2015 |
| SB 243 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
Relating to the cost of education adjustment. | 01/28/2015 |
| SB 300 | Education Family and Children Issues Health Reproductive Issues |
Relating to notice to parents of public school students regarding human sexuality instruction. | 01/28/2015 |
| SB 244 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to the elimination of the cost of education adjustment under the Foundation School Program. | 01/28/2015 |
| SB 242 | 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. | 01/28/2015 |
| SB 246 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to the basic allotment and the equalized wealth level under the Foundation School Program. | 01/28/2015 |
| SB 237 | Education |
Relating to certain athletic competitions sponsored or sanctioned by the University Interscholastic League. | 01/28/2015 |
| SB 296 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Commerce Education |
Relating to the first day of the school year for public schools. | 01/28/2015 |
| SB 301 | Education Guns |
Relating to school marshals for private schools. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 395 | Education |
Relating to the first day of instruction in certain school districts. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 391 | Education |
Relating to equal opportunity for access by home-schooled students to University Interscholastic League sponsored activities; authorizing a fee. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 400 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to procedural requirements for adopting and filing a school district budget. | 02/02/2015 |
| 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. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 324 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to the small-sized district adjustment under the Foundation School Program. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 315 | 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. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 312 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to a required report made to a public school student, parent, and teacher regarding the student's performance on certain state-adopted or state-developed assessment instruments. | 02/02/2015 |
| 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. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 421 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Environmental Immigration Other |
Relating to participation of certain school districts in the three-year high school diploma plan pilot program. | 02/04/2015 |
| SB 451 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to eliminating certain state-required assessment instruments administered to public school students in certain grades. | 02/09/2015 |
| SB 452 | Education |
Relating to administering the Texas Success Initiative assessment instrument to certain public school students. | 02/09/2015 |
| SB 454 | Education |
Relating to the alignment of the college readiness standards and expectations and the essential knowledge and skills. | 02/09/2015 |
| SB 486 | Education Other Science and Medical Research Technology and Communication |
Relating to the use of radio frequency identification technology to transmit information regarding public school students. | 02/10/2015 |
| SB 477 | Education Health Reproductive Issues |
Relating to the provision of human sexuality and family planning instruction in public schools. | 02/10/2015 |
| SB 471 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to reviews and investigations conducted by the Texas Education Agency. | 02/10/2015 |
| SB 496 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education State Agencies |
Relating to Foundation School Program funding for certain students. | 02/11/2015 |
| SB 502 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to reducing paperwork and duplicate reports required of a school district. | 02/11/2015 |
| SCR 8 | Education Legislative Affairs Resolutions |
Urging Congress to reduce the amount of paperwork required of teachers by federal law. | 02/11/2015 |
| 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. | 02/11/2015 |
| SB 520 | 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. | 02/18/2015 |
| SB 556 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education State Agencies |
Relating to a comprehensive review by the Texas Education Agency of weights, allotments, and adjustments under the public school finance system. | 02/18/2015 |
| SB 518 | Education Family and Children Issues Health |
Relating to inclusion of mental health concerns in existing school health efforts. | 02/18/2015 |
| SB 568 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to a classroom visual aid stipend for public school classroom teachers. | 02/18/2015 |
| SB 602 | 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 |
| SB 625 | Crime Education Family and Children Issues Guns Health |
Relating to a prohibition against the use of certain sprays, stun guns, and Tasers against public school students. | 02/23/2015 |
| SB 605 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to the method of determining the average daily attendance in certain school districts. | 02/23/2015 |
| SB 623 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education State Agencies |
Relating to state funding for certain children to attend certain private prekindergarten programs. | 02/23/2015 |
| SB 595 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to the equalized wealth level, basic allotment, local share, and guaranteed yield under the public school finance system. | 02/23/2015 |
| SB 647 | Crime Education |
Relating to the authority of an open-enrollment charter school to commission peace officers. | 02/24/2015 |
| SB 659 | Education Health Insurance |
Relating to state assistance for school employees uniform group health coverage. | 02/24/2015 |
| SB 665 | Education |
Relating to inclusion of a course on the founding principles of the United States in the curriculum requirements for public high school students and the posting of the founding documents of the United States in public school buildings. | 02/24/2015 |
| SB 675 | Education Social Issues |
Relating to social work services in public schools. | 02/24/2015 |
| 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. | 02/24/2015 |
| SB 674 | Education Health Labor and Employment Social Issues |
Relating to instruction regarding mental health, substance abuse, and youth suicide in educator training programs. | 02/24/2015 |
| SB 692 | Education |
Relating to the admission policy of an open-enrollment charter school. | 02/25/2015 |
| SB 726 | Education Family and Children Issues Health |
Relating to notice to parents of public school students regarding human sexuality instruction. | 03/02/2015 |
| 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. | 03/02/2015 |
| SB 6 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to public school performance ratings. | 03/03/2015 |
| 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. | 03/03/2015 |
| 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. | 03/03/2015 |
| SB 801 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education State Agencies |
Relating to a high quality prekindergarten program provided by public school districts. | 03/03/2015 |
| SB 811 | Education Other |
