It's official! The 87th Legislature convened yesterday. As of today, 1101 House bills have been filed. Below are all of those I identified as education related.
Remember:
We can be VICTIMS or FIGHTERS!
We can be POWERLESS or EMPOWERED!
We can be OBLIVIOUS or INFORMED!
It's OUR choice!
More you should know:
1. For a list of House bills filed and updated regularly.
2. For a list of Senate bills filed, also updated regularly.
3. You can go to this site, create an account, and follow any bill. By doing so, you will receive updates on the bill's movement through the legislative process.
4. You can click on the underlined bill/resolution numbers below to get more about that bill/resolution.
5. I highlighted the bills related to TRS and TRS Care.
Tomorrow, look for the Senate bills/resolutions that have been filed.
HB 24 | Author: | Dominguez |
| Last
Action: | 11/09/2020
H Filed |
| Caption: | Relating
to funding for school districts to provide inclusive and accessible
playgrounds. |
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HB 28
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Author:
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Neave
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to social work services in public schools.
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HB 30
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Author:
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Talarico
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to educational requirements for certain incarcerated students.
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HB 40
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Author:
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Talarico
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to a cap on the monthly price of insulin and insulin supplies.
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HB 41
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Author:
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Talarico
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to class size limits and student/teacher ratios for prekindergarten classes
provided by or on behalf of public schools.
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HB 47
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Author:
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Canales
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to presumptive coverage for school district employees that contract COVID-19.
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HB 48
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Author:
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Zwiener
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to the prohibition against sexual harassment in the workplace.
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HB 51
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Author:
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Talarico
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to establishing an Office of Early Childhood to coordinate, consolidate and
integrate early childhood programs.
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HB 55
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Author:
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Swanson
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to the carrying and possession of a concealed handgun by a school marshal.
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HB 57
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Author:
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Talarico
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to civics instruction in public schools.
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HB 59
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Author:
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Murr
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to the elimination of school district maintenance and operations ad valorem
taxes and the creation of a joint interim committee on the elimination of
those taxes.
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HB 62
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Author:
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Talarico
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to the use of disciplinary alternatives to suspension by a school district
and the creation of the restorative justice coordinating council.
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HB 68
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Author:
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Toth
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to the definition of abuse of a child.
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HB 81
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Author:
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Rodriguez
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to a public school campus's election under a campus turnaround plan to
operate as a community school.
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HB 82
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Author:
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Lucio
III
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to pricing of and health benefit plan cost-sharing requirements for prescription
insulin.
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HB 97
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Author:
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Hinojosa
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to the admission policy of an open-enrollment charter school.
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HB
108
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Author:
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Hinojosa
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to the suspension and expulsion of a student attending an open-enrollment
charter school.
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HB
129
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Author:
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González,
Mary
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to requiring a digital citizenship curriculum.
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HB
144
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Author:
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González,
Mary
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to supplemental information required for inclusion with a written statement
of an individualized education program developed for certain public school
students who received special education services during the 2019-2020 or
2020-2021 school year.
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HB
153
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Author:
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Gervin-Hawkins
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to the inclusion of instruction regarding culturally inclusive curriculum
reflecting the cultural, linguistic and religious diversity of society.
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HB
154
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Author:
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Bernal
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to establishing a program designed to ensure health benefit plan coverage to certain
children through the private marketplace.
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HB
159
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Author:
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González,
Mary
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to improving training and staff development for primary and secondary
educators to enable them to more effectively serve all students.
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HB
163
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Author:
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Bernal
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to the compensatory education allotment for homeless students.
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HB
165
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Author:
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Bernal
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to a supporting medically fragile children program for the provision of certain
necessary health care services to those children.
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HB
181
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Author:
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Thierry
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to the employment of full-time registered nurses at public schools.
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HB
189
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Author:
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Canales
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to a severance payment to a superintendent or administrator serving as
educational leader and chief executive officer of an open-enrollment charter
school.
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HB
193
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Author:
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Rose
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to the destruction of juvenile court records of victims of sex trafficking.
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HB
204
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Author:
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Thierry
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to requiring school districts and open-enrollment charter schools to provide
a landline telephone or panic button in every classroom.
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HB
220
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Author:
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Bernal
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to establishing resource campuses to improve a public school campus not
performing satisfactorily.
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HB
226
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Author:
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Bernal
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to social work services in public schools.
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HB
237
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Author:
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Bernal
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to student access to certain academic records; authorizing a fee.
