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165 bills filed for 2027 so far

Matched from the Legislature's official subject index, or caption words for bills not yet indexed.

• HB 116Relating to rates for electric service provided to public school districts and other local governmental entities in certain counties.Rep. González, Mary
• HB 133Relating to a notification requirement if certain public schools do not have a nurse assigned to the school during all instructional hours.Rep. Jones, Jolanda
• HB 136Relating to the establishment of the teachers' classroom supply savings account program.Rep. Leo Wilson
• HB 140Relating to the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to the offense of improper relationship between educator and student.Rep. Curry
• HB 142Relating to the dissemination of certain school district ad valorem tax-related information.Rep. Plesa
• HB 143Relating to the improper relationship between educator and student, including the statute of limitations for and the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to the offense, the rights and protection of victims of the offense, and the punishment of certain acts committed in furtherance of the offense.Rep. Guillen
• HB 144Relating to a study of alternative methods of taxation to replace revenue lost to political subdivisions if ad valorem taxes are abolished.Rep. Money
• HB 152Relating to the establishment of a grant program for school district or open-enrollment charter school campuses that are designated as full-service community schools.Rep. Garcia, Linda
• HB 164Relating to the repeal of the education savings account program.Rep. Bucy
• HB 172Relating to the provision of menstrual products at public schools.Rep. Flores
• HB 178Relating to the basic allotment and guaranteed yield under the Foundation School Program, including an adjustment in those amounts to reflect inflation.Rep. Howard
• HB 180Relating to ensuring access to the right to vote by all eligible voters.Rep. Bucy
• HB 193Relating to measures to support students against whom certain alleged incidents of misconduct by an educational entity or private school employee or service provider were committed.Rep. Guillen
• HB 201Relating to the authority of the board of trustees of certain small school districts to decrease the number of trustees on the board.Rep. Morales, Eddie
• HB 202Relating to the removal of a public school student from the classroom for engaging in certain conduct that constitutes assault or harassment against a school district employee.Rep. Olcott
• HB 210Relating to the removal of a conservator, board of managers, or other alternative management of a campus or school district in certain circumstances.Rep. Collier
• HB 227Relating to requiring a school district or open-enrollment charter school to report data regarding certain disciplinary or law enforcement actions taken against students.Rep. Ward Johnson
• HB 238Relating to increasing the threshold of voter approval for a school district bond election.Rep. Olcott
• HB 259Relating to the publication of annual financial statements by public schools.Rep. Curry
• HB 261Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of unlawful use of a mask or other head covering in a public place.Rep. Isaac
• HB 267Relating to public school bilingual education programs, dual language immersion programs, and special language programs.Rep. González, Mary
• HB 268Relating to digital citizenship instruction in public schools.Rep. González, Mary
• HB 269Relating to measures to encourage the earning of industry-recognized credentials at public institutions of higher education.Rep. Guillen
• HB 275Relating to providing for an election by the parent of a student who was subjected to sexual grooming at a public school to transfer the student to another public school campus or receive funding for the student to attend private school.Rep. Leo Wilson
• HB 281Relating to the regulation of residential treatment centers, including requirements related to public education for certain children who reside in residential treatment centers; creating a criminal offense.Rep. Leach
• HB 287Relating to policies and procedures regarding certain public school students with disabilities.Rep. González, Mary
• HB 288Relating to the transfer of public school students who are children of certain public servants.Rep. Flores
• HB 292Relating to the creation of a Texas Commission on Assessment and Accountability.Rep. González, Mary
• HB 314Relating to a determination of a school district's assets to liabilities ratio under the public school financial accountability rating system.Rep. Guillen
• HB 318Relating to the defense of a school district by the attorney general in certain causes of action arising out of the expulsion of a student.Rep. Leach
• HB 320Relating to required reporting regarding a school district's school counseling program.Rep. González, Mary
