| Issue |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
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 Finance--Funding Formulas |
Adopted 10/2012 |
P-12 | Calculating FTE Counts for Districts Serving a Significant Migrant Population
19 TAC 129.1021
From Texas Register: Adds provisions to reflect the agency's current practice for determining full-time-equivalent (FTE) counts for special ...
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Adult Basic Education |
Adopted 09/2012 |
P-12 | Service Provider Contracts for Adult Education Programs
19 TAC 89.1301
Establishes a competitive procurement process for adult education service providers in accordance with the Texas Education Code (TEC), s.29....
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Adopted 09/2012 |
P-12 | Open-Enrollment Charter Schools
19 TAC 100.1011, 1015, 1017, 1022, 1023, 1025, 1041, 1063, 1131, 1153, 1201, 1213, 1217
From Texas Register: Makes the following changes to improve the application process for charters authorized by the state board: (1) Specific...
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Assessment--End-of-Course |
Adopted 08/2012 |
P-12 | Implementation of the Academic Content Areas Testing Program
19 TAC 101.3004, 3041
Provides that the commissioner of education is responsible for determining the level of performance considered to be satisfactory on the ass...
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Postsecondary Students--Graduate/Professional |
Adopted 08/2012 |
Postsec. | Criteria for New Doctoral Programs
19 TAC 5.46
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board proposes an amendment to s.5.46, concerning Criteria for New Doctoral Programs, by adding alte...
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Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation |
Adopted 08/2012 |
Postsec. | Minimum Standards to Demonstrate College-Readiness on Placement Exams
19 TAC 4.57
Partially from Texas Register: Amends provisions regarding a single standard for all higher education institutions on minimum ASSET, COMPASS...
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Parent/Family--Parent Rights |
Adopted 07/2012 |
P-12 | Accreditation Status, Standards, and Sanctions
19 TAC 97.1065, 1067
Section 97.1065 addresses provisions relating to repurposing, alternative management, or campus closure, including actions requested by pare...
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School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault |
Adopted 07/2012 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Campus Programs for Minors
25 TAC 265.401, 402, 403, 404, 405
From Texas Register: Establishes requirements regarding sexual abuse and child molestation training and examination for employees of certain...
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Textbooks and Open Source |
Adopted 06/2012 |
P-12 | State Adoption and Distribution of Instructional Materials
19 TAC 66.1, 10, 21, 22, 27, 33, 36, 45, 48, 51, 54, 57, 63, 66, 67, 72, 73, 75, 78, 101, 102, 104, 105, 107, 121, 124, 131
Amends or repeals various provisions concerning the state adoption and distribution of instructional materials. Establishes procedures for t...
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Assessment--End-of-Course |
Adopted 05/2012 |
P-12 | Implementation of Testing Program
19 TAC 101.3001, 3003, 3011, 3021, 3022, 3023, 3024
From Texas Register: Repeals §101.3001 and §101.3003 and adopts new §§101.3011 and 101.3021-101.3024, concerning implementation of testing p...
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Bilingual/ESL |
Adopted 05/2012 |
P-12 | Commissioner's Rules Concerning State Plan for Educating English Language Learners
19 TAC 89.1201, 1203, 1205, 1207, 1210, 1215, 1220, 1225, 1227, 1228, 1230, 1233, 1235, 1240, 1245, 1250, 1265, 1267, 1269
Most changes are nonsubstantive changes that align rules with statute, update terminology, or move dual language immersion program sections/...
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Finance--District |
Adopted 05/2012 |
P-12 | Financial Exigency
19 TAC 109.2001
Defines "financial exigency." As required by 2011 S.B. 8, establishes minimum standards concerning school district financial conditions that...
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High School--Graduation Requirements |
Adopted 05/2012 |
P-12 | High School Graduation Requirements
19 TAC 74.1, 3, 71, 72, 73, 74
Updates the graduation requirements to align with recently passed legislation, allows additional courses to satisfy certain graduation requi...
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Postsecondary Accountability--Licensing/Program Review and Approval |
Adopted 05/2012 |
Postsec. | Approval of Out-of-State Postsecondary Institutions Wanting to Offer Distance Education
19 TAC 7.3, 14
Defines the meaning of a reciprocal state exemption agreement as it relates to out-of-state postsecondary institutions wanting to offer dist...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Adopted 05/2012 |
Postsec. | Provisions for Scholarships for Students Graduating in the Top 10 Percent of Their High School Class
19 TAC 22.197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202
Amends provisions for Scholarships for Students Graduating in the Top 10 Percent of Their High School Class. From Texas Register:
--§22.197:...
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Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools |
Adopted 05/2012 |
P-12 | Teach for Texas Loan Repayment Assistance Program
19 TAC 21.173, 174, 176
Amends the Teach for Texas Loan Repayment Assistance Program. From Texas Register:
--§21.173: Reverses the order of two priorities of applic...
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Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Adopted 05/2012 |
P-12 | Hearings and Appeals
19 TAC 157.1041, 1055, 1071, 1072, 1081, 1082, 1083, 1084, 1101, 1102,1103
Amends various sections concerning hearings and appeals that address general provisions for hearings before the commissioner of education, s...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Adopted 02/2012 |
Postsec. | Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program
19 TAC 21.2244
Amends eligibility requirements for the Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program to clarify that students who have completed the equivalent ...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Adopted 02/2012 |
Postsec. | Exemption Program for Veterans and Their Dependents (The Hazlewood Act)
19 TAC 21.2099, 2100, 2102, 2107, 2108
Amends provisions of the Exemption Program for Veterans and their Dependents (The Hazlewood Act). From February 24, 2012 Texas Register (pag...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Undocumented Immigrants |
Adopted 02/2012 |
Postsec. | Affidavits of Undocumented Immigrants Enrolling in Postsecondary Institutions
19 TAC 21.30
Creates new s.21.30, concerning Special Procedures for Documenting Compliance. From Texas Register: "Specifically, the new section addresses...
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Assessment--Accommodations |
Adopted 12/2011 |
P-12 | Assessment of English Language Learners
19 TAC 101.1001, 1003, 1005, 1007, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1021, 1023, 1025
Repeals and readopts numerous sections concerning the participation of limited English proficient students in state assessments, to reflect ...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Adopted 12/2011 |
P-12 | Communities in Schools Program
19 TAC 89.1501, 1502, 1503, 1504, 1507, 1509, 1511
From Texas Register: Incorporates program changes identified during the statutorily required review of rules conducted in 2010, including up...
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Finance--Facilities |
Adopted 12/2011 |
P-12 | New Instructional Facility Allotment
19 TAC 61.1034
Modifies provisions related to the allotment for new instructional facilities to reflect statutory changes, implement a recent TEA policy de...
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High School--GED (General Education Development) |
Adopted 12/2011 |
P-12 | Certificate of High School Equivalency
19 TAC 89.41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48
Makes various changes to provisions regarding administration of the Texas certificate of high school equivalency, in accordance with 2011 S....
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Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education |
Adopted 11/2011 |
P-12 | Nutrition Outreach and Education
4 TAC 26.40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 51, 52, 53, 55
Renames nutrition outreach and education programs and clarifies eligibility requirements for both programs. One program is now "Expanding th...
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Postsecondary Accountability--Student Learning |
Adopted 11/2011 |
Postsec. | Transfer of Credit, Core Curriculum and Field of Study Curricula
19 TAC 4.23, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 35
From Texas Register: Updates and changes the requirements for the statewide, fully transferable, undergraduate general education core curric...
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Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Adopted 11/2011 |
Postsec. | Revisions to Approved Programs
19 TAC 5.55
From Texas Register: Requires institutions of higher education to submit requests to the higher education coordinating board for revisions t...
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Postsecondary Online Instruction |
Adopted 11/2011 |
Postsec. | Distance Education Approval Processes for Degree Granting Colleges and Universities Other Than Texas Public Institutions
19 TAC 7.14
Clarifies the process by which out-of-state institutions receive approval for offering distance education in Texas. Sets out state approval ...
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Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation |
Adopted 11/2011 |
Postsec. | Transferable Academic Courses
19 TAC 9.73, 74, 77
Revises the requirements for submitting requests for courses to be added to the Lower Division Academic Course Guide Manual (ACGM) and for s...
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Finance--Resource Efficiency |
Adopted 10/2011 |
P-12 | Financial Accountability Ratings
19 TAC 109.1002
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) proposes an amendment to s.109.1002, concerning the financial accountability rating system. The section est...
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Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals |
Adopted 09/2011 |
P-12 | Educational Aide Exemption Program
19 TAC 21.1084, 1086
Amends the Educational Aide Exemption Program to provide higher education coordinating board staff flexibility in awarding funds through the...
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Postsecondary Institutions |
Issued 08/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Western Governors University Texas
Executive Order RP75
Expresses the state's commitment to Western Governors University (WGU) and its establishment of WGU Texas. Directs all agencies and official...
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Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Adopted 07/2011 |
P-12 | Performance-Based Monitoring Analysis System
19 TAC 97.1005
Adopts excerpted sections of the Performance-Based Monitoring Analysis System (PBMAS) 2011 Manual. From Texas Register: The 2011 PBMAS inclu...
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Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Adopted 07/2011 |
P-12 | Accountability Rating System
19 TAC 97.1001
Adopts the 2011 Accountability Manual. Provides earlier versions of the manual will remain in effect with respect to the school years for wh...
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Adult Basic Education |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Adult Education Program Service Providers
S.B. 1
Directs the state education agency to use a competitive procurement process to award a contract to a service provider of an adult education ...
| More... |
Assessment |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Physical Fitness Assessment
S.B. 8 - Physical Fitness Assessment
From bill summary: Limits a school district's required annual physical fitness assessment of students in grade three or higher to students e...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Charter School Finance
S.B. 1 - Charter School Finance
Amends methods of determining funding levels for an open-enrollment charter school.
Pages 138-139 of 263: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlo...
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Finance--District |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | District Furloughs
S.B. 8 - District Furloughs
Authorizes a district board of trustees to implement a furlough program and reduce the number of days of service otherwise required by law b...
| More... |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | District Financial Exigency
S.B. 8 - District Financial Exigency
From bill summary: Authorizes a school district board of trustees to adopt a resolution declaring a financial exigency for the district, lim...
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Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | School Finance System Study
S.B. 1 - School Finance System Study
Requires the establishment of a joint legislative interim committee to conduct a comprehensive study of the public school finance system. Di...
| More... |
Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Certifying Decreases in State and Local Funding
S.B. 8 - Certifying Decreases in State and Local Funding
From bill summary: Requires the commissioner, not later than July 1 of each year, to determine for each school district whether the estimate...
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Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Staet Suplus or Salvage Property
S.B. 1
Amends various provisions regarding the disposal of state surplus or salvage property. Requires a state agency that determines it has surplu...
| More... |
Leadership--District Superintendent |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Superintendent Contracts in Districts Undergoing Reduction in Force
S.B. 8 - Superintendent Contracts in Districts Undergoing Reduction in Force
On the basis of a declared financial exigency that requires a reduction in personnel, authorizes a district board of trustees to amend the t...