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HB
240
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Author:
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Thompson,
Senfronia
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to the requirement and study of insurance coverage for serious emotional
disturbance of a child
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HB
244
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Author:
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González,
Mary
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to the establishment of a grant program for promoting computer science
certification and professional development in coding, technology
applications, and computer science for public school teachers.
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HB
246
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Author:
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Murr
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to the prosecution of the criminal offense of improper relationship between educator
and student.
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HB
247
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Author:
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Meza
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to employment leave for certain family or medical obligations.
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HB
250
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Author:
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Meza
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to establishing a minimum wage for school bus drivers.
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HB
254
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Author:
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Bernal
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to purchases made by a school district and open-enrollment charter school using
the instructional materials and technology allotment.
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HB
256
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Author:
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Cortez
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to addressing workplace bullying in school districts.
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HB
278
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Author:
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Canales
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to the appointment of an individual to a school district board of managers by
the commissioner of education.
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HB
287
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Author:
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González,
Mary
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to the employment of certified school counselors to comply with the ratio
requirement of counselors to public school students.
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HB
288
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Author:
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Stephenson
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to an exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district for maintenance
and operations purposes of the total appraised value of a residence homestead
and the offsetting of the resulting revenue loss to school districts with
state sales and use tax revenue.
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HB
301
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Author:
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Collier
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to a certain requirement for an open-enrollment charter school's initial
application or expansion amendment.
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HB
305
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Author:
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Collier
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to the composition of the student body of an open-enrollment charter school.
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HB
332
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Author:
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Talarico
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to expanding the compensatory education allotment to allow funds to be used
to implement social-emotional learning programs.
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HB
333
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Author:
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Talarico
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to establishing a Texas Service Corps to provide
student loan relief, job training, and work experience, in exchange for
providing community service in underserved areas.
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HB
334
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Author:
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Gates
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to funding for career and technology programs in public schools.
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HB
351
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Author:
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Talarico
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to air filtration efficiency standards at certain educational and child care facilities.
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HB
353
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Author:
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Dutton
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to the consideration of certain student differentials based on sex under the
public school accountability system.
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HB
363
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Author:
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VanDeaver
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to restricting the use of personally identifiable student information by an
operator of a website, online service, online application, or mobile
application used for a school purpose and providing an exemption from certain
restrictions for a national assessment provider.
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HB
370
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Author:
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Gervin-Hawkins
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to the implementation of certain rules regarding public school accountability
adopted by the commissioner of education or the Texas Education Agency.
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HB
378
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Author:
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Reynolds
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to eliminating certain state-required end-of-course assessment instruments
not required by federal law.
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HB
382
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Author:
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Pacheco
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to eliminating the requirement to use public school assessment instruments as
a criterion for promotion or graduation.
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HB
384
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Author:
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Pacheco
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to the period for which a school district's participation in certain tax increment
financing reinvestment zones may be taken into account in determining the
total taxable value of property in the school district.
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HB
411
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Author:
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Johnson,
Julie
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to the terminology used to refer to an individualized education program team.
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HB
422
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Author:
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González,
Mary
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Last
Action:
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11/10/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to speech protections for student publications in public schools.
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HB
424
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Author:
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King,
Ken
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Last
Action:
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11/10/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to a continuing review and revision of the essential knowledge and skills of
the public school foundation curriculum and proclamations for the production
of instructional materials.
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HB
430
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Author:
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King,
Ken
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Last
Action:
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11/10/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to the termination of the Texas Public School Employees Group Insurance
Program for retirees.
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HB
434
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Author:
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Bell,
Keith
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Last
Action:
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11/10/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to the curriculum requirements for public high school students.
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HB
438
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Author:
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Goodwin
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Last
Action:
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11/10/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to the requirements for a request for the revision of a charter for an
open-enrollment charter school.
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HB
440
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Author:
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Johnson,
Julie
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Last
Action:
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11/10/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to health benefit coverage for hearing aids for children and adults.
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HB
444
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Author:
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Allison
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Last
Action:
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11/10/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to an appropriation of money from the economic stabilization fund to the Teacher
Retirement System of Texas.
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HB
450
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Author:
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González,
Mary
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Last
Action:
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11/10/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to the establishment of a new open-enrollment charter school or campus and to
the expansion of an open-enrollment charter school.
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HB
517
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Author:
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Beckley
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Last
Action:
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11/10/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to a school district policy regarding custodian workloads.