Relating to providing a translated copy of a student's individualized education program to parents unable to speak English. | 03/03/2015 |
| 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. | 03/03/2015 |
| SB 885 | Education |
Relating to bonuses for teachers of students who perform successfully on college advanced placement tests and international baccalaureate examinations. | 03/04/2015 |
| SB 214 | 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. | 03/04/2015 |
| SB 894 | Education State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to the state virtual school network. | 03/09/2015 |
| SB 895 | 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. | 03/09/2015 |
| SB 892 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to educator preparation programs and teacher certification examinations. | 03/09/2015 |
| SB 935 | Education Other State Agencies |
Relating to the establishment of a reading excellence team pilot program. | 03/09/2015 |
| 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. | 03/09/2015 |
| SB 954 | Agriculture and Food Business and Consumers Commerce Education Family and Children Issues Health |
Relating to the establishment of school district policies regarding the marketing and commercial advertising of food products on school property. | 03/09/2015 |
| SB 916 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to the creation of a program to improve public education through partnerships between certain public school campuses and public universities. | 03/09/2015 |
| 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. | 03/09/2015 |
| SB 952 | Education Family and Children Issues Health |
Relating to parental notification of physical fitness assessment results and development of wellness plans for certain public school students. | 03/09/2015 |
| SB 955 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to permissible locations of open-enrollment charter schools created by certain institutions of higher education. | 03/09/2015 |
| 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. | 03/09/2015 |
| SB 924 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Education |
Relating to the guaranteed level of state and local funds for the instructional facilities allotment and the existing debt allotment under the public school finance system. | 03/09/2015 |
| 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. | 03/09/2015 |
| SB 977 | Education Other State Agencies |
Relating to a secondary-level English language learners' program for public school students of limited English proficiency. | 03/10/2015 |
| SB 981 | 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. | 03/10/2015 |
| 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. | 03/10/2015 |
| SB 642 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Commerce Education State Agencies |
Relating to a franchise or insurance premium tax credit for contributions made to certain educational assistance organizations. | 03/10/2015 |
| SB 215 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to the transfer of driver and traffic safety education from the Texas Education Agency to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation; changing the amounts of certain fees. | 03/10/2015 |
| SB 1003 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to the issuance of school district teaching permits to persons who teach career and technical education. | 03/10/2015 |
| 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. | 03/10/2015 |
| SB 1004 | Education Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to courses and programs offered jointly by certain public junior colleges and independent school districts. | 03/10/2015 |
| 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. | 03/10/2015 |
| SB 1011 | 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. | 03/11/2015 |
| SB 1012 | Education Executive Branch Municipal and County Issues State Agencies |
Relating to local control school districts. | 03/11/2015 |
| SJR 41 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Legislative Affairs |
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing that a statute or appropriations act that furthers a legitimate state purpose or interest such as efficiency or local control meets the requirement of providing an efficient system of public schools and that this requirement is the prerogative of the legislature. | 03/11/2015 |
| SB 1036 | Education Labor and Employment State Agencies |
Relating to leadership development of public school administrators. | 03/11/2015 |
| SB 4 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Commerce Education Other State Agencies |
Relating to a franchise or insurance premium tax credit for contributions made to certain educational assistance organizations; adding provisions subject to a criminal penalty. | 03/16/2015 |
| SB 213 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to the functions and duties of the University Interscholastic League. | 03/16/2015 |
| SB 1055 | Education |
Relating to the first day of instruction in school districts that implement a flexible school day. | 03/16/2015 |
| SB 1114 | Education Family and Children Issues Health State Agencies |
Relating to a policy on vaccine-preventable diseases for public schools. | 03/16/2015 |
| SB 1063 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to outreach materials to foster awareness of recent public school curriculum changes. | 03/16/2015 |
| 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. | 03/16/2015 |
| 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. | 03/17/2015 |
| 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. | 03/17/2015 |
| SB 1216 | Education Legislative Affairs |
Relating to providing for the review of certain county departments of education by the Sunset Advisory Commission. | 03/17/2015 |
| SB 1259 | Education |
Relating to the development of an individualized education program for a child in public school. | 03/17/2015 |
| SB 1140 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Science and Medical Research Technology and Communication |
Relating to the establishment of a technology allotment for public schools. | 03/17/2015 |
| SB 1221 | Education |
Relating to public school class size limits. | 03/17/2015 |
| SB 1159 | 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. | 03/17/2015 |
| SB 1272 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Commerce Education Municipal and County Issues Sexual Orientation and Gender Issues |
Relating to requirements regarding certain purchasing and contracting guidelines for open-enrollment charter schools. | 03/17/2015 |
| SB 1211 | Education |
Relating to procedures for the review and selection of certain instructional materials by public school districts and open-enrollment charter schools. | 03/17/2015 |
| SB 1178 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education State Agencies |
Relating to an interim study on an education savings account program. | 03/17/2015 |
| SB 1247 | 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. | 03/17/2015 |
| SB 1230 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Technology and Communication |
Relating to the availability of certain school district financial information on certain districts' Internet websites. | 03/17/2015 |
| SB 1186 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to the permissible wealth per student of certain school districts. | 03/17/2015 |
