Blog Archive

We're wrapping up another week of legislative action at the Texas State Capitol. Here's the latest news from your ATPE Governmental Relations staff.

Blog posts from May 2019.

The Senate Education Committee met Wednesday morning inside the Senate chamber to advance a new version of the school finance bill, House Bill (HB) 3.

On Tuesday, April 30, 2019, the House Public Education Committee heard, for the first time, bills sent down from the upper chamber.

The Senate Education Committee met Tuesday morning, April 30, 2019, to take up a handful of House bills that have been sent over from the lower chamber after the school finance bill, House Bill (HB) 3, was heard by the committee last week.

Items considered by the board included final approval of the EdTPA pilot, discussion of a new framework for special education certification exams, and approval of final details for the new "Principal as Instructional Leader" certificate.

The Senate Education Committee resumed testimony on the upper chamber's school finance reform legislation Thursday afternoon, April 25, after meeting earlier to discuss the plan and differences between the House and Senate versions.

The board of trustees for the Teacher Retirement System (TRS) of Texas met in Austin this week. Of note on their agenda was a discussion of proposed TRS-ActiveCare pricing for 2020.

We're down to the last 30 days of the legislative session, and the action is heating up. Here's a look at this week's headlines from ATPE Governmental Relations.

After a long wait and repeated delays, the Senate Education Committee is hearing school finance reform legislation today, Thursday, April 25.