• HB 324Relating to eligibility requirements for private schools to participate in the education savings account program.Rep. González, Mary
• HB 327Relating to the permitting of concrete batch plants located in an area of a municipality not subject to zoning regulations.Rep. Ward Johnson
• HB 332Relating to the allocation and deposit of certain surplus state revenue to the property tax relief fund for use in reducing school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes.Rep. Isaac
• HB 333Relating to methods to improve health profession-related career and technology education and dual credit programs offered by public schools.Rep. Howard
• HB 334Relating to the establishment of an intensive workforce readiness adult education pilot program.Rep. Guillen
• HB 339Relating to the training requirements for public school educators regarding behavioral interventions and supports.Rep. González, Mary
• HB 343Relating to the applicability of certain requirements relating to grievances to school districts of innovation.Rep. Leo Wilson
• HB 348Relating to including fetal development instruction as part of the required health curriculum for public school students in certain grade levels.Rep. Leach
• HB 360Relating to providing free full-day prekindergarten for certain children.Rep. Bucy
• HB 361Relating to funding for special education under the Foundation School Program for the 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 school years.Rep. González, Mary
• HB 371Relating to the adoption of two budgets by a political subdivision that adopts an ad valorem tax rate that exceeds the political subdivision's voter-approval tax rate.Rep. Wilson
• HB 376Relating to the use of average enrollment for purposes of the public school finance system.Rep. Bucy
• HB 383Relating to prohibiting school districts from providing student instruction on Veterans Day.Rep. Curry
• HB 394Relating to the scheduling of the first day of school for students by school districts.Rep. Patterson
• HB 399Relating to liability of a public school for a homicide causing the death of a student that occurs on the school campus.Rep. Leo Wilson
• HB 401Relating to a halal food option for breakfast and lunch programs provided by public schools.Rep. Lalani
• HB 409Relating to the use of personal leave during school holidays by certain school district employees.Rep. Raymond
• HB 419Relating to requiring fine arts as part of the foundation curriculum for public schools.Rep. Bucy
• HB 423Relating to the publication of required notice by a political subdivision by alternative media.Rep. Curry
• HB 426Relating to a halal food option for breakfast and lunch programs provided by certain public schools.Rep. Lalani
• HB 432Relating to procedures for the closure of a school district campus or consolidation of a school district campus with another district campus by the district's board of trustees.Rep. Lalani
• HB 441Relating to public school instruction and courses in artificial intelligence system usage.Rep. Bhojani
• HB 443Relating to the creation of an extracurricular community education grant program.Rep. González, Mary
• HB 445Relating to creating the criminal offense of trespass on or near school or day-care center property.Rep. Patterson
• HB 455Relating to the permissible uses of the school safety allotment under the Foundation School Program.Rep. Bucy
• HB 461Relating to a sick leave pool for public school employees.Rep. Wilson
• HB 464Relating to the use of revenue in the tax increment fund for certain tax increment financing reinvestment zones for the acquisition, construction, or reconstruction of an educational facility.Rep. Guillen
• HB 475Relating to the inspection of residential and day placement facilities for special education students.Rep. Lalani
• HB 492Relating to electronic devices in public schools, including standards for electronic devices and software applications used by a public school and a prohibition on a school district issuing bonds for the purchase of electronic devices to be provided or transferred to a student.Rep. Holt
• HB 493Relating to eligibility for an exemption from tuition at a public institution of higher education for certain highest ranking high school graduates.Rep. Wilson
• HB 518Relating to prohibiting certain additives from being included in meals offered for sale by public schools.Rep. Wilson
• HB 536Relating to emergency cardiovascular care at public schools and certain private schools in this state.Rep. Lalani
• HB 541Relating to requirements regarding certain behavior management for a student enrolled in a special education program of a public school.Rep. Bucy
• HB 544Relating to a study by the Texas Education Agency regarding standardizing building designs for public schools.Rep. Curry
