By: Cook, Luther, Leo Wilson, Buckley, H.B. No. 2674
      Kerwin, et al.
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to prohibiting the regulation of home school programs.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 1, Education Code, is amended by adding
  Section 1.010 to read as follows:
         Sec. 1.010.  PROHIBITION ON REGULATION OF HOME SCHOOLS. The
  Texas Education Agency, the State Board of Education, or any other
  educational institution described by Section 1.001(a) may not adopt
  a rule or policy that regulates an educational program of a home
  school.
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
  school year.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2025.