** REVISION **
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Public Education 

TIME & DATE:  8:00 AM, Tuesday, May 6, 2025 

PLACE:       JHR 140 
CHAIR:       Rep. Brad Buckley 

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

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The committee will consider pending and referred business, including:

HB 441         Landgraf                          Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to the sparsity adjustment for certain school districts under the Foundation School Program.

HB 591         Gervin-Hawkins                    Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to the establishment of community-based learning centers to serve public school students.

HB 1325        Vasut                                                 
Relating to transfer of students who are children of certain judges, prosecuting attorneys, and servicemembers.

HB 1655        Schatzline                                            
Relating to a policy prohibiting public school employees from assisting a student with social transitioning and to the loss of state funding for a violation by a public school.

HB 3312        Swanson                                               
Relating to the preservation and release of video surveillance recordings of special education settings.

HB 5019        Capriglione                       Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to school district contracts with certain organizations and payroll deductions for school district employees.

HB 5526        Slawson                                               
Relating to a school security volunteer program in certain counties.

SB 13          Paxton | et al.                                        
Relating to a school district's library materials and catalog, the creation of local school library advisory councils, and parental rights regarding public school library catalogs and access by the parent's child to library materials.

SB 27          Creighton | et al.                 Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to the rights of public school educators and financial and other assistance provided to educators and to public schools by the Texas Education Agency related to public school educators.

SB 57          Zaffirini | et al.                                     
Relating to provisions and plans by public schools to ensure the safety of individuals with disabilities or impairments during a mandatory school drill or a disaster or emergency situation.

SB 207         Paxton | et al.                                        
Relating to excused absences from public school for certain students to attend mental health care appointments.

SB 843         Kolkhorst | et al.                 Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to a Texas Education Agency database of school district and open-enrollment charter school bonds, taxes, and bond-related projects.

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

For those persons who will be testifying, information for in-person witness registration, can be found here: https://mytxlegis.capitol.texas.gov/HWRSPublic/About.aspx

A live video broadcast of this hearing will be available here: https://house.texas.gov/video-audio/

Instructions related to public access to the meeting location are available here: https://house.texas.gov/committees/public-access-house-committee-meetings/

Bills added after last posting:

HB 441

HB 591

HB 5019

SB 27

SB 843

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of this notice.

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