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HB
518
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Author:
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Beckley
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Last
Action:
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11/10/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to a study by the Texas Education Agency regarding recommended standards for school
district facility maintenance and custodial services.
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HB
523
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Author:
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Springer
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Last
Action:
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11/10/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to the career and technology education allotment under the Foundation School
Program.
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HB
526
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Author:
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White
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Last
Action:
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11/12/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to the time period during which a court must interview certain children in
chambers on issues regarding conservatorship and residence in a suit
affecting the parent-child relationship.
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HB
538
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Author:
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Patterson
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Last
Action:
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11/12/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to the removal of restrictions on funding and payment of costs for certain
full-time online educational programs.
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HB
547
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Author:
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Frank
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Last
Action:
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11/12/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to authorizing equal opportunity for access by home-schooled students to
University Interscholastic League sponsored activities; authorizing a fee.
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HB
550
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Author:
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Israel
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Last
Action:
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11/12/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to prohibited retaliation against state or local public employees for reporting
certain violations of law.
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HB 568
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Author:
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Reynolds
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Last Action:
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11/13/2020 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to the election of trustees of certain school
districts.
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HB 572
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Author:
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Dutton
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Last Action:
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11/13/2020 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to authorizing a dropout recovery
competency-based educational pilot program provided through a campus or
campus program charter or open-enrollment charter school.
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HB 575
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Author:
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Johnson, Jarvis
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Last Action:
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11/16/2020 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to the Department of Family and Protective
Services enrolling certain foster children in the Preparation for Adult
Living Program.
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HB 577
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Author:
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Stephenson
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Last
Action:
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11/16/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to establishing a joint interim committee to study the cost-effectiveness and
feasibility of implementing a pension revenue enhancement plan for the
Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
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HB
589
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Author:
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González,
Mary
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Last
Action:
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11/17/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to the use of public school counselors' work time.
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HB 591
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Author:
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Turner,
Chris
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Last
Action:
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11/17/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to the vaccination against bacterial meningitis of public-school students.
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HB 605
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Author:
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Gervin-Hawkins
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Last Action:
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11/19/2020 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to the adoption of a healthy and safe school
water plan by public schools.
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HB 612
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Author:
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Pacheco
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Last Action:
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11/20/2020 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to the scheduling of the first and last days of
school for students by school districts.
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HB 613
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Author:
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Hinojosa
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Last Action:
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11/20/2020 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to the election of the commissioner of education.
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HB 618
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Author:
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Dutton
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Last Action:
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11/20/2020 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to the participation of open-enrollment charter
schools in the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Grant Program.
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HB 622
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Author:
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Gervin-Hawkins
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Last Action:
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11/20/2020 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to creating abbreviated educator preparation
programs for certification in marketing education and certification in health
science technology education.
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HB 625
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Author:
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Hernandez
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Last
Action:
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11/20/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to cost-of-living increases applicable to benefits paid by the Teacher
Retirement System of Texas.
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HB 640
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Author:
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Raymond
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Last Action:
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11/24/2020 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to public and private school searches of students
with parental consent and certain disciplinary measures and other procedures
that may arise from such a search
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HB 644
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Author:
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Raymond
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Last Action:
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11/24/2020 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to consideration by the board of trustees of a
school district of parental complaints regarding student or parent
participation in an extracurricular activity.
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HB 646
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Author:
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Raymond
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Last Action:
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11/24/2020 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to the applicability of nepotism prohibitions to
the appointment or employment of certain classroom teachers by school
districts.
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HB 672
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Author:
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Martinez
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Last
Action:
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11/30/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating
to cost-of-living increases applicable to benefits paid by the Teacher
Retirement System of Texas.
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HB 684
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Author:
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González, Mary
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Last Action:
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12/01/2020 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to the regulation of open-enrollment charter
schools and requiring a study comparing and evaluating certain
characteristics of open-enrollment charter schools and school districts.
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HB 690
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Author:
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Metcalf
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Last Action:
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12/01/2020 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to training requirements for a member of the
board of trustees of an independent school district
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HB 691
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Author:
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Metcalf
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Last Action:
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12/01/2020 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to school district compliance with certain school
safety measures; providing an administrative penalty.
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HB 699
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Author:
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Rosenthal
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Last Action:
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12/02/2020 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to public school attendance and promotion
requirements for students diagnosed with or undergoing related treatment for
severe or life-threatening illnesses.
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HB 725
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Author:
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Patterson
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Last Action:
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12/03/2020 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to the eligibility of certain children who are or
were in foster care for free prekindergarten programs in public schools.
