Apr 14, 2021 | 87th Session, Capitol Watch
The House Public Education Committee met Tuesday, April 13, to hear 31 bills. Chair Harold Dutton began the meeting by noting that the committee would not vote out any bills on Tuesday, but would have a floor meeting on Thursday, April 14, to do so. Rep. Alex...
Apr 14, 2021 | 87th Session, Capitol Watch
The Senate Education Committee, which has met on Thursdays so far this session, met Tuesday, April 13. The committee voted out the following bills, which will go to the Senate for consideration: CSSB 369 by Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, as filed, would require high school...
Apr 8, 2021 | 87th Session, Capitol Watch
The Senate Education Committee met April 8 to hear testimony on the following bills: Sen. Royce West laid out SB 1267, which he said was born out of an effort to streamline educator training requirements by a workgroup of educators and administrators. It would amend...
Apr 7, 2021 | 87th Session, Capitol Watch
The House Public Education Committee met briefly April 7 to vote out the following bills on which testimony was heard March 30 (except for CSHB 1942, which was heard Tuesday): CSHB 3270 by Chair Harold Dutton (7-6 vote) would clarify statute to ensure the continued...
Apr 6, 2021 | 87th Session, Capitol Watch
The House Public Education Committee met Tuesday, April 6, to hear testimony on 38 bills: Rep. Will Metcalf laid out HB 3597, which provides cleanup language for last session’s SB 11 (school safety). It would require a district to include a plan for responding...