| SB 1169 | Education Family and Children Issues Health Labor and Employment Social Issues |
Relating to suicide prevention training for educators in public schools. | 03/17/2015 |
| 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. | 03/17/2015 |
| SB 1123 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to the establishment of the office of early learning within the Texas Education Agency. | 03/17/2015 |
| SB 1126 | 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. | 03/17/2015 |
| 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. | 03/17/2015 |
| SB 1342 | Education |
Relating to the required curriculum for public school students. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 1447 | Education |
Relating to equal opportunity for access by private and parochial school students to certain University Interscholastic League sponsored activities. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 1334 | Education |
Relating to disproportionate discretionary disciplinary action by school districts against students of a particular race or students enrolled in a special education program. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 1405 | Education Transportation |
Relating to idling the diesel engine of a school bus or commercial charter bus while the bus is parked at a public school, school event, or field trip destination. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 1426 | Education |
Relating to physical activity and physical education requirements in public schools. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 1431 | Education |
Relating to promoting efficiency in school district administration by limiting, reducing, simplifying, or eliminating certain processes and procedures. | 03/18/2015 |
| 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. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 1303 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to the salary paid to classroom teachers employed by public schools. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 1357 | 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. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 1302 | 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. | 03/18/2015 |
| 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. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 1482 | Education |
Relating to alternative education programs for middle school students. | 03/19/2015 |
| SB 1479 | Education Sexual Orientation and Gender Issues |
Relating to reasonable break times and facilities for school district educators expressing breast milk. | 03/19/2015 |
| SB 1484 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education State Agencies |
Relating to the establishment of a community school grant program. | 03/19/2015 |
| SB 1483 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to Texas community schools. | 03/19/2015 |
| SB 1497 | Crime Education |
Relating to a requirement that a school district or open-enrollment charter school terminate certain employees convicted of certain offenses. | 03/19/2015 |
| SB 1494 | Education |
Relating to the educational needs of homeless students. | 03/19/2015 |
| SB 1567 | 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. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1611 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
Relating to the establishment of professional charter academies. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1584 | Education Legal Issues |
Relating to positive behavioral interventions and supports for students enrolled in public school who receive special education services. | 03/23/2015 |
| SJR 53 | Education Legislative Affairs |
Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the exclusive legislative duty to support and maintain an efficient system of public schools. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1569 | Education Legal Issues |
Relating to the applicability of certain immunity and liability laws to open-enrollment charter schools. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1568 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to the issuance of interest-bearing time warrants by school districts. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1570 | 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. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1578 | Education |
Relating to the first and last days of instruction and the number of hours in a school day at a public school. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1513 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education State Agencies |
Relating to state funding for certain children to attend certain private school. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1682 | Education |
Relating to the contract required to be used by school districts in employing teachers and other professional employees. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1711 | 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 instruction materials. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1723 | Education Health Insurance |
Relating to the purchase of certain insurance by public school districts. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1696 | Education Guns |
Relating to a prohibition against the use of certain sprays, stun guns, and Tasers by school district peace officers, security personnel, and other employees against public school students. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1610 | 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. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1695 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to the transportation allotments provided under the Foundation School Program to school districts that permit students to select a campus of attendance. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1632 | Education Labor and Employment State Agencies |
Relating to providing a training course for public school prekindergarten teachers. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1751 | 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. | 03/24/2015 |
| SB 1752 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to prekindergarten programs in public schools. | 03/24/2015 |
| SB 1769 | Education |
Relating to the period of days in which a student is enrolled in a school in the United States for purposes of determining a number of years for which the student may receive an alternative or exemption from student assessment. | 03/24/2015 |
| SB 1757 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to authorization for a school district board of trustees to grant charters for the establishment of certain charter schools. | 03/24/2015 |
| SB 1771 | Education |
Relating to the Texas High Performance Schools Consortium. | 03/24/2015 |
| SB 1798 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education State Agencies |
Relating to the Texas High Performance Schools Consortium. | 03/24/2015 |
| SB 1784 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to information regarding the number of school counselors in public schools. | 03/24/2015 |
| SB 1775 | Education |
Relating to the acquisition of certain professional services by a school district. | 03/24/2015 |