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HB 732
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Author:
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González, Jessica
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Last Action:
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12/03/2020 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to establishing a minimum wage for public school
employees.
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HB 733
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Author:
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González, Jessica
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Last Action:
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12/03/2020 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to state assistance for school employees uniform
group health coverage.
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HB 742
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Author:
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Burns
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Last Action:
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12/04/2020 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to procedures for the alternative assessment of
certain public school students that receive special education services and
alternative accountability plans for certain campuses serving students that
receive special education services.
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HB 745
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Author:
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Guerra
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Last Action:
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12/04/2020 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to the establishment of telehealth programs by
public schools.
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HB 759
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Author:
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Harless
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Last Action:
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12/08/2020 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to the operation of threat assessment teams in
public schools and the establishment of a student threat assessment database;
creating a criminal offense.
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HB 764
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Author:
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Krause
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Last Action:
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12/08/2020 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to the academic assessment of public school
students.
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HB 771
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Author:
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Allison
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Last Action:
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12/09/2020 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to the inclusion of instruction about bullying
and cyberbullying in the required curriculum for public school students.
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HB 773
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Author:
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VanDeaver
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Last Action:
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12/09/2020 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to indicators of achievement under the public
school accountability system.
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HB 779
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Author:
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Fierro
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Last Action:
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12/09/2020 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to requiring a school district to reimburse
classroom teachers at certain grade levels for the cost of classroom supplies
purchased with personal money.
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HB 785
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Author:
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Allen
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Last Action:
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12/09/2020 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to behavior improvement plans and behavioral
intervention plans for certain public school students and notification and
documentation requirements regarding certain behavior management techniques.
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HB 794
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Author:
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Pacheco
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Last Action:
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12/10/2020 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to the applicability of educator certification
requirements and certain educator rights to charter schools.
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HB 800
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Author:
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Rosenthal
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Last Action:
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12/10/2020 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to the assignment of a public school student to
an uncertified teacher.
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HB 812
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Author:
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Shaheen
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Last Action:
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12/14/2020 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to the use of interim testing and adaptive,
growth-based assessment instruments for certain required assessments of
public school students.
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HB 822
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Author:
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Burns
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Last Action:
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12/14/2020 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to requiring the expulsion of a public school
student who engages in certain conduct that constitutes the felony offense of
terroristic threat.
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HB 823
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Author:
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González, Mary
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Last Action:
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12/14/2020 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to the inclusion of chronically absent students
as students at risk of dropping out of school and the collection and
reporting of data regarding those students.
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HB 826
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Author:
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Dutton
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Last Action:
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12/14/2020 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to an affirmative defense available to certain
students enrolled in grade level nine or above who engage in prohibited
sexual contact with another student at or above that grade level.
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HB 828
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Author:
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González, Mary
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Last Action:
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12/15/2020 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to requiring disability studies as part of the
enrichment curriculum for public schools.
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HB 855
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Author:
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González, Mary
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Last Action:
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12/16/2020 H Filed
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| Caption:
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Relating to a joint study and report by the Texas
Education Agency and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board regarding
the transition of public school students with disabilities to higher
education.
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HB 877
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Author:
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González, Mary
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Last Action:
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12/18/2020 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to the appointment of an educational
representative for certain students with disabilities
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HB 893
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Author:
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Gervin-Hawkins
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Last Action:
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12/21/2020 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to a financial assistance program for
open-enrollment charter school facilities.
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HB 944
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Author:
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González, Mary
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Last Action:
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01/04/2021 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to requiring State Board of Education approval
for the expansion of an open-enrollment charter school.
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HB 971
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Author:
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Swanson
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Last Action:
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01/05/2021 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to prohibiting public schools from leasing,
owning, or having a business interest in certain entities and real property
associated with those entities.
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HB 972
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Author:
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González, Mary
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Last Action:
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01/05/2021 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to healthy relationships education in public
schools.
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HB 998
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Author:
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Dutton
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Last Action:
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01/06/2021 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to the qualifications for designation as a
dropout recovery school and evaluating the performance of dropout recovery
schools for purposes of the public school accountability system.
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HB 999
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Author:
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Bernal
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Last Action:
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01/06/2021 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to individual graduation committee qualification
requirements for certain students.
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HB 1010
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Author:
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Turner, John
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Last Action:
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01/07/2021 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to adjustment of the average daily attendance for
school districts providing additional half-day instruction for certain
students.