• HB 546Relating to an exemption from sales and use taxes for educational materials purchased by a teacher.Rep. Garcia, Josey
• HB 554Relating to the provision of mental health resources to the parent of a student enrolled in a public school.Rep. Lalani
• HB 569Relating to the inclusion of information regarding sexual assault victim and youth crisis support services on certain student identification cards issued by a public school.Rep. Richardson
• HB 573Relating to placement on the minimum salary schedule and service credit in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas for certain public school career or technology education teachers.Rep. Bhojani
• HB 580Relating to eligibility requirements for private schools to participate in the education savings account program.Rep. Gámez
• HB 590Relating to an elective course on mindfulness for middle school, junior high school, and high school students.Rep. Bhojani
• HB 591Relating to a parental leave policy for certain school district classroom teachers.Rep. Lalani
• HB 592Relating to the protection and security of student information handled by contractors and subcontractors of public school districts and open-enrollment charter schools, including cybersecurity requirements, breach notification, contractual protections, and vendor liability; providing for civil penalties.Rep. Bhojani
• HB 594Relating to a policy regarding the maintenance, administration, and disposal of medication for respiratory distress by public and private schools.Rep. Lalani
• HB 596Relating to a repeal of the exception to the foreign language curriculum requirements for high school students in public schools for completion of credits in computer programming languages.Rep. Lalani
• HB 603Relating to the development and adoption by public schools of local policies to address eloping behavior by students with autism or other intellectual or developmental disabilities.Rep. Lalani
• HB 645Relating to a notification requirement if a public school does not have a nurse, school counselor, or librarian assigned to the school during all instructional hours.Rep. Jones, Venton
• HB 646Relating to repealing the education savings account program.Rep. González, Mary
• HB 675Relating to repealing the education savings account program.Rep. Herbert
• HB 685Relating to the use of average enrollment for purposes of the public school finance system.Rep. Vasut
• HB 697Relating to the transfer of public school students who are children of certain public servants.Rep. Vasut
• HB 702Relating to a limitation on the percentage of state lottery money paid as prizes to winning ticket holders.Rep. Vasut
• HB 709Relating 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.Rep. Landgraf
• HB 713Relating to the sparsity adjustment for certain school districts under the Foundation School Program.Rep. Landgraf
• HB 723Relating to the use of average enrollment for purposes of the public school finance system.Rep. Landgraf
• HB 735Relating to the repeal of Texas’ education savings account program.Rep. Jimenez
• HB 741Relating to indicators of achievement under the public school accountability system.Rep. Gámez
• HB 749Relating to student weights and the allocation of reductions in funding under the public junior college state finance program.Rep. Perez, Vincent
• HB 752Relating to a limit on the cost to a student of participating in an extracurricular activity offered by a public school and to an allotment under the Foundation School Program for extracurricular participation costs.Rep. Perez, Vincent
• HB 754Relating to the use of the compensatory education allotment for students at the campuses whose students generate the allotment.Rep. Perez, Vincent
• HB 759Relating to parental leave policies for certain public school classroom teachers.Rep. Sethi
• HB 760Relating to the reimbursement under Medicaid of local educational agencies for the provision of health care services to students.Rep. Sethi
• HB 764Relating to eligibility for the gifted and talented student allotment under the Foundation School Program.Rep. Carraway
• HB 767Relating to reporting by the Texas Education Agency and the comptroller on school finance.Rep. Sethi
• HB 777Relating to the self-administration of prescription anti-seizure medicine by a student at a public school.Rep. Sethi
• HB 786Relating to the instruction on bullying and harassment included in the required health curriculum for public school students.Rep. Zwiener
• HB 789Relating to the establishment of a grant program to provide training to public school educators and administrators related to teaching historically underserved students.Rep. Reynolds
• HB 813Relating to bullying and cyberbullying in public schools.Rep. Reynolds
• HB 833Relating to prohibiting a school district from procuring training, insurance products and risk pool participation, good or supplies from a buy board, and any investment or professional services from certain nonprofit associations or organizations.Rep. Harrison