| 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. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1898 | 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. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1842 | Education Other |
Relating to removing the requirement for bilingual education and special language programs for certain students of limited English proficiency. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1893 | Education Other State Agencies |
Relating to the assessment of public school students in writing and English language arts. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1900 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to funding for an open-enrollment charter school based on average amounts collected by school districts under the instructional facilities allotment and the existing debt allotment. | 03/25/2015 |
| 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. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1868 | Education Other State Agencies |
Relating to public school accountability for bilingual education and English as a second language and other special language programs. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1825 | Education |
Relating to the period of time allowed for appointment of a board of managers for a school district. | 03/25/2015 |
| 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. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1822 | Education Labor and Employment State Agencies |
Relating to grants for school districts and campuses providing blended and individualized learning staff development activities. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1858 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to programs in public schools designed to facilitate planning and saving for higher education and facilitate personal financial literacy instruction. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 2046 | Education |
Relating to equal opportunity for access by home-schooled students to University Interscholastic League-sponsored activities; authorizing a fee. | 04/13/2015 |
| SB 2051 | Education Executive Branch Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
Relating to the study of public education performance. | 04/15/2015 |
| SB 2062 | Education |
Relating to authorizing certain charter holders to provide combined services for certain adult and high school dropout recovery programs. | 04/21/2015 |
| 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. | 04/21/2015 |
| 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. | 04/21/2015 |
| 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. | 04/23/2015 |
| HB 744 | Education Health Insurance |
Relating to the purchase of certain insurance by public school districts. | 04/28/2015 |
| 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. | 04/30/2015 |
| HB 181 | Education |
Relating to information printed by school districts on high school diplomas. | 04/30/2015 |
| 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. | 05/04/2015 |
| 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. | 05/04/2015 |
| 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. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 1786 | Education Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the transfer of driver and traffic safety education from the Texas Education Agency and the Department of Public Safety to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation; changing the amounts of certain fees. | 05/04/2015 |
| 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. | 05/05/2015 |
| HB 1706 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to reducing paperwork and duplicate reports required of a school district. | 05/05/2015 |
| HB 870 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Campaign Finance and Election Issues Labor and Employment Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the investment training requirement for certain local government financial officers. | 05/05/2015 |
| 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. | 05/06/2015 |
| HB 218 | Education |
Relating to certification requirements for teachers in bilingual education. | 05/07/2015 |
| HB 256 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Family and Children Issues |
Relating to compensatory education allotment funding. | 05/07/2015 |
| 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. | 05/07/2015 |
| HB 3106 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to the period of time allowed for appointment of a board of managers for a school district. | 05/11/2015 |
| HB 1878 | Education Health Public Services Technology and Communication |
Relating to the provision of telemedicine medical services in a school-based setting, including the reimbursement of providers under the Medicaid program for those services. | 05/11/2015 |
| HB 771 | Arts and Humanities Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to funding for the Texas Academy of Leadership in the Humanities. | 05/11/2015 |
| 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. | 05/11/2015 |
| 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. | 05/11/2015 |
| HB 2025 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to participation of certain school districts in the three-year high school diploma plan pilot program. | 05/12/2015 |
| HB 1431 | Education |
Relating to the development of a career-oriented foreign language program that public schools may offer. | 05/12/2015 |
| 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. | 05/13/2015 |
| 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. | 05/13/2015 |
| HB 2186 | Education Family and Children Issues Health Labor and Employment Social Issues |
Relating to suicide prevention training for educators in public schools. | 05/13/2015 |
| 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. | 05/13/2015 |
| 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. | 05/13/2015 |
| HB 2349 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to public school assessment, performance standards, and course requirements. | 05/13/2015 |
| HB 1559 | Education Technology and Communication |
Relating to public school Internet website information concerning local programs and services available to assist homeless students. | 05/14/2015 |
| 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. | 05/15/2015 |
| 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. | 05/15/2015 |
| HB 2804 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to evaluation of public school performance. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 1171 | Education Legal Issues |
Relating to the applicability of certain immunity and liability laws to open-enrollment charter schools. | 05/18/2015 |
| 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. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 2593 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education |
Relating to the sparsity adjustment for certain school districts under the Foundation School Program. | 05/18/2015 |
| 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. | 05/18/2015 |
| 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. | 05/20/2015 |
| HB 1891 | Education State Agencies |
Relating to Texas community schools. | 05/21/2015 |
| HB 18 | Education Health State Agencies |
Relating to measures to support public school student academic achievement and high school, college, and career preparation. | 05/25/2015 |
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