HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Public Education 

TIME & DATE:  8:00 AM, Tuesday, April 22, 2025 

PLACE:        JHR 140 
CHAIR:        Rep. Brad Buckley 

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The chair may limit testimony time and the number of testifying witness to ensure Consideration of posted and pending business, especially if the testimony would cause the public hearing to extend into the next calendar day.

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HB 178         Morales, Christina | et al.                                        
Relating to social studies curriculum choice for public school students.

HB 1551        Hickland | et al.                         
Relating to the notification of parents of students enrolled in public school regarding certain alleged criminal conduct by an employee.

HB 1939        Meyer | et al.                            
Relating to a credit for prepayment of the amount required to be paid by a school district for the purchase of attendance credit under the public school finance system.

HB 2040        King                                      
Relating to the required number of minutes of instructional time to be provided by a juvenile justice alternative education program.

HB 2354        Shaheen                                   
Relating to charter schools, including the admission, enrollment, and employment policies of and the applicability of certain laws to open-enrollment charter schools.

HB 2674        Cook | et al.                             
Relating to prohibiting the regulation of homeschool programs.

HB 3029        Howard                                    
Relating to the administration of nonprescription medications to certain public and private school students.

HB 3460        Dutton                                    
Relating to the bilingual education allotment under the public school finance system.

HB 3631        Hunter                                    
Relating to a credit against required recapture payments for certain school districts for the cost of windstorm and hail insurance under the public school finance system.

HB 3662        Capriglione                               
Relating to the operation of an unmanned aircraft over a public school instructional facility; creating a criminal offense.

HB 5201        Lopez, Janie                              
Relating to requiring school districts ensure that project managers overseeing construction projects are bonded.

HB 5381        Lowe                                      
Relating to protections for certain military dependents enrolled in a public school.

Texas residents who wish to electronically submit comments related to

agenda items on this notice without testifying in person can do so until

the hearing is adjourned by visiting:

https://comments.house.texas.gov/home?c=c400

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