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Leadership--District Superintendent--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Reduction in Teacher and Administrator Salaries
S.B. 8 - Reduction in Teacher and Administrator Salaries
Provides that for any school year in which a district has reduced the amount of the annual salaries paid to district classroom teachers from...
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Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Courses Offered Through State Virtual School Network
S.B. 1
Permits a student to enroll in a course provided through the state virtual school network if the student is either under 21 or under 26 and ...
| More... |
P-3 Child Care |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Repealing Child Care Provision
S.B. 8 - Repealing Child Care Provision
Repeals a provision that required districts with a student membership above 5,000 and that does not provide child care (directly or by contr...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
Postsec. | Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation's Board
S.B. 1
Reduces the membership of the Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation's board from 11 to 9 members. Makes all members gubernatorial apoint...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Public Information Requests
S.B. 8 - Public Information Requests
From bill summary: Authorizes a district to require a person who requests public information provided by the district to pay the estimated c...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Student Transportation Fee
S.B. 1 - Student Transportation Fee
Authorizes a board of trustees, under certain circumstances, to require payment of a reasonable fee for student transportation to and from s...
| More... |
Special Populations--Corrections Education |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Alternative Education
S.B. 1
Requires that a district located in a county with a population of 125,000 or less provide educational services to a student who is expelled ...
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STEM |
Adopted 07/2011 |
P-12 | Texas Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (T-STEM) Academies
19 TAC 102.1093
Establishes the requirements necessary for a school to be designated as a T-STEM Academy. Adopted as published in the May 6 Texas Register (...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Salary Increases for Certain Professional Staff
S.B. 8 - Salary Increases for Certain Professional Staff
Repeals provision requiring each charter holder to increase the monthly salary of each classroom teacher, full-time speech pathologist, full...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Salary Schedules
S.B. 1 - Salary Schedules
Directs commissioner of education to annually determine the basic allotment and resulting monthly salaries to be paid by districts. Removes ...
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Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Tuition Waivers for Educational Aides
S.B. 1
Amends provisions granting tuition waivers for educational aides. Requires that the courses needed for teacher certification in which the ai...
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Teaching Quality--Preparation |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Teacher Candidates and Field-Based Experience
S.B. 8 - Teacher Candidates and Field-Based Experience
From bill summary: Requires a candidate for certification as a teacher of record, before a district may employ the candidate, to complete at...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Reduction in Force |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Reduction in Force
S.B. 8 - Reduction in Force
Repeals provision requiring reduction in force to be made in the reverse order of seniority. Replaces with provision that reductions in forc...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Reduction in Force |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Termination/Nonrenewal of Teacher Contracts
S.B. 8 - Termination/Nonrenewal of Teacher Contracts
From bill summary: Changes the deadline by which a district board of trustees is required to notify a teacher employed under a probationary ...
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Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Voiding of Staff Contracts
S.B. 8 - Voiding and Nonrenewal of Staff Contracts
From bill summary: Revises and expand the grounds for rendering a district employee's probationary, continuing or term contract void on the ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Employees with Void Contracts
S.B. 8 - Employees with Void Contracts
From bill summary: Revises and expands the grounds for rendering a district employee's probationary, continuing or term contract void on the...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 07/2011 |
P-12 | Hearing on Proposed Nonrenewal of Teacher Contract
S.B. 8 - Hearing on Proposed Nonrenewal of Teacher Contract
From bill summary: Authorizes the board of trustees of a district with an enrollment of at least 5,000 students to designate a licensed atto...
| More... |
Accountability--Rewards |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Distinction Designations and Charter Schools
S.B. 1484
Specifies that an open-enrollment charter school may not be awarded a distinction designation if the charter school is evaluated under alter...
| More... |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Parent Trigger Law--Local Board May Trump
S.B. 738
Provides that if the commissioner is presented with a written petition signed by the parents of a majority of the students enrolled at a cam...
| More... |
Adult Basic Education |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Placement in Adult Education Programs
H.B. 3468 - Placement in Adult Education Programs
Directs the Texas Education Agency, in consultation with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, to (1) review the standardized asses...
| More... |
Assessment |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Assessing Students Taking Courses Above Their Grade Level
H.B. 2135
Specifies that state policy does not require a 5th or 8th grader to be administered a criterion-referenced assessment if the student is enro...
| More... |
Assessment |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | College Readiness
H.B. 3468 - College Readiness
Directs the Texas Education Agency, in consultation with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, to conduct a study of best practices...
| More... |
Assessment--End-of-Course |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12,
Community College | Dropout Recovery Partnership
S.B. 975
Specifies this applies to (1) a public junior college in a county with a population of 750,000 or more, and with less than 65% of the popula...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Dropout Recovery
H.B. 3708 - Dropout Recovery
Provides that this applies to a public junior college in a county with a population of 750,000 or more and with less than 65% of the populat...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Expulsion or Placement in Disciplinary Alternative Education
H.B. 968
Requires a student who receives deferred prosecution for, is found by a court or jury to have engaged in, or a superintendent or designee ha...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Opportunity to Complete Graduation Requirements for Student in Disciplinary Alternative Education
S.B. 49
Requires a district to provide the parents of a student removed to a disciplinary alternative education program with written notice of the d...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Career Schools and Colleges
H.C.R. 129
Notifying the U.S. Department of Education that certain career schools or colleges are legally authorized by the state of Texas to operate e...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Institutions Authorized to Operate Educational Programs Beyond Secondary Education
H.J.R. 130
Clarifies that the state meets U.S. Department of Education requirements concerning federal student aid by naming private institutions of hi...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Tech Prep Program Participation and Tech Prep Consortium Evaluations
S.B. 1410
Directs the education agency to establish procedures for each school district and open-enrollment charter school to accurately identify stud...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Applied STEM Courses
S.B. 1620
Defines an "applied STEM course" as a STEM course offered as part of a school district's career and technology education curriculum. Directs...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Charter School Participation Travel Services Contract
H.B. 1550
Permits open-enrollment charter school staff to participate in the Texas Facilities Commission's contract for travel services.
Bill text: ht...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Preference in Charter School Admissions
H.B. 2366
Authorizes an open-enrollment charter school operated by a municipality to give a preference in admissions to children of employees of the m...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Confidentiality of Teacher and Administrator Performance Documents
H.B. 2971
Clarifies that the confidentiality of documents evaluating teacher or administrator performance applies to teachers and administrators at op...
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Curriculum--Drivers Education |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Drivers Education and Background Checks
H.B. 2678
Directs the Sunset Advisory Commission to review the education agency's jurisdiction and control over driver education and driving safety sc...
| More... |
Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Instruction in Financial Literacy and Paying for College
H.B. 34
Requires that the Texas essential knowledge and skills related to personal financial literacy include instruction in methods of paying for c...
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Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Financial Literacy Training at Postsecondary Institutions
H.B. 399
Requires general academic teaching institutions to offer personal financial literacy training. Directs the higher education coordinating boa...
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Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Personal Financial Literacy
S.B. 290
Requires a personal financial literacy component to be included in mathematics instruction in grades K-8 (previously personal financial lite...
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Curriculum--Physical Education |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Reporting Student Performance on Physical Fitness Assessment
S.B. 226
Amends provisions relating to reporting student performance on a physical fitness assessment instrument to the Texas Education Agency. http:...
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Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Advanced Research Program
H.B. 2631
Renames the advanced research program the Norman Hackerman advanced research program. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pd...
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Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Cybersecurity, Education and Economic Development council
S.B. 988
Creates a 9-member cybersecurity, education and economic development council, including two representatives from institutions of higher educ...
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Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Funding for Texas ChalleNGe Academy
H.B. 2247
From bill analysis: Establishes the eligibility of the adjutant general's department to receive Foundation School Program funding for studen...
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Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Campaign Finance Reports for School Board Trustees and Candidates
H.B. 336
From fiscal analysis: Requires school districts located either wholly or partly in a city with a population of 500,000 or more, and with a s...
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Governance--Site-Based Management |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | District- and Campus-Level Planning and Decision-Making Committees
S.B. 778
Includes professional staff who educate students with disabilities on district-level and campus-level planning and decision-making committee...
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Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Membership of Commissioner of Education and TEA on Committees, Task Forces, etc.
H.B. 3278
From fiscal analysis: Amends a number of statutory provisions relating to membership of the commissioner of education and the Texas Educatio...
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Health |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Food Allergies
H.B. 742
Defines "severe food allergy". Requires that a district request, upon a student's enrollment, parental disclosure of a food allergy or sever...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Guidelines for the Care of Students with a Diagnosed Food Allergy at Risk for Anaphylaxis
S.B. 27
Directs local boards and charter schools to adopt and administer a policy for the care of students with a diagnosed food allergy at risk for...
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Health |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Membership of Local School Health Advisory Council
S.B. 736
Authorizes a local board of trustees to appoint a representative of local domestic violence programs to the local school health advisory cou...
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Health--Child Abuse |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Sexual Abuse and Maltreatment of Children
S.B. 471
Requires district improvement plans to include provisions for the policy under Section 38.0041 addressing sexual abuse and other maltreatmen...
| More... |
Health--Child Abuse |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Training on Sexual Abuse and Child Molestation for Staff at Postsecondary Programs for Minors
S.B. 1414
Defines "campus program for minors" as a program operated by or on the campus of a public or private/independent institution of higher educa...
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Health--Mental Health |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Early Mental Health Intervention and Prevention of Youth Suicide
H.B. 1386 - Early Mental Health Intervention and Prevention of Youth Suicide
Directs the department of public health, in coordination with the Texas Education Agency, to provide and annually update a list of best prac...
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High School--Advanced Placement |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. | College Credit Program Oversight
S.B. 149
Authorizes the commissioner of education to adopt rules as necessary concerning the duties of a school district under the college credit pro...
| More... |
High School--Advanced Placement |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | College Credit Program
S.B. 1619
Extends to 2013 a provision that a district is not required to pay a student's tuition or other associated costs for taking a course through...
| More... |
High School--College Readiness |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Generation Texas Week
H.B. 2909 - Generation Texas Week
Renames "Education: Go Get It Week" as "Generation Texas Week." Adds that the information provided to students during this week must include...
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High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | No State Funding for Dual Enrollment Courses in P.E.
S.B. 419
Prohibits state funding to public junior colleges for physical education courses offered for joint high school and junior college credit. ht...
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High School--GED (General Education Development) |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Online High School Equivalency Exams
S.B. 1094
Directs the state board to adopt rules to provide for online administration of high school equivalency exams. Requires that the rules provid...
| More... |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Substitution for P.E. Credit for High School Graduation
H.B. 692
Requires the state board of education to allow a student who is unable to participate in physical activity due to disability or illness to s...
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Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Principal Appraisal and Performance Development
S.B. 1383
Requires districts to appraise each principal annually. Directs the commissioner to establish by rule and administer a comprehensive princip...
| More... |
P-16 or P-20 |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | P-16 Council
H.B. 2909 - P-16 Council
Increases the membership of the P-16 Council to include 6, rather than 3, members who are co-chair appointees who are education professional...