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HB 1014
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Author:
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Bucy
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Last Action:
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01/07/2021 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to the inclusion of suicide prevention
information on certain student identification cards issued by a public or
private school or postsecondary educational institution.
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HB 1015
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Author:
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Toth
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Last Action:
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01/07/2021 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to an education microgrant pilot program for
certain children with special needs and other educational disadvantages.
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HB 1016
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Author:
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Ordaz Perez
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Last Action:
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01/07/2021 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to active shooter drills conducted by public
schools.
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HB 1017
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Author:
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Bernal
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Last Action:
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01/07/2021 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to a study of the impact and feasibility of
adopting average daily membership when determining the entitlement of a
school district or open-enrollment charter school.
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HB 1018
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Author:
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Fierro
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Last Action:
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01/07/2021 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to open meetings of the governing body of a
charter holder and the governing body of an open-enrollment charter school.
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HB 1032
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Author:
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Thierry
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Last Action:
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01/08/2021 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to certain public school workforce training
programs funded by the skills development fund and to authorizing school
districts to provide funding using money received under the Foundation School
Program to community-based organizations for purposes of reimbursing private
employers for paid internships provided to certain students in career and
technology education programs in the district.
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HB 1055
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Author:
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Morales, Christina
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Last Action:
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01/12/2021 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to the employment of health care professionals at
public schools.
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HB 1068
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Author:
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Allen
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Last Action:
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01/12/2021 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to the use of personal leave during school
holidays by school district employees.
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HB 1080
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Author:
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Patterson
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Last Action:
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01/13/2021 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to the eligibility for participation in
University Interscholastic League activities of certain public school
students who receive outpatient mental health services.
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HB 1088
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Author:
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Reynolds
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Last Action:
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01/13/2021 H Filed
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Caption:
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Relating to the salary paid to certain professional
employees of public schools.
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HB 1100
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Author:
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Bailes
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Last Action:
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01/13/2021 H Filed
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| Caption:
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Relating to indicators of achievement under the public
school accountability system.
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HCR 1
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Author:
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Stephenson
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Last Action:
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01/13/2021 H Filed
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Caption:
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Supporting prayers, including the use of the word
"God," at public gatherings and displays of the Ten Commandments in
public educational institutions and other government buildings.
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HCR 10
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Author:
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Dutton
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Last Action:
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11/30/2020 H Filed
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Designating the second Tuesday in October as Legislators
in Schools Day for a 10-year period beginning in 2021.
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HJR
16
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Author:
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Bernal
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Proposing
a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to limit the total
amount of ad valorem taxes that a school district may impose on the residence
homestead of an individual and the surviving spouse of the individual if the
individual qualifies the property as the individual's residence homestead for
15 consecutive tax years and the school taxes on the property increase by at
least 120 percent during that period.
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HJR
19
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Author:
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Stephenson
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Last
Action:
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11/09/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Proposing
a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem
taxation by a school district for maintenance and operations purposes all or
part of the appraised value of a residence homestead and to use state money
to offset the resulting revenue loss to school districts.
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HJR
27
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Author:
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White
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Last
Action:
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11/12/2020
H Filed
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Caption:
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Proposing
a constitutional amendment to reduce the allocation of certain general
revenue to the economic stabilization fund and to use that revenue for
certain science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
scholarships.]
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Number of HBs filed as of 1-13-21:
1101
HB – House Bill - Bills are used to make or amend laws. To
take effect, bills must be passed by both chambers of the legislature and approved
by the Governor.
HCR – House Concurrent Resolution: Concurrent resolutions may be used to request
action from other entities, including Congress, or for memorials,
congratulations, or commendations. They may also be used for administrative
matters. Concurrent resolutions must be approved by both chambers, and may
require approval by the Governor.
HJR – House Joint Resolution - Joint resolutions are used
to propose amendments to the Texas Constitution, to ratify amendments to the
U.S. Constitution or to request a convention to consider amendments to the U.S.
Constitution. Joint resolutions must be approved by both chambers, but do not
require approval by the Governor.
HR – House Resolution - Simple resolutions are only
considered by their chamber of origin. They do not require approval by the
Governor.
SOURCE:
https://capitol.texas.gov/Reports/Report.aspx?LegSess=87R&ID=housefiled
Chris Ardis retired in May of 2013 following a 29-year teaching career. She now works as a freelance writer and editor and remains committed to education educators, and students. Chris can be reached at cardis1022@aol.com. (Photo by Linda Blackwell, McAllen.)
