** REVISION **
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

 

COMMITTEE:    Public Education 

TIME & DATE:  8:00 AM, Tuesday, April 20, 2021 

PLACE:       E1.030 
CHAIR:       Rep. Harold V. Dutton, Jr. 

 

HB 278         Canales
Relating to the appointment of an individual to a school district board of managers by the commissioner of education.

HB 424         King, Ken                                             
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.

HB 517         Beckley                                               
Relating to a school district policy regarding custodian workloads.

HB 586         Cole | et al.                                         
Relating to the creation of a state financing program administered by the Texas Public Finance Authority to assist school districts with certain expenses; granting authority to issue bonds or other obligations.

HB 605         Gervin-Hawkins                                         
Relating to the adoption of a healthy and safe school water plan by public schools.

HB 1206        Guillen                                               
Relating to permissible uses of the instructional materials and technology allotment.

HB 1302        Guillen                                               
Relating to indicators of achievement under the public school accountability system.

HB 1613        Lopez                                                 
Relating to the deadline for certain public school teachers and principals to attend a teacher literacy achievement academy.

HB 1726        Allison                                               
Relating to reporting the number of incidents of bullying and cyberbullying in a school district and open-enrollment charter school through the Public Education Information Management System.

HB 1744        Guerra | et al.                                        
Relating to measures to prepare students to teach bilingual education, English as a second language, or Spanish.

HB 1754        Hernandez                                             
Relating to the inclusion of suicide prevention information on certain student identification cards issued by a public school.

HB 2258        Guerra | et al.                                        
Relating to developing a strategic plan for the improvement and expansion of high-quality bilingual education.

HB 2688        VanDeaver                                             
Relating to the term of office for certain trustees of an independent school district.

HB 2721        Lucio III | et al.                                     
Relating to prohibiting a student from participating in future extracurricular activities for certain conduct involving the assault of an extracurricular activity official.

HB 2769        Campos                                                
Relating to the essential knowledge and skills of the technology applications curriculum for public school students.

HB 2846        Coleman                                               
Relating to a notification requirement if a public school, including an open-enrollment charter school, does not have a nurse assigned to the school during all instructional hours.

HB 3033        Klick                                                 
Relating to a requirement to report through the Public Education Information Management System the number of students transported from a school district or open-enrollment charter school for a mental health emergency detention.

HB 3456        White                                                 
Relating to inclusion of funds received by certain educational institutions or programs in foundation school program funds for purposes of certain budget reductions.

HB 3489        Parker                                                
Relating to development of guidelines for the use of digital devices in public schools.

HB 3862        VanDeaver                                             
Relating to the removal of a member of the board of trustees of an independent school district.

HB 3888        Morales Shaw                                          
Relating to the resignation of a public school teacher employed under a term contract.

HB 4042        Hefner                                                
Relating to requiring public school students to participate in interscholastic athletic activities based on biological sex.

HB 4124        Hinojosa                                              
Relating to enrollment in certain special-purpose school districts.

HB 4198        Slaton                                                
Relating to a school district policy to exempt district students from the administration of certain assessment instruments and from certain promotion and graduation requirements based on a student's satisfactory performance on those assessment instruments.

HB 4509        Bonnen | et al.                                        
Relating to instruction in informed patriotism in public schools.

HB 4525        Gates                                                 
Relating to the approval of career and technology courses by the State Board of Education.

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Bills added after last posting:

HB 4124

 

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