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P-16 or P-20 |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Public Awareness Campaign Promoting Higher Education
H.B. 2909 - Public Awareness Campaign Promoting Higher Education
Requires that the higher education coordinating board provide specified information in its public awareness campaign promoting higher educat...
| More... |
P-3 Finance |
Adopted 06/2011 |
P-12 | Prekindergarten Early Start Grant Program
19 TAC 102.1002
From Texas Register: Amends s.102.1002, concerning the prekindergarten early start grant program. Revises procedures for the prekindergarten...
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Postsecondary |
Vetoed 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Limitations on Number of Courses That May Be Dropped
H.B. 992
Directs institutions of higher education to provide written notice to undergraduates of provisions limiting the number of courses that may b...
| More... |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Degree Plan
H.B. 3025 - Degree Plan
Defines "degree plan" as a statement of the course requirements that an undergraduate must complete to be awarded an associate or bachelor's...
| More... |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Donation of Data Processing Equipment
S.B. 74
Permits a university system or institution or agency of higher education to donate data processing equipment that is surplus or salvage prop...
| More... |
Postsecondary Accountability |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Internet Access to Faculty Information for General Academic Teaching Institutions
H.B. 736 - Internet Access to Faculty Information for General Academic Teaching Institutions
Requires that each general academic teaching institution make public on the institution's Web site the following information: (1) the studen...
| More... |
Postsecondary Accountability |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Institution Resume for Institutions of Higher Education
H.B. 736 - Institution Resume for Institutions of Higher Education
Amends provisions of 51A.002, "Powers and Duties of Coordinating Board Relating to Institution Resumes; General Requirements for Institution...
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Postsecondary Accountability |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Institution Resume for Legislators and Other Policymakers (51A.052)
H.B. 736 - Institution Resume for Legislators and Other Policymakers (51A.052)
Amends provisions of 51A.052, "Institution Resume for Legislators and Other Policy Makers"--these resumes differ from those established by 5...
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Postsecondary Accountability |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Institution Resume for Prospective Students, Parents and Members of the Public
H.B. 736 - Institution Resume for Prospective Students, Parents and Members of the Public
Amends provisions of 51A.053, "Institution Resume for Prospective Students, Parents, and Members of the Public". Requires that, under the "E...
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Postsecondary Accountability |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Institution Resume for Legislators and Other Policy Makers (51A.102)
H.B. 736 - Institution Resume for Legislators and Other Policy Makers (51A.102)
Amends provisions of 51A.102, "Institution Resume for Legislators and Other Policy Makers", which differs from 51A.052, "Institution Resume ...
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Postsecondary Accountability |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Online Information Regarding Certain Career Educational Entities
H.B. 736 - Online Information Regarding Certain Career Educational Entities
Directs the Texas Workforce Commission and the higher education coordinating board to jointly develop a comprehensive strategy to improve an...
| More... |
Postsecondary Accountability |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Comparison Tool
H.B. 736 - Comparison Tool
Directs the higher education coordinating board to make available on its Web site a search tool allowing for comparisons of general academic...
| More... |
Postsecondary Accountability |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Postsecondary Reporting Requirements
S.B. 5 - Postsecondary Reporting Requirements
Provides for the expiration of specified reporting requirements applicable to institutions of higher education and university systems. Provi...
| More... |
Postsecondary Accountability--Student Learning |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Measurable Learning Outcomes for Undergraduate Courses
S.B. 1726
Directs each institution of higher education to develop measurable learning outcomes for undergraduate courses at public institutions of hig...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Tuition Equalization Grants
H.B. 2907
Clarifies that a student may receive an athletic scholarship if not receiving a tuition equalization grant. Requires a student to be making ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Alternative Education Loans
H.B. 2911
Adds references to alternative education loans to passage about guaranteed student loans. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtex...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Ineligibility to Receive Two Grants for Same Semester
H.B. 3577
Provides that an individual may not receive a Texas Educational Opportunity Grant and a TEXAS Grant for the same semester, regardless of whe...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Emergency Loan Programs
H.B. 3578
Clarifies that public institution of higher education emergency loan programs may cover textbook costs. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodo...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | TEXAS Grants
S.B. 28
Directs the higher education coordinating board to annually determine the allocation of money available for TEXAS grants among general acade...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Tuition, Fee Exemptions and Waivers
S.B. 32
Consolidates related higher education programs governing tuition, fee exemptions and waivers respective to specific target populations. http...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Vetoed 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation
S.B. 40
Extends authority of Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation to permit corporation to administer student financial aid programs and other ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Undergraduate Tuition Rebates
S.B. 176
Excludes course credit earned before graduating from high school from credit totals used to determine student eligibility for an undergradua...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Uniform Priority Application Deadline for Student Financial Assistance
S.B. 851
Directs the higher education coordinating board to provide for a uniform priority application deadline for student financial assistance for ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Early High School Graduation Scholarship
H.B. 3708 - Early High School Graduation Scholarship
From fiscal analysis: Specifies that awards under the Early High School Graduation Scholarship program be paid from funds appropriated for t...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Postsecondary Tuition and Fee Exemptions for Military Personnel, Veterans and Dependents
S.B. 639
Specifies that military personnel, veterans or dependents seeking the tuition exemption must be currently residing in the state, effective w...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Textbooks |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Measures to Increase College Textbook Affordability
H.B. 33
Defines terms, including "custom textbook" and "textbook bundle". Requires each institution of higher education to compile a course schedule...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Tuition Payment Dates
H.B. 1341
From bill analysis: Eliminates inconsistency between statute and the General Appropriations Act regarding tuition payment dates by giving ea...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | www.capitol.state.tx.us
H.B. 2999
Permits a general academic teaching institution (as defined here http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/ED/htm/ED.61.htm) to develop a f...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Student Fee Advisory Committee Meetings and Recommendations
S.B. 5 - Student Fee Advisory Committee Meetings and Recommendations
Existing Sections 54.5031 and 54.5032 providing for student fee advisory committee meetings. New provisions require that such committees con...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Texas Save and Match Program
H.B. 3708 - Texas Save and Match Program
From fiscal analysis: Amends Chapter 54 of the Education Code to repeal the Texas Save and Match Program under current law and create a new ...
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Postsecondary Faculty--Compensation |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Group Health Benefits for Paid Graduate and Postdoctoral Fellowship Students
S.B. 29
Establishes group health benefits eligibility for students on postdoctoral fellowships or certain graduate student fellowships who are curre...
| More... |
Postsecondary Faculty--Compensation |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Postsecondary Employee Insurance
S.B. 5 - Postsecondary Employee Insurance
Amends Chapter 1601 of the Insurance Code, "Uniform Insurance Benefits Act for Employees of the University of Texas System and the Texas AM ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Faculty--Compensation |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Payroll Deductions for Employees of University System or Institution of Higher Education
S.B. 5 - Payroll Deductions for Employees of University System or Institution of Higher Education
Authorizes the governing board of a university system, or of an institution of higher education that is not a component institution of a uni...
| More... |
Postsecondary Faculty--Intellectual Property |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Postsecondary Information Not Subject to Public Information Provisions
S.B. 5 - Postsecondary Information Not Subject to Public Information Provisions
Specifies that information maintained by or for an institution of higher education that would reveal the institution's plans or negotiations...
| More... |
Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Permanent University Fund Investment Authority
H.B. 2825
Amends the composition and appointment of the board of directors of a corporation to which the board of regents of the University of Texas S...
| More... |
Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Miscellaneous Higher Education Finance
S.B. 5 - Miscellaneous Higher Education Finance
Directs each institution of higher education to post on its Web site specified information on financial transactions. Permits an institution...
| More... |
Postsecondary Finance--Efficiency/Performance-Based Funding |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Student Success-Based Funding
H.B. 9
Requires that the higher education coordinating board's funding policies emphasize an alignment with education goals established by the boar...
| More... |
Postsecondary Finance--Efficiency/Performance-Based Funding |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Higher Education Legislative Appropriations Requests Process
S.B. 5 - Higher Education Legislative Appropriations Requests Process
Directs the offices of the governor and the legislative budget board, in consultation with public institutions of higher education, to revie...
| More... |
Postsecondary Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | High-Performance, Sustainable Design, Construction, and Renovation Standards for Certain Facilities
H.B. 51
From fiscal analysis: Establishes high-performance sustainable-design standards for the construction or renovation of state buildings, inclu...
| More... |
Postsecondary Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Community College,
Postsec. | Abandoned Property of Junior Colleges
H.B. 650
Adds junior colleges to provisions in property code relating to property presumed to be abandoned and valued at $100 or less. http://www.cap...
| More... |
Postsecondary Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Energy Efficiency
S.B. 898
Requires each political subdivision, institution of higher education or state agency to establish a goal to reduce electric consumption by a...
| More... |
Postsecondary Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Expedited Process for Certain Projects
S.B. 5 - Expedited Process for Certain Projects
Establishes an expedited process for a project (i.e., aquisition, construction, repair or rehabilitation of a building or other facility). P...
| More... |
Postsecondary Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Property Management
S.B. 5 - Property Management
Requires a university system or institution of higher education to account for all personal property as defined by the comptroller. Requires...
| More... |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures--Administrative/Leadership Issues |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Community College,
Postsec. | Training for Members of Public Junior College District Governing Boards
H.B. 1206
Requires training for all members of governing boards of public junior college districts, not only appointed members. Requires topics of suc...
| More... |
Postsecondary Institutions |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Security-Sensitive Positions and Criminal Background Checks
H.B. 2937
Amends definition of "security-sensitive position" to include any employee who has access to (1) another person's personal information or id...
| More... |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Community College,
Postsec. | Information Resources Management Act and Junior Colleges/Junior College Districts
H.B. 1495
Clarifies that the Information Resources Management Act does not apply to public junior colleges and public junior college districts. Provid...
| More... |
Postsecondary Participation--Access |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Criteria for Programs for the Disadvantaged
S.B. 5 - Criteria for Programs for the Disadvantaged
Removes requirement that the plan submitted to the higher education coordinating board for a junior college program to serve persons from ba...
| More... |
Postsecondary Students--Disabled |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Dyslexia
S.B. 866
Requires that minimum academic qualifications for an educator certificate that requires a bachelor degree to require instruction in detectio...
| More... |
Postsecondary Students--Foster Youth |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Housing Between Terms for Former Foster Youth
H.B. 452
Directs each institution of higher education to assist full-time postsecondary students who have been under the conservatorship of the depar...
| More... |
Postsecondary Students--International |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Notification of Withdrawal of Certain Foreign Students
S.B. 1009
Requires public institutions of higher education to notify the federal Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) regarding the...
| More... |
Postsecondary Success |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Assessing the Quality of Academic Advising Services
S.B. 36
Directs the higher education coordinating board to establish a method by September 2012 for assessing the quality and effectiveness of acade...
| More... |
Postsecondary Success--Completion |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Increasing Postsecondary Completion Rates
H.B. 2910 - Increasing Postsecondary Completion Rates
Permits the coordinating board of higher education, in partnership with institutions of higher education, to enter into an agreement with no...
| More... |
Postsecondary Success--Completion |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Credit Transfer for Associate Degree
H.B. 3025 - Credit Transfer for Associate Degree
Provides that this provision relates to a student enrolled in a general academic teaching institution (as defined in 61.003(3) http://www.st...
| More... |
Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Developmental Education
H.B. 1244
Defines "program evaluation" as related to developmental evaluation courses; provides that program evaluation provides a particular focus on...