• HB 834Relating to a prohibition on the guarantee of public school bonds.Rep. Harrison
• HB 837Relating to the process for filling a vacancy on the board of trustees of an independent school district.Rep. Harrison
• HB 844Relating to the publication of a line-item budget by school districts and municipalities.Rep. Harrison
• HB 850Relating to the eligibility of certain children of foreign military members for enrollment in a free prekindergarten program.Rep. Frank
• HB 853Relating to the basic allotment under the Foundation School Program, including an adjustment in that amount to reflect inflation.Rep. Anchía
• HB 872Relating to reducing school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes through the use of certain surplus state revenue.Rep. Kerwin
• HB 876Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for making false reports regarding an emergency at an institution of higher education or primary or secondary school and to restitution for emergency response costs associated with those false reports.Rep. Landgraf
• HB 879Relating to the regional development and use of student diagnostic assessments, the reduction of high-stakes testing, teacher instructional discretion, and conformity with federal assessment requirements.Rep. Lozano
• HB 880Relating to instruction in human trafficking awareness in public schools.Rep. Kerwin
• HB 909Relating to cyber safety instruction for public school students.Rep. Lalani
• HB 912Relating to the inclusion of instruction on voter registration and civic engagement in the required curriculum for certain public high school students and certification by high school principals regarding access to voter registration application forms.Rep. Lalani
• HB 916Relating to eligibility requirements for private schools to participate in the education savings account program.Rep. Dorazio
• HB 923Relating to the review and forensic audit of certain school districts by the Sunset Advisory Commission.Rep. Mizani
• HB 924Relating to state lottery prize payouts and the use of lottery proceeds for public education and classroom teacher salaries, and making an appropriation.Rep. Mizani
• HB 931Relating to excused absences from public school for a student's attendance at the funeral, burial, or memorial service of an immediate family member.Rep. Mizani
• HB 937Relating to the provision of information regarding a local intellectual and developmental disability authority to the parents or guardians of certain special education students.Rep. Manuel
• HB 946Relating to the salary and wages paid to public school employees.Rep. Lopez-Resendez
• HB 959Relating to creating a fine arts allotment under the public school finance system.Rep. Lopez-Resendez
• HB 962Relating to the reporting of a controlled substance overdose occurring on the campus of a public school.Rep. Lopez-Resendez
• HB 963Relating to the permissible uses of the school safety allotment under the Foundation School Program.Rep. Lopez-Resendez
• HB 968Relating to the establishment of the behaviorally at-risk student grant program to provide social and cognitive skills training to certain public school students.Rep. Bowers
• HB 973Relating to the misuse of money received for an open-enrollment charter school to support an out-of-state school.Rep. Simmons
• HB 975Relating to a public school paid parental leave policy and an allotment under the Foundation School Program for the cost of providing paid parental leave under that policy.Rep. Simmons
• HB 992Relating to public school bilingual education programs, dual language immersion programs, and special language programs.Rep. Salinas
• SB 37Relating to providing free full-day prekindergarten for certain children.Sen. Zaffirini
• SB 57Relating to establishing the Texas Seal of Biliteracy for public high school students.Sen. Zaffirini
• SB 66Relating to measures to encourage the earning of industry-recognized credentials at public institutions of higher education.Sen. Zaffirini
• SB 89Relating to the reporting of a controlled substance overdose occurring on the campus of a public school.Sen. Zaffirini
• SB 91Relating to the preservation and release of video and audio surveillance recordings of special education settings.Sen. Zaffirini
• SB 92Relating to the provision of information regarding a local intellectual and developmental disability authority to the parents or guardians of certain special education students.Sen. Zaffirini
• SB 93Relating to policies on the recess period in public schools.Sen. Zaffirini
• SB 94Relating to the permissible uses of the school safety allotment under the Foundation School Program.Sen. Zaffirini
• SB 97Relating to the essential knowledge and skills for the public school foundation curriculum and social studies curriculum.Sen. Zaffirini
