HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education 

TIME & DATE:  8:00 AM, Thursday, April 3, 2025 

PLACE:        E2.030 
CHAIR:        Rep. Trent Ashby 

Public testimony may be limited to two (2) minutes per witness.

HB 295         Shaheen                                   
Relating to including antisemitism in the definition of bullying for the purpose of school discipline policies.

HB 824         Jones, Jolanda | et al.                   
Relating to the inclusion of civics instruction in public school government curriculum requirements for high school students.

HB 1579        Guerra                                    
Relating to establishing the Texas State Seal of Bilingualism and Biliteracy for public high school students.

HB 1581        Guerra                                    
Relating to public school bilingual education programs, dual language immersion programs, and special language programs.

HB 2189        Howard                                    
Relating to methods to improve health profession-related career and technology education and dual credit programs offered by school districts.

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=c403

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

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