| More... |
Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Statewide Plan for Developmental Education
S.B. 162
Directs the higher education coordinating board to develop a statewide plan for developmental education, so as to serve students who require...
| More... |
Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Developmental Coursework and Statewide Diagnostic Assessment
H.B. 3468 - Developmental Coursework and Statewide Diagnostic Assessment
Directs the higher education coordinating board to encourage institutions of higher education to offer various types of developmental course...
| More... |
Promising Practices |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Texas High Performance Schools Consortium
S.B. 1557
Creates the Texas High Performance Schools Consortium to inform the governor, legislature and commissioner on methods for transforming publi...
| More... |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Exception to School Start Date
H.B. 1555
Permits a district to begin instruction before the fourth Monday of August at a single campus or at not more than 20% of campuses in the dis...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Student Discipline, Including Corporal Punishment
H.B. 359
Defines corporal punishment. Provides that if a district board of trustees adopts a policy permitting corporal punishment, a district educat...
| More... |
School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Anti-Bullying
H.B. 1942
Establishes definition of bullying; includes expression through electronic means (cyberbullying). Permits staff development to include train...
| More... |
School Safety--Disaster/Emergency Preparedness |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Postsecondary Emergency Alert Systems
H.B. 2758
Requires public and private institutions of higher education to establish emergency alert systems for students and staff, using e-mail or te...
| More... |
School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Expulsion for Breach of Computer Security
H.B. 1224
Provides a student may be expelled if the student accesses a district-owned or -operated computer, computer network or computer system, and ...
| More... |
School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Exemption from Placement in Juvenile Justice Program
H.B. 592
From fiscal note: Exempts a county with a population of 125,000 or greater from the requirement that expelled students and students meeting ...
| More... |
School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Unlawful Acts with Students
H.B. 1610
Requires a superintendent or director of a school district to complete an investigation of an educator based on reasonable cause to believe ...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | District Employees and Charitable Contributions
H.B. 1682
Prohibits district boards or employees from requiring or coercing any employee to make a contribution to a charitable organization or in res...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Prohibition of District Operation of a Hotel
S.B. 764
Prohibits the board of trustees of an independent school district from using district funds, property, employees or other resources, or acqu...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Food Service |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Summer Nutrition Programs at Low-Income Schools
S.B. 89
Unless the department of agriculture grants a school district a waiver, requires a district in which at least 50% of students are eligible f...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists
H.B. 1386 - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists
Requires that a marriage and family therapist employed by a district be licensed by the state agency that licenses that profession. Provides...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Eligibility to Provide Services under Contract with a School
S.B. 1042
Specifies that contracting or subcontracting entities may not allow an employee to provide services at a school if the employee has been con...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Bus Passes and Cards
H.B. 3506
Permits a school district to use transportation allotment funds to provide bus passes or cards to students for whom the district's regular t...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Reporting on Self-Contained vs. Mainstream Placement Ratios
H.B. 1130
Repeals provision directing the Texas Education Agency to annually disseminate to each district a list of districts that for two consecutive...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | IEP Information to Regular Classroom Teachers
H.B. 1335
Directs the Texas Education Agency to develop and implement a statewide plan to ensure that each district develops a process for regular cla...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Certification Requirements to Teach Students with Visual Impairments
S.B. 54
Requires that to be eligible to be issued a certificate to teach students with visual impairments, a person must (1) complete all coursework...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Model IEP Form and Transition Planning
S.B. 1788
Directs the Texas Education Agency to develop a model form for districts to elect to use in developing an individualized education program (...
| More... |
Special Populations--Foster Care |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Liaison Officer to Facilitate Foster Child Enrollments and Transfers
H.B. 826
Directs each district to appoint at least one employee to act as a liaison officer to facilitate the enrollment in or transfer to a public s...
| More... |
STEM |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Community College,
Postsec. | T-STEM Challenge Scholarship Program
H.B. 2910 - T-STEM Challenge Scholarship Program
Establishes the Texas Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (T-STEM) Challenge Scholarship program. Establishes initial and cont...
| More... |
Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Football Helmet Safety
H.B. 675
Prohibits a district from using football helmets that are 16 years old or older in its football program. Requires districts to ensure that e...
| More... |
Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | University Interscholastic League
H.B. 1286
Prohibits the legislative council of the University Interscholastic League (http://www.uiltexas.org/) from taking final action on a new or a...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Expiration of Educator's Certificate
H.B. 1334
Provides that an educator's certificate is not considered to have expired if the employee has completed the requirements for renewal of the ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Probationary Contract for Persons Changing Assignments
H.B. 2380
Permits a person who voluntarily accepts an assignment that requires a different class of certificate than the one held in the person's prev...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Health Benefits Continue until Earlier of Two Dates
S.B. 155
Permits a school district employee whose resignation is effective after the last day of an instructional year to participate in the uniform ...
| More... |
Textbooks and Open Source |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Electronic Samples of Textbooks
S.B. 391
Requires the state board in its notice of the review and adoption cycle for textbooks to specify that publishers of adopted textbooks for a ...
| More... |
Attendance |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Adjudication of Cases Regarding Failure to Attend School and Parent Contributing to Nonattendance
H.B. 734
From fiscal note: Generally, the criminal offenses of failure to attend school and parent contributing to nonattendance are adjudicated in j...
| More... |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Adopted 05/2011 |
P-12 | Manual for Districts Subject to Wealth Equalization
19 TAC 62.1071
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) proposes the repeal of and new s.62.1071, concerning the equalized wealth level. The section establishes pr...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
Postsec. | Vaccination Against Bacterial Meningitis
S.B. 1107
Relates to the vaccination against bacterial meningitis of entering students at public and private or independent institutions of higher edu...
| More... |
Minority/Diversity Issues |
Became law without governor's signature 05/2011 |
P-12 | Interagency Council for Addressing Disproportionality
S.B. 501
Establishes the Interagency Council for Addressing Disproportionality to: (1) Examine the level of disproportionate involvement of children ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Accountability |
Adopted 05/2011 |
Postsec. | Approval of New Academic Programs and Administrative Changes at Public Universities, Health-Related Institutions, and Review of Existing Degree Programs
19 TAC 5.43, 44, 52
Defines terms, including "doctoral graduation rate", "graduate placement" and "master's graduation rate". Provides that if the minimum numbe...
| More... |
Postsecondary Online Instruction |
Adopted 05/2011 |
Postsec. | Doctoral or First Professional Degrees
19 TAC 4.261 and 4.275
Clarifies the process by which previously approved doctoral programs at public institutions may be approved for distance delivery (including...
| More... |
Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation |
Adopted 05/2011 |
Community College,
Postsec. | Voluntary Statewide Transfer Compact
19 TAC 9.1, 9.183, 185
Replaces references to "statewide articulated transfer curriculum" with those for "voluntary statewide transfer compact". Permits public two...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | State Continuing Advisory Committee for Special Education Services
H.B. 861
Relating to membership of the state continuing advisory committee for special education services. Requires that at least one member be a dir...
| More... |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
Postsec. | Public Disclosure Laws
S.B. 1327
Provides that information is excepted from public disclosure laws if it is collected or produced by a systemwide compliance office for the p...
| More... |
Postsecondary Students--Graduate/Professional |
Adopted 02/2011 |
Postsec. | Criteria for New Doctoral Programs
19 TAC 5.46
Adds an additional criterion for the approval of new doctoral degree programs. Stipulates that the most recent six-year baccalaureate degree...
| More... |
Special Populations--Corrections Education |
Adopted 02/2011 |
P-12 | Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Programs
37 TAC 348.100, 101, 102, 104, 106, 108, 110, 112, 114, 116, 118, 120, 122, 124, 126, 128, 130, 132, 134, 136, 138, 200, 202, 204, 206
Establishes minimum operational, programmatic, and educational standards for juvenile justice alternative education programs. Section 348.20...
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Accountability |
Adopted 01/2011 |
P-12 | Financial Accountability Rating System
19 TAC 109.1002, 1003, 1004, 1005
From the January 28, 2011 Texas Register: The sections establish provisions that detail the ratings, types of ratings, criteria, reporting a...
| More... |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Adopted 01/2011 |
P-12 | Graduation Requirements
19 TAC 89.1070
Specifies graduation requirements for students receiving special education services. Reflects changes to assessment and curriculum requireme...
| More... |
Finance--District |
Adopted 12/2010 |
P-12 | Financial Solvency Review
19 TAC 109.1101
Establishes new s.109.1101, concerning financial solvency. Per the mandate in Section 39.0822 as established in 2009 H.B. 3, creates a finan...
| More... |
Special Education |
Adopted 12/2010 |
P-12 | Residential Facility Monitoring; Determinations, Investigations, and Sanctions
19 TAC 97.1072
Creates new s.97.1072, concerning residential facility monitoring. Implements the requirements of the Texas Education Code (TEC), the Indivi...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Adopted 11/2010 |
Postsec. | Tuition Equalization Grant Program
19 TAC 22.21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32
Provides new s.s.22.21 - 22.32 concerning Provisions for the Tuition Equalization Grant Program. Specifically, the new sections replace repe...
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Postsecondary Finance--Facilities |
Adopted 11/2010 |
Postsec. | Definitions Re: Deferred Maintenance, Critical Deferred Maintenance, and other Postsecondary Facility Issues
19 TAC 17.3
Makes necessary changes to existing definitions to implement modified reporting and standard changes regarding deferred maintenance and crit...
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Postsecondary Finance--Facilities |
Adopted 11/2010 |
Postsec. | Board Reports and Institutional Reports
19 TAC 17.100, 101
Makes necessary changes to direct the reporting of information pertaining to the physical condition of facilities and infrastructure by the ...
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Postsecondary Students--Graduate/Professional |
Adopted 11/2010 |
Postsec. | New Doctoral Programs
19 TAC 5.53, 54
Sections 5.43, .44, .52: Adds a definition of new doctoral degree programs, revises the requirements for submitting administrative change re...
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Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Adopted 08/2010 |
P-12 | Administration of State Board for Educator Certification
19 TAC 250.1, 2, 3, 20, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49
The State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) proposes an amendment to s.250.1, the repeal of s.s.250.2, 250.3, 250.20, 250.30- 250.34, ...
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Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Adopted 08/2010 |
P-12 | Online Learning, AP and IB
19 TAC 74.23, 29
Section 74.23: Correspondence Courses and Distance Learning: Updates section to make clear that students may earn course credit via online c...
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Reading/Literacy |
Adopted 08/2010 |
P-12 | Intensive Reading or Language Intervention Pilot Program
19 TAC 102.1057
2007 H.B. 1270 requires an intensive reading and language intervention pilot program that had been permissive, and directs the commissioner ...
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Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Adopted 07/2010 |
P-12 | Accreditation Status, Standards, and Sanctions
19 TAC 97.1051, 1053, 1055, 1057, 1059, 1061, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1067, 1069, 1071, 1073
Makes various changes to state accountability provisions. Language below primarily from July 23, 2010 Texas Register.
97.1051: Amends defini...
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Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Adopted 07/2010 |
P-12 | Performance-Based Monitoring Analysis System
19 TAC 97.1005
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) proposes an amendment to s.97.1005, concerning accountability and performance monitoring. The section descr...
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Career/Technical Education |
Adopted 07/2010 |
P-12 | Other High School Math Courses for High School Credit
19 TAC 111.52, 60, 61
Provides that students must be awarded at least one-half credit for each semester of a concurrent enrollment course successfully completed. ...
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Accountability--Rewards |
Adopted 06/2010 |
P-12 | District Awards for Teacher Excellence
19 TAC 102.1073
Establishes procedures and adopts guidelines for the administration of awards for teacher excellence. Incorporates statutory changes resulti...
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Adult Basic Education |
Adopted 06/2010 |
P-12 | Adult Basic and Secondary Education
19 TAC 89.21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35
Primarily from Texas Register:
Amends provisions to accommodate the 2009 General Appropriations Act (SB 1), which requires that a new fundi...
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Career/Technical Education |
Adopted 06/2010 |
P-12 | Career and Technical Education
19 TAC 75.1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1031
Replaces references to "career and technology education" with "career and technical education". Adds provision stating purpose and goals of ...
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Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest |
Adopted 06/2010 |
P-12 | Code of Ethics for Texas Permanent School Fund
19 TAC 33.5
Amends s.33.5, concerning the code of ethics policy for managing and investing the Texas Permanent School Fund. Section 33.5 establishes pro...
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High School--Graduation Requirements |
Adopted 06/2010 |
P-12 | High School Graduation Requirements
19 TAC 74.51, 52, 53, 54, 61, 62, 63, 64
Amends provisions relating to high school graduation requirements. Section 74.51 relates to minimum, recommended and advanced programs, and ...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance |
Adopted 05/2010 |
P-12 | Commissioner's Rules Concerning Financial Accountability Rating System
19 TAC 109.1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005
Updates the financial accountability rating system by specifying new provisions that will be implemented beginning with ratings based on dat...
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Economic/Workforce Development |
Adopted 05/2010 |
Postsec. | Career Opportunity Grant Program
19 TAC 22.181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188
H.B. 3519, 81st Texas Legislature, amended the Labor Code by adding s.305.003, mandating that the Coordinating Board and the Texas Workforce...
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Postsecondary |
Adopted 05/2010 |
Postsec. | Review of Low-Producing Degree Programs
19 TAC 4.285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293
Establishes new sections 4.285 - 4.293, which establish procedures for annual review of the number of graduates produced by degree programs ...
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Postsecondary Governance and Structures--State Executives/State Agencies |
Adopted 05/2010 |
Postsec. | Limited Waiver of Rules
19 TAC 4.61
Allows the commissioner of higher education to waive s.s.4.51 - 4.60 of Coordinating Board rules (governing the Texas Success Initiative) if...
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Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary |
Adopted 05/2010 |
Postsec. | Accreditation and Authorization of Colleges/Universities Other Than Public Institutions
19 TAC 7.3, 7.7, 7.11
Largely from Texas Register:
Amends provisions relating to degree-granting colleges and universities that are not Texas public institutions...
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Textbooks and Open Source |
Adopted 02/2010 |
P-12 | Adoption and Distribution of Instructional Materials
19 TAC 2.66.B.66.33, 66.102, 66.104 and 66.121
§ 66.33: Adds provision to specify that members of state textbook adoption review panels must include educators, parents, business and indus...
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High School--Graduation Requirements |
Adopted 12/2009 |
P-12 | High School Graduation Requirements
19 TAC 2.74.A.74.3
Amends high school graduation requirements to make the rule consistent with H.B. 3 passed by the 81st Texas Legislature, 2009 (see Section 2...
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Career/Technical Education |
Adopted 11/2009 |
Community College,
Postsec. | Program Development in Public Two-Year Colleges
19 TAC 1.9.A.9.1
Adds definitions for the following terms pertaining to higher education coordinating board approval of new academic and career technical/wor...
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High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges |
Adopted 11/2009 |
P-12 | Early College and Middle College High Schools
19 TAC 1.4.G.4.151, .153, .155, .161
Clarifies the distinctions between early college high schools and middle colleges. Clarifies student eligibility. Clarifies that for early c...
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Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation |
Adopted 11/2009 |
Postsec. | Degree-Granting Colleges and Universities
19 TAC 1.7.7.1 -.13
Establishes new rules concerning degree-granting colleges and universities other than Texas public institutions. As stated in the August 7, ...
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Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Adopted 11/2009 |
Community College,
Postsec. | Automatic Approval of Academic and Career Technical/Workforce Associate Degree Programs
19 TAC 1.9.E.9.92, .93, .95
Permits automatic higher education coordinating board approval of new academic and career technical/workforce associate degree programs, pro...
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Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Adopted 11/2009 |
Community College,
Postsec. | Associate Degree Programs
19 TAC 1.9.J.9.184 -.186
Repeals existing rules and establishes new rules concerning Academic Associate Degree and Certificate Programs. Establishes approval criteri...
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Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Adopted 11/2009 |
Community College,
Postsec. | Board Review of Purpose, Role and Mission Statements
19 TAC 1.9.C.9.55
Repeals 19 TAC §9.55 regarding the higher education coordinating board review of purpose, role and mission statements at public community co...
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Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Adopted 11/2009 |
Community College,
Postsec. | Associate Degree Programs
19 TAC 1.9.J.9.181, .183
Amends rules related to associate degree programs. Amendment to Section 9.181 clarifies that rules apply not only to public community colleg...
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Postsecondary Participation--Access |
Adopted 11/2009 |
Postsec. | Uniform Recruitment and Retention Strategy (URRS)
19 TAC 1.4.O.4.240 -.245
Texas Educ. Code § 61.086 directs the higher education coordinating board to develop and annually update a uniform strategy to identify, att...
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Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements |
Adopted 11/2009 |
Postsec. | Top 10% Automatic Admissions Policy
19 TAC 1.5.A.5.5
Adopts rules expanding upon 2007 H.B. 3826 (80th Texas Legislature), amending provisions for students admitted to public universities under ...
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Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation |
Adopted 11/2009 |
Postsec. | Undergraduate Academic Certificate
19 TAC 1.4.B.4.36
Encourages institutions of higher education to develop undergraduate certificate programs of less than degree length, to be awarded upon com...
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Health |
Adopted 10/2009 |
P-12 | Control of Antibiotic-Resistant Staph Infections
25 TAC 1.97.A.97.7
Amends rules concerning the control of communicable diseases requiring exclusion from schools. Deletes the references to child-care faciliti...
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Leadership--District Superintendent |
Adopted 10/2009 |
P-12 | Superintendent Certificate
19 TAC 7.242.242.1, .5, .10, .15, .20, .25, .30
Amends rules that provide for the establishment of requirements for the issuance and renewal of the superintendent certificate. Pages 6-7 of...
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Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation |
Partial Rule Adoption 10/2009 |
P-12 | Principal Certificate
19 TAC 7.241.241.1, .5, .10, .15, .20, .25, .30, .35
Amends rules concerning provisions for the issuance and renewal of the principal certificate. Requires a principal or assistant principal em...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 10/2009 |
P-12 | Disciplinary Proceedings and Sanctions
19 TAC 7.249.B.249.14
Modifies the description of circumstances requiring a superintendent to report alleged misconduct of an educator who resigns from a school d...
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Postsecondary Online Instruction |
Issued 09/2009 |
Postsec. | Higher Education Cost Efficiencies
E.O. RP73
Directs the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in cooperation with Texas public institutions of higher education, to undertake a com...
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Postsecondary Accountability |
Adopted 08/2009 |
Postsec. | Quality and Effectiveness of Degree Programs
19 TAC 1.5.5.52
Requires each public institution of higher education to have a process to assess the quality and effectiveness of existing degree programs f...
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Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Adopted 08/2009 |
Postsec. | Professional Development for HECB Staff
19 TAC 1.1.A.1.19
Establishes rules concerning professional development through education and training for higher education coordinating board administrators ...
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Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Adopted 08/2009 |
Postsec. | Approval Process for new Bachelor's and Master's Programs, Certificate Programs
19 TAC 1.5.C.5.44
Amends the approval process for new bachelor's and master's programs. Makes the approval of new bachelor's and master's programs automatic i...
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Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Adopted 08/2009 |
Postsec. | Becoming Stand-Alone Institution
19 TAC 1.5.D.5.78
Changes the requirement of an off-campus educational unit on the Supply/Demand Pathway of attaining full- time equivalent enrollments of 3,5...
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Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Adopted 08/2009 |
Postsec. | Preliminary Degree Program Approval
19 TAC 1.5.B.5.24
Provides that preliminary authority to add a degree program is not necessary for a program that meets the following criteria: (a) the progra...
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Curriculum--Science |
Adopted 07/2009 |
P-12 | State Science Standards
19 TAC 2.112.A.112.1, .10 -.16
Establish revised science Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for implementation beginning with the 2010-2011 school year. Starting ...
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Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Education Agency Sunset
S.B. 2A
Relates to the governmental entities subject to the sunset review process. Extends the sunset of the education agency, the tax division, the...
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Standards |
Adopted 07/2009 |
P-12 | Middle School Science Standards
19 TAC 2.112.B.112.17 -.21
Establish revised middle school science Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for implementation beginning with the 2010-2011 school y...
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Standards |
Adopted 07/2009 |
P-12 | High School Science Standards
19 TAC 2.112.C.112.31 -.39, .41
Establish revised high school science Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for implementation beginning with the 2010-2011 school yea...
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Accountability |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Comprehensive Review of School Finance Weights, Allotments and Adjustments
H.B. 3646 - Section 65
Adds new Subchapter I in Chapter 42 of Education Code. Establishes the Select Committee on Public School Finance Weights, Allotments, and Ad...
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Accountability |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Special Accreditation Investigations
H.B. 3 - Section 59 - Part II
Adds to circumstances under which special accreditation investigations must be conducted. Directs the commissioner to authorize special accr...
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Accountability--Accreditation |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Assistance to Low-Performing Districts and Schools
H.B. 3 - Section 59 - Part IV
Amends language regarding actions the commissioner may take as regards a district that does not satisfy accreditation criteria, academic per...
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Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | District Reporting Requirements
H.B. 3041
Directs the state education agency to develop and maintain a comprehensive schedule that addresses all district reporting requirements (incl...
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Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Reporting Requirements
H.B. 3 - Section 59 - Part VIII (Parent and Educator Reports, Campus and District Report Cards)
Creates new Subchapter J, "Parent and Educator Reports." Provides that in addition to the indicators adopted under Section 39.053, the commi...
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Accountability--Rewards |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Teacher and Principal Awards
H.B. 3646 - Sections 11-14
Section 11: Provides that the educator excellence fund will be annually funded by an amount determined by legislative appropriation, rather ...
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Accountability--Rewards |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | School Recognition
H.B. 3 - Section 59 - Part VI (Distinction Designations and Awards)
Establishes new Subchapter G, "Distinction Designations". Directs the commissioner at the beginning of each school year to award distinction...
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Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Bonds
H.B. 3646 - Sections 69-72
Section 69: Adds new section 45.0531. Authorizes the state board by rule to establish a percentage of the cost value of the permanent school...