• SB 98Relating to public education and the public school finance system.Sen. Menéndez
• SB 100Relating to bullying and cyberbullying in public schools.Sen. Menéndez
• SB 106Relating to repealing the education savings account program.Sen. Menéndez
• SB 114Relating to creating a fine arts allotment under the public school finance system.Sen. Menéndez
• SB 115Relating to repealing the requirement to display the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.Sen. Menéndez
• SB 116Relating to a prohibition on the application of glyphosate or neonicotinoid pesticides at public school buildings and other school district facilities.Sen. Menéndez
• SB 122Relating to a substitute teaching requirement for each member of the senate and the house of representatives.Sen. Menéndez
• SB 123Relating to the employment of a special education liaison at public schools.Sen. Menéndez
• SB 124Relating to standards adopted by the Texas Education Agency regarding the use of electronic devices and software applications by public schools.Sen. Menéndez
• SB 127Relating to the measures to encourage eligible students to claim certain tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for students who are or have been in foster or other residential care.Sen. Menéndez
• SB 132Relating to public school bilingual education programs, dual language immersion programs, and special language programs.Sen. Menéndez
• SB 134Relating to Holocaust education and training for educators and students enrolled at public schools and public institutions of higher education.Sen. Menéndez
• SB 139Relating to social workers employed by school districts.Sen. Menéndez
• SB 145Relating to requiring public schools to designate certain uniform election dates as staff development days.Sen. Menéndez
• SB 149Relating to the training requirements for public school educators regarding behavioral interventions and supports.Sen. Menéndez
• SB 169Relating to the eligibility of certain children of foreign military members for enrollment in a free prekindergarten program.Sen. Hagenbuch
• SB 177Relating to the employment of certified school counselors by school districts.Sen. Hagenbuch
• SB 204Relating to including career-connected learning in the micro-credential certification program for public school educator continuing education.Sen. West
• SB 209Relating to required training for school district peace officers and school resource officers on limitations on the officers' authority to restrain or otherwise incapacitate certain students.Sen. West
• SB 220Relating to certain agreements arising out of special investigations conducted by the Texas Education Agency.Sen. West
• SB 241Relating to accountability interventions for certain school districts with low-performing campuses.Sen. Cook, Molly, Alvarado, Gutierrez, Rehmet
• SB 247Relating to a study and report by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board regarding best practices for assisting students formerly in foster care who are enrolled at public institutions of higher education.Sen. Paxton
• SB 261Relating to providing free prekindergarten for certain children.Sen. Menéndez
• SB 281Relating to the authority of the board of trustees of certain small school districts to decrease the number of trustees on the board.Sen. Blanco
• SB 288Relating to an evaluation by the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center of health, nutrition, physical activity, and chronic health issues in this state.Sen. Perry
• SB 290Relating to the establishment of a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder program and advisory council.Sen. Perry
• SB 291Relating to the use of education savings account program money for online or virtual education services.Sen. Perry
• SB 294Relating to the repeal of the education savings account program.Sen. West, Alvarado, Blanco, Cook, Molly, Gutierrez, et al.
• HJR 23Proposing a constitutional amendment to abolish ad valorem taxes.Rep. Money
• HJR 30Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the threshold of voter approval for a school district bond election.Rep. Olcott
• HJR 47Proposing a constitutional amendment protecting private schools from state and local regulation.Rep. Vasut
• HJR 56Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the repeal of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas and the Dementia Prevention and Research Fund to provide money for research on and prevention and treatment of dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and related disorders in this state, and transferring from that fund $3 billion to Texas Education Agency for property tax reliefRep. Harrison
• HJR 60Proposing a constitutional amendment dedicating certain general revenue that would otherwise be transferred to the economic stabilization fund to reducing school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes.Rep. Kerwin