Apr 16, 2021 | 87th Regular Session, Capitol Watch
The House Public Education Committee held a formal meeting Thursday, April 15, and voted 35 bills out of committee. The following bills will go to the full House for consideration: HB 81 by Rep. Eddie Rodriguez would permit school districts to implement a community...
Apr 16, 2021 | 87th Regular Session, Capitol Watch
The Senate Education Committee heard testimony on eight bills, leaving them all pending, and passed the following bills out of committee on Thursday, April 15: SB 272 by Sen. Royce West would require district school boards to select a student trustee from a list of...
Apr 16, 2021 | 87th Regular Session, Capitol Watch
The House Public Education Committee will meet at 8 a.m., Tuesday, April 20, to hear testimony on the following bills: HB 278 Canales Would require TEA to review the criminal history record of anyone being appointed by the commissioner of education to serve on the...
Apr 14, 2021 | 87th Regular 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 Regular 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 Regular 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...