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Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Schools Liable to Reconstitution, Alternative Management, "Repurposing"
H.B. 3 - Section 59 - Part V
Directs a campus intervention team to assist a reconstituted campus in developing an *updated targeted* improvement plan (former language ca...
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Accountability--School Improvement |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | School Leadership Pilot Program for Principals
H.B. 4435
Clarifies requirement for mandatory participation in the School Leadership Pilot Program for Principals. Specifies that only a principal who...
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Adult Basic Education |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Interagency Literacy Council
H.B. 4328
Establishes the Interagency Literacy Council for the study, promotion and enhancement of literacy in the state. Specifies that one of the du...
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Adult Basic Education |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Increasing Workforce in High-Demand and "Green" Occupations
H.B. 1935 and H.B. 3, Section 64
Establishes the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) grant program and fund to award grants to public junior colleges and public technical in...
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Assessment |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | State and National Norms of Test Averages
S.B. 759
Relates to certain standards for group-administered achievement tests used by school districts; requires that state and national norms of av...
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Assessment |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Student Assessment Data Portal
H.B. 3 - Section 48 and 49
Deletes provision that education Internet portal provides secure access to student assessment data. Amends 32.258 to direct the state educat...
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Assessment |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Annual Improvement Needed for Student Success on Assessments
H.B. 3 - Section 58
Previous legislation on measuring annual improvement from one year to the next required the state education agency to determine the necessar...
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Assessment |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Determining Performance Standards on State Assessments
H.B. 3 - Section 53, Part II
Transfers from the state board to the commissioner the duty of determining the performance level considered satisfactory on specified assess...
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Assessment |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Limiting Test Prep
H.B. 3 - Section 55
Amends 39.0262. Specifies that a district may not administer locally-required assessments designed to prepare students for state-administere...
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Assessment--Accommodations |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | State Assessments
H.B. 3 - Section 50 through 52
Directs the state education agency, in developing state assessments for math, reading, writing, social studies and science for grades 3-8, t...
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Assessment--Accommodations |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Accommodations and Exemptions
H.B. 3 - Section 56
Whereas former language allowed students with an IEP to be exempted from criterion-referenced assessments in grades 3-8, end-of-course asses...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Flexible School Day Program Courses
H.B. 1297
Relates to optional flexible school day program courses offered by school districts to enable students to earn course credit under certain c...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | At-Risk Definition
H.B. 2703
Provides that a student is not considered at risk of dropping out of school if the student was retained in prekindergarten or kindergarten s...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12,
Community College,
Postsec. | Charter Schools Run by Two-Years
H.B. 1423
Allows public junior colleges (two-year institutions) to be granted charters to operate open-enrollment charter schools, including on the ju...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Programs to Improve High School and College Completion
S.B. 2258
Amends various provisions in Section 29.098 related to intensive summer programs for public school students and to college readiness program...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Alternative Education
H.B. 1425
Existing policy requires a county with a population greater than 125,000 to develop a juvenile justice alternative education program. This p...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Alcohol Awareness in the Health Curriculum
S.B. 1344
Directs the state board, in adopting the essential knowledge and skills (state standards) for the health curriculum, to adopt essential know...
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Attendance |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Excused Absence to Visit Colleges
H.B. 2542
Allows districts to grant excused absences for juniors and seniors visiting institutions of higher education. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/t...
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Attendance |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Student Election Clerks
S.B. 1134
Allows certain high school students to serve as election clerks. Provides an excused absence for such service. Adds new section 33.092 allow...
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Background Checks |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Background Checks
H.B. 2730 - Sections 6.11, 9A.03
Requires an entity subcontracting with a district, charter school or shared services agreement to obtain a criminal record information for e...
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Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Subsidy for CTE Certification Exams
H.B. 3646 - Section 22
Amends provisions related to state subsidies for employer certification exams taken by career/technical students. Eliminates requirement tha...
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Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Changes to Funding Formula
H.B. 3646 - Sections 49-51 and 53-55
Section 49: Creates new section 42.008. Caps any funding increase that might occur to $350 per student.
Section 50: Amends basic allotment f...
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Career/Technical Education |
Adopted 06/2009 |
P-12 | Teacher Certification
19 TAC 7.230.P.230.481 -.483
Amends §230.483(a)(4) to allow educator preparation programs to prepare teachers for health science technology education certification and t...
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Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | State Plan for Career and Technology Education
H.B. 3 - Section 41
Requires the state plan for career and technology education developed by the state education agency to ensure that career and technology edu...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Charter School Funding
H.B. 3646 - Section 5
Amends calculation for providing charter school funding. Pages 3-4 of 108: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB03646F.pd...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Adopted 06/2009 |
P-12 | Definition of "Former Charter Holder"
19 TAC 2.100.100.1011
Modifies the definition of "former charter holder" by including those charter schools that have been ordered closed by any applicable sectio...
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Curriculum |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Driver's Education
S.B. 1317
Bars the state from issuing a driver's license to a person under the age of 25 unless the person submits a driver education certificate that...
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Curriculum |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Driver's Education
H.B. 2730 - Sections 12.02 through -.04, 12.08, 12.13
Requires districts to consider offering a driver's education course each school year. Authorizes districts to charge fees for courses or con...
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Curriculum--Drivers Education |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Distractions While Driving
S.B. 1107
Requires driver education curriculum to include information regarding distractions while driving, including the effect of using a wireless c...
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Curriculum--Environmental Education |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Environmental Education Partnership Fund
H.B. 2748
Abolishes the Texas Environmental Education Partnership Fund. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB02748F.pdf...
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Curriculum--Family Living Education |
Became law without governor's signature 06/2009 |
P-12 | Parenting and Paternity Awareness Program
S.B. 1219
At the district's discrection, authorizes a teacher of a mandated parenting and paternity awareness program in the high school health curric...
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Curriculum--Family Living Education |
Became law without governor's signature 06/2009 |
P-12 | Parenting Curricula
H.B. 3076
Authorizes districts to use in the middle school or junior high curriculum the parenting and paternity awareness (p.a.p.a.) program that is ...
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Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Personal Financial Literacy
H.B. 3646 - Section 3
Provides that one of the services districts and campuses may purchase from regional education service centers is training and assistance in ...
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Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Financial Literacy Pilot Program
H.B. 3646 - Section 23
Increases number of districts eligible to participate in the financial literacy pilot program from 25 to 100. Directs the state education ag...
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Curriculum--Mathematics |
Vetoed 06/2009 |
P-12 | Loan Repayment for Math and Science Teachers
H.B. 518, Section 3
Beginning in the 2012-13 school year, directs the higher education coordinating board to assist in repaying the eligible student loans of ce...
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Curriculum--Physical Education |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Physical Education
S.B. 891
Specifies criteria that physical education programs must meet. Requires each district to establish specific objectives and goals the distric...
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Curriculum--Science |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Electronic Textbooks and Instructional Materials
H.B. 4294
Relates to instructional materials and technological equipment in public schools. Adds Section 31.0231, "Electronic Textbook and Instruction...
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Demographics--Condition of Children/Adults |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Texas AgriLife Extension Service
H.B. 3429
Directs the Texas AgriLife Extension Service to make a presentation to the commissioner of education and other agency heads and provide copi...
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Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Engineering, Applied Science and Applied Technology
H.B. 2425
Authorizes private higher education institutions to participate in specified engineering recruitment programs, including one-week summer pro...
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Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
Postsec. | In-State Tuition for Employees of Certain Businesses
S.B. 2244
Existing policy provides in-state tuition and fees to employees who took up residence in Texas as a result of employment by a business or or...
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Finance--Bonds |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Providing Credit Enhancement for Bonds
H.B. 3646 - Section 75
Adds "Intercept Program to Provide Credit Enhancement for Bonds," subchapter I, to Chapter 45 of the Education Code. Enhances districts' abi...
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Finance--Bonds |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | District Finance
H.B. 3646 - Sections 66-68 and 86
Section 66: Establishes provisions allowing a school district to adopt a budget after the district adopts a tax rate for the tax year in whi...
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Finance--District |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Auditing Procedures
H.B. 2549
Amends auditing procedures for and authority of county education departments in counties with a population of 3 million or more. http://www....
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Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Applications for Certain Programs
H.B. 3646 - Sections 17-19
Section 17: Directs the commissioner, in reviewing a funding application for an extended year program, to give priority to districts with hi...
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Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Distribution of Foundation School Fund
H.B. 3646 - Sections 60-61
Section 60: Provides that additional district allotment for students in average daily attendance in grades 9-12 must be paid at the same tim...
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Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Repeals
H.B. 3646 - Section 105
Specifies that, among other sections repealed, Sections 30A.153, "Allocation of Funds for Students Enrolled in School Districts and Open-Enr...
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Finance--Resource Efficiency |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Financial Accountability
H.B. 3 - Section 59 - Part III
Former law called for the creation of a single financial accountability rating system. New enactment directs the commissioner, in consultati...
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Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | SEA Funds
H.B. 3646 - Sections 40 and 41
Section 40: Specifies that the state education agency is to use funds appropriated for such purposes to develop (1) summer study guides to h...
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Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Outside Legal Counsel for Teacher Retirement System
H.B. 1259
Sets conditions and procedures permitting the the Teacher Retirement System to hire outside legal counsel to provide legal services. http://...
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Health |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
Postsec. | Bacterial Meningitis and Postsecondary Compliance Programs
H.B. 4189
Creates new Section 51.9192. Applies to first-time students enrolling in public, private and independent institutions of higher education on...
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Health |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Web Site on Special Health Needs
H.B. 1322
Directs the state education agency to establish a Web site for teachers of students with special health needs. Requires the Web site to incl...
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Health |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Coordinated School Health Program
S.B. 892
Requires the campus improvement plan of an an elementary, middle or junior high school to set goals and objectives for a coordinated health ...
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Health |
Adopted 06/2009 |
P-12 | Integrated Pest Management in Schools
4 TAC 1.7.7.150, .153
§7.150 is repealed and adopted with new language. Specifies requirements for school districts to follow in implementing an integrated pest m...
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Health--Child Abuse |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Child Sexual Abuse and Child Abuse
H.B. 1041
Requires districts to adopt policies regarding sexual abuse of children. Specifies that policies must address methods of increasing parent, ...
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Health--Child Abuse |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Child Abuse and Teacher Certification
H.B. 2876
Relates to the authority of an administrative law judge to order the release of information concerning a child abuse and neglect investigati...
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High School |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Job Corps Diploma Programs Ratings
H.B. 3 - Section 20
Authorizes the commissioner to develop a system of distinction designations consistent with those developed for purposes of accreditation sa...
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High School--College Readiness |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | College-Ready Indicators on End-of-Course Assessments
H.B. 3 - Section 27
Eliminates provision that a student's performance on a college-ready question on an end-of-course assessment may not be used to determine th...
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High School--College Readiness |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Diplomas for Students Demonstrating Early Readiness for College
H.B. 3 - Section 32
Requires any research university that chooses to participate in the pilot program to:
(1) Post on its Web site the benchmarks students must ...
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High School--College Readiness |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | College Readiness Standards
H.B. 3 - Section 53, Part I
Defines "college-readiness" as the level of preparation a student must attain in English language arts and math to enroll and succeed, witho...
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High School--College Readiness |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 |
H.B. 3 - Section 61 and 63 (College Placement Testing and Math, Science Courses for High-Demand Occupations)
Section 61: Provides that a student who has completed a recommended or advanced high school program and demonstrated the performance standar...
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High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12,
Community College | Dual Enrollment Courses
H.B. 2480
Authorizes junior colleges (two-year institutions) to enter into agreements with school districts to offer courses for joint high school and...
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High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Dual/Concurrent Enrollment
H.B. 3646 - Section 15
Specifies that a district is not required to pay a student's tuition or other costs to participate in the college credit program as establis...
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High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Dual Credit Study
H.B. 3646 - Section 91
Directs the commissioner of education, in collaboration with the commissioner of higher education, to conduct a study of dual credit program...
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High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges |
Vetoed 06/2009 |
Postsec. | Funding for Certain Excess Undergraduate Credit Hours
S.B. 1343
From Bill Analysis (http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/analysis/pdf/SB01343F.pdf):
Students in a four-year institution are required t...
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High School--Exit Exams |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | End-of-Course Assessments and Exit Exam Transition
H.B. 3 - Section 54
Repeals existing language on means to determine completion of end-of-course assessment requirements. Replaces with language requiring studen...
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High School--Graduation Requirements |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | High School Graduation Requirements
H.B. 3 - Section 30
Directs the state board to designate the specific foundation courses (English, math, science, social studies) required for completion of the...
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Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | District Grading Policies
S.B. 2033
Directs all school districts to adopt a grading policy before each school year. Specifies the district grading policy (1) must require a cla...
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Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. | GPA and University Admissions
H.B. 3- Section 31
Amends Section 28.0252, authorizing the commissioner of education to develop a standard method of calculating student grade point average (G...
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Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Council on Children and Families
S.B. 1646
Creates the Council on Children and Families to coordinate the state's health, education and human services systems to ensure that children ...
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Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | School Leadership Pilot Program
H.B. 3 - Section 9
Clarifies language in Section 11.203 regarding participation in the school leadership pilot program for principals. Specifies that an indivi...
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Middle School |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | High School Innovation Grant Initiative
H.B. 2263
Extends the high school innovation grant initiative to middle and junior high schools. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf...
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Middle School |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Revised K-12 Curriculum Requirements
H.B. 3 - Section 25
Requires the state board to adopt rules requiring students in grades 6-8 to complete at least one fine arts course.
Each time the Texas Hig...
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Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Virtual Courses
H.B. 3646 - Sections 26-32
Section 26: Amends provisions regarding eligibility for full-time enrollment in courses provided through the state virtual school network.
...
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Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. | State Virtual School Network
H.B. 3646 - Sections 35-38
Section 35: Directs the commissioner to establish rules regarding procedures for verifying that teachers of electronic courses through the s...
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Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Distance Learning Studies
H.B. 3646 - Sections 92 and 98
Section 92: Directs the state education agency to evaluate whether providers of different types of electronic courses offered through the st...
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P-3 |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Federal Funds
H.B. 635
Authorizes the Texas Education Agency to seek, accept and distribute grants awarded by the federal government or any other public or private...
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P-3 |
Adopted 06/2009 |
P-12 | Actions When a Child Care Provider is Placed on Corrective or Adverse Action
40 TAC 20.809.E.809.94
Sets forth actions the workforce commission and local workforce development boards must take when a child care provider is placed on correct...
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Postsecondary |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
Postsec.,
Community College | College Syllabi, Faculty CVs and Work-Study Opportunities
H.B. 2504 - Section 1 and 2
Relates to requiring a public institution of higher education to make available to the public on the institution's Internet Web site the syl...
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Postsecondary |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
Postsec. | Environmental Service Fees
H.B. 3353 and S.B. 2182
These identical companion bills authorize institutions of higher education to charge students an environmental service fee, if approved by a...
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Postsecondary |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
Postsec. | Enhancing Research Universities and Emerging Research Universities
H.B. 51 - Section 1
Directs each research university and emerging research university to submit to the coordinating board a strategic plan documenting the insti...
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Postsecondary |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
Postsec. | Interim Study Regarding Technology Research Data Collection
H.B. 51 - Section 18
Creates a select interim committee to study the feasibility of maintaining a searchable electronic database or other data collection regardi...
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Postsecondary Accountability |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
Postsec. | Institutional Groupings in State Postsecondary Accountability System
H.B. 51 - Section 7
Creates new Section 61.0904. Directs the higher education coordinating board to conduct a review at least once every 10 years of the institu...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
Postsec. | Tuition Set-Asides for Financial Aid
S.B. 1304
Creates new Section 56.014. Directs institutions of higher education that are required to set aside a portion of student tuition payments to...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
Postsec. | Resident Tuition for Competitive Scholarship Recipients
H.B. 4244
Amends provision of resident tuition for competitive scholarship recipients. Authorizes institutions to determine whether to charge resident...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
Postsec. | Armed Services Scholarship Program
H.B. 3452
Creates the Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program. Provides eligible students must be a member in good standing of an ROTC program while ...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Information on College Costs and Financial Aid
H.B. 2504 - Section 3 and S.B. 1764
Directs the higher education coordinating board to prescribe uniform standards to ensure that information on the cost of attending Texas pub...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
Postsec. | Tuition/Fee Waivers for Firefighters, Peace Officers
H.B. 2347
Amends existing language on tuition and fee exemptions for firefighters. Adds new subsection providing tuition/fee exemptions to peace offic...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Vetoed 06/2009 |
Postsec. | Texas Save and Match Program
S.B. 1760
Re-establishes the Texas Save and Match Program (currently under 54.7521). Under new program, the prepaid higher education tuition board ope...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
Postsec. | Tuition Waivers for Firefighters
H.B. 2013
Amends provisions related to to tuition and laboratory fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for qualified volunteer fir...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
Postsec. | Tuition Exemptions for Veterans
S.B. 93
Existing law provides an exemption from student fees for military personnel. Amended provision also provides military personnel with tuition...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Scholarships for Students Graduating in Top 10% of High School Class
S.B. 175 - Section 5
Establishes scholarship program for students graduating in the top 10% of their high school class, to encourage them to public institutions ...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Textbooks |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
Postsec. | Textbook Purchases
H.B. 1096
Requires each institution of higher education to provide all students with written notification on the availability of required textbooks th...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
Community College,
Postsec. | Fee Waivers for Veterans
S.B. 847
Amends provisions relating to postsecondary fee waivers for military personnel and their children. Authorizes public technical institutes an...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. | In-State Tuition for Residents; Tuition Waiver to Children of Parents in Overseas Active Duty
S.B. 297
Allows in-state tuition to any veteran who files with the institution at which he/she intends to register a letter of intent to establish re...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
Postsec. | Prepaid Tuition Program
S.B. 1941
Makes various changes allowing tuition units purchased through the Prepaid Tuition Unit Undergraduate Education Program to be used to pay tu...
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Postsecondary Faculty--Compensation |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Work During Natural Disaster or Other Extraordinary Circumstance
S.B. 2298
Provides that the requirement that 6 months elapse between a higher education state employee's merit salary increases does not apply to a on...
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Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
Postsec. | Developing Programs of the Highest National Rank or Recognition
H.B. 51 - Section 5 and 6
Section 5: Directs the higher education coordinating board biennially to determine the appropriate amount for funding the program in Section...
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Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
Postsec. | Increasing Stature of Texas Universities
H.B. 51 - Section 12 and 13
Adds Subchapters C, D, F and G to Chapter 62 of the Education Code.
Subchapter C creates the "Research University Development Fund" to prov...
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Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
Postsec. | Definitions and Categories of Research Expenditures
H.B. 51 - Section 19
Directs the higher education coordinating board to study and make recommendations on the appropriate definitions and categories of research ...
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Postsecondary Finance--Efficiency/Performance-Based Funding |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
Postsec. | Cost-Savings and Electronic Textbooks
H.B. 4149
Directs the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to identify achievable cost-saving measures at public institutions of higher education...
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Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
Postsec. | Student Participation on Board Advisory Committees
S.B. 1729
Provides that the term of a student representative on a higher education coordinating board advisory committee may not be less than two year...
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Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
Community College,
Postsec. | Junior College District Employees
H.B. 1568
Authorizes the governing board of a junior college district to exempt a district employee from all or a portion of student tuition and fees....
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Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
Community College,
Postsec. | Community Colleges and Economic Development
H.B. 2169
Authorizes the Texas Workforce Commission to establish by rule additional job incentive programs to create incentives for public community a...
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Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12,
Community College,
Postsec. | Admissions Requirements
H.B. 2424
Exempts Lamar State College--Orange and Lamar State College--Port Arthur from the requirement that an applicant for admission to a general a...
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Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
Postsec. | Exception to Automatic Admission of Students in Top 10% of High School Class
S.B. 175 - Section 1, subsections (a)-(f), (j)-(k)
Permits the University of Texas at Austin to make an exception to the statute requiring all general academic teaching institutions to admit ...
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Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Automatic Admission of Applicants Completing Core Curriculum at Another Institution
S.B. 175 - Section 2
Requires a general academic teaching institution to admit any applicant for admission as a transfer undergraduate student who (1) graduated ...
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Postsecondary Students--Foster Youth |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Foster Care Students
S.B. 2248
Directs the state education agency to assist the transition of foster care students from one school to another by specified means, including...
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Promising Practices |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Best Practices Clearinghouse
H.B. 3 - Section 1
Amends responsibilities of state education agency's best practices clearinghouse. Eliminates directive for clearinghouse to provide best pra...
| More... |
Promotion/Retention |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Student Promotion
H.B. 3 - Section 28 and 29
Section 28: Provides that in determining student promotion, a district must consider the student's teacher's recommendation, the student 's ...
| More... |
Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Participation in Teacher Reading Academy
H.B. 3 - Section 24
Amends action that triggers a teacher's participation in a teacher reading academy. Former provision required teacher to participate in read...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Student Firearm Possession while Not on School Campus
H.B. 1020
Provides that a student may not be expelled solely on the basis of the student's use, exhibition or possession of a firearm at an approved t...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Leave Time for Assaulted Staff
H.B. 1470
Requires school districts to notify employees that they are entitled to leave time if physically assaulted during the performance of their r...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Disclosure of Child Misdemeanor Information
S.B. 1056
Bars criminal justice agencies from publicly disclosing criminal history information related to a child's conviction for a misdemeanor offen...
| More... |
School Safety--Disaster/Emergency Preparedness |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Disaster Relief
H.B. 4102
Relates to the disaster contingency fund and relief for school districts located in a disaster area. Provides that a government entity that ...
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School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Regional Education Service Center Plans
H.B. 3 - Section 4
Modifies content of improvement plans regional education service centers must annually develop to describe services to be provided schools i...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Sharing Underused Postsecondary Classrooms
H.B. 746
Authorizes an institution of higher education to make available underused classrooms for use by a public junior college for teaching core co...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Portable/Modular Classrooms
H.B. 2763
Defines "relocatable educational facility." Provides that a relocatable educational facility purchased or leased on or after January 1, 2010...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. | K-12/Postsecondary Sharing of Facility Costs
H.B. 3646 - Section 74
Authorizes a school district and an institution of higher education located wholly or partially in the county in which the district is locat...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Food Service |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Interagency Farm-to-School Coordination Task Force
S.B. 1027
Establishes an interagency farm-to-school coordination task force to promote a healthy diet for schoolchildren and the business of small to ...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Food Service |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Nutrition Education
S.B. 282
Authorizes the department of agriculture to develop an outreach program to promote better health and nutrition programs and prevent obesity ...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Seatbelts in School Passenger Vans
H.B. 537
Relates to the transportation of children in passenger vans; creates an offense if a person allows a child younger than 17 years of age who ...
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Special Education |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Disability Services
H.B. 748
Authorizes a person providing disability services to contract with a state school or state center to provide services and resources for indi...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Special Education Grants
H.B. 3646 - Section 16
Adds section 29.018. Directs the commissioner, using federal, appropriated state funds, or any other funds available, to make grants availab...
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Special Populations--Corrections Education |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Virtual School and High School Allotments
H.B. 3646 - Sections 56 and 57
Section 56: Creates new sections 42.159 and 42.160. Section 42.159 provides that for each student who completes a semester-long electronic c...
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Special Populations--Corrections Education |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Virtual Courses for Corrections Ed. Students
H.B. 3646 - Section 94
Directs the investigate the feasibility of creating one or more series of courses to be provided through the state virtual school network th...
| More... |
Special Populations--Corrections Education |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Serving Mentally Retarded Offenders
S.B. 643
New provision defines alleged offender resident as a person with mental retardation who is charged with or convicted of a criminal offense, ...
| More... |
Special Populations--Foster Care |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Evaluation of Educational Outcomes of Foster Care Students
S.B. 939
Directs the state education agency and the department of family and protective services to enter into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) re...
| More... |
Special Populations--Gifted and Talented |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | G+T and Retaining Quality Teachers
H.B. 3 - Section 59 - Part VII (Gifted and Talented and Retaining Quality Educators)
Creates Section 39.236, "Gifted and Talented Standards." Directs the commissioner to adopt standards to evaluate district gifted and talente...
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State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Interagency Task Force for Children with Special Needs
S.B. 1824
Defines "children with special needs" as children younger than 22 diagnosed with a chronic illness, intellectual or other developmental disa...
| More... |
STEM |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. | STEM Teacher Preparation and Professional Development
S.B. 2262
Transfers 21.462, "Mathematics, Science and Technology Teacher Preparation Academies," to 61.0766. Allows a teacher with at least two years ...
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Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
Postsec. | Financial Aid Guidance for Veterans
H.B. 3951
Requires public institutions of higher education to ensure that one or more employees is trained in understanding state and federal student ...
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Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | School Counselors
H.B. 3646 - Section 39
Rewrites 33.002 regarding certified school counselors. Directs the commissioner to distribute funds for school counselor and counseling prog...
| More... |
Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Higher Education Assistance Plan
S.B. 175 - Section 6
Directs the higher education coordinating board to develop a plan under which each public high school that is, as determined by the board, s...
| More... |
Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Counseling about Automatic Admissions Policy
S.B. 175 - Section 3 and 4
Requires districts to notify every high school student, at the time the student first registers for one or more classes required for high sc...
| More... |
Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Outreach to Top 10% Seniors
S.B. 175 - Section 1, subsections (g), ((l)
Directs the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to institute a program to improve the outreach efforts of general academic teaching in...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Preliminary Evaluation of License Eligibility
H.B. 963
Adds new Subchapter D, "Preliminary Evaluation of License Eligibility" to Chapter 53, Occupations Code. Authorizes an individual to request ...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Educators Certified Outside Texas
H.B. 4152
Relates to certification of an educator in Texas who is certified in another state or country. Requires an educator certified in another sta...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | License Denial, Suspension or Revocation
H.B. 2808
Specifies that provisions barring a licensing agency from considering a person under certain circumstances to have been convicted of an offe...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative |
Adopted 06/2009 |
P-12 | Emergency Permits for Certified Teachers
19 TAC 7.230.Q.230.501
Emphasizes that consent is required when a certified teacher is to be placed on an emergency permit. ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Natl. Bd. for Prof. Teach. Stds. |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Educator Excellence Awards Program
H.B. 709
Adds national board-certified teachers as a group of educators eligible to be awarded stipends for improved student achievement through the ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Special Education |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Research-Based Training
S.B. 451
Requires a district to provide an educator working primarily outside the area of special education with research-based training on serving s...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Transfer of Service Record
H.B. 1365
Upon request by a teacher, librarian, nurse or counselor or by the district employing one of those individuals, requires a district that pre...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Certain School Staff Salaries
H.B. 3646 - Sections 6-9
Sections 6 and 9: Beginning with the 2009-10 school year, requires each school district and each charter holder that operated an open-enroll...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Teacher Mentors
S.B. 1290
Specifies that teachers eligible for mentors are those with less than two years' teaching experience in the subject or grade level to which ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Tuition Waivers for Paraprofessionals
S.B. 1798
Amends procedures for educational aides to receive an exemption from tuition and fees charged by public institutions of higher education. ht...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Professional Development |
Adopted 06/2009 |
P-12 | Centers for Professional Development of Teachers
19 TAC 7.230.E.230.121
Repeals rules concerning Centers for Professional Development of Teachers because these centers no longer exist. ...
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Technology |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Technology Demonstration Sites and Computer Lending Pilot Program
H.B. 2893
Changes the "Technology Immersion Pilot Project" to the "Technology Demonstration Sites Project." Changes the purposes of the project to:
(1...
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Textbooks and Open Source |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Textbooks
H.B. 1332
Specifies that all electronic textbooks and technological equipment must be returned at the end of the school year in the same manner as tra...
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Textbooks and Open Source |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Open-Source Textbooks
H.B. 2488
Defines open-source textbooks as textbooks downloadable from the Internet at no cost to the student. Requires districts and charter schools ...
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Curriculum--Drivers Education |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 | Alternative Driver's Education Courses
S.B. 858
Authorizes a driver education school to teach all or part of the classroom portion of an approved driver education course by an alternative ...
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Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
Postsec. | Texas Career Opportunity Grant Program
H.B. 3519
Requires the Texas Workforce Commission and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to enter into a memorandum of understanding for th...
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Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 | Internet Broadcasts of Open Meetings
H.B. 772
Provides for Internet broadcasts of open meetings held by the state board of education. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pd...
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Health |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 | Adolescent Health
H.C.R. 88
Directs the department of state health Services and the state education agency and all other state agencies that provide information, servic...
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P-3 |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 | Information for Parents of Newborns
H.B. 1240
Relates to information required to be provided to parents of an infant. Provides that if a woman is a recipient of medical assistance, she m...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Adopted 05/2009 |
Postsec. | Student Financial Need
19 TAC 1.21.A.21.8
Establishes rule concerning the definition of student's financial need. Defines need as the difference between the student's cost of attenda...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
Postsec. | Tuition Equalization Grant Program
H.B. 4476
Amends eligibility requirements for the Tuition Equalization Grant Program, which allows financially needy students to attend private, non-p...
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School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 | Personal and Sick Leave
S.B. 522
Bars district policies from the order in which an employee may use certain types of personal and sick leave. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tl...
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School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 | Employee Grievances
H.B. 2512
Requires districts to allow an employee reporting a grievance to make an audio recording of any meeting in which the grievance is investigat...
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Special Education |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 | Autism Spectrum Disorders Resource Center
H.B. 1574
Establishes an autism spectrum disorders resource center to coordinate resources for individuals with autism and other pervasive development...
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Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Adopted 04/2009 |
P-12 | State Aid for Ad Valorem Tax Credits
19 TAC 2.61.AA.61.1019
Establishes rules concerning additional state aid for ad valorem tax credits under the Texas Economic Development Act. Allows the commission...
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P-3 Preschool |
Adopted 03/2009 |
P-12 | Prekindergarten Early Start Grant Program
19 TAC 2.102.AA.102.1002
Establishes new procedural and reporting requirements for prekindergarten grants to school districts, open- enrollment charter schools, and ...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Adopted 02/2009 |
P-12 | Communities in Schools Program
19 TAC 2.89.EE.89.1501 -1503, .1505, .1507, .1509, .1511
Establishes definitions and an equitable funding formula for local Communities In Schools (CIS) Programs for youth dropout prevention....
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No Child Left Behind--Assessment |
Adopted 02/2009 |
P-12 | Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills
19 TAC 2.101.B.101.23
Sets the standard of satisfactory performance on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS), as appropriate for the reading and mat...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Adopted 02/2009 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Tuition Exemption for Veterans and Their Dependents
19 TAC 1.21.NN.21.2100, .2101, .2103, .2106 -.2108
Amends rules concerning the higher education program for veterans and their dependent. Deletes provision defining a child as a dependent if ...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Adopted 02/2009 |
Postsec. | Scholarships for Students Graduating in Top 10% of Their Class
19 TAC 1.22.K.22.196 -.202
Establishes new rules concerning provisions for Scholarships for Students Graduating in the Top 10 Percent of Their High School Class....
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Postsecondary Students--Graduate/Professional |
Adopted 02/2009 |
Postsec. | Publishing of Doctoral Program Data
19 TAC 1.5.C.5.51
Requires public institutions with doctoral programs to publish information on their Web sites regarding the "18 Characteristics of Doctoral ...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Adopted 02/2009 |
P-12 | School Bus Safety Standards
37 TAC 1.14.D.14.51 -.54
Sets forth the vehicle equipment specifications for school buses, school activity buses and multifunction school activity buses. http://info...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Adopted 02/2009 |
P-12 | School Bus Safety Standards
37 TAC 1.14.A.14.1
Establishes definitions relating to school bus safety standards....
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School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Adopted 02/2009 |
P-12 | School Bus Drivers
37 TAC 1.14.B.14.11 -.14
Adopts rules concerning school bus driver eligibility and application procedures. http://info.sos.state.tx.us/pls/pub/readtac$ext.ViewTAC?ta...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Adopted 02/2009 |
P-12 | School Bus Drivers
37 TAC 1.14.C.14.31 -.36
Sets forth the requirements of the driver safety training program for drivers of school buses, school activity buses and multifunction schoo...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Adopted 02/2009 |
P-12 | Advertising on School Buses
37 TAC 1.14.E.14.61 -.65
Sets forth the advertising display requirements for school buses (repeals and replaces earlier language). Establishes a traffic crash report...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Adopted 08/2008 |
P-12 | Dropout Recovery Pilot Program
19 TAC 2.102.EE.102.1056
The adopted new rule establishes procedures for a grant program for dropout recovery that meets the requirements of the Strategic Plan of th...
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Student Supports--Remediation |
Adopted 06/2008 |
P-12 | Intensive Summer Program Grants
19 TAC 1.4.L.4.210 -.214
The Intensive Summer Program purpose is to create pilot programs in which institutions of higher education provide intensive academic instru...
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Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary |
Adopted 01/2008 |
Postsec. | Private and Out-of-State Public Postsecondary Educational Institutions
Chapter 7, Subchapter A, Sections 7.1 - 7.24
Establishes new rules concerning Private and Out-of- State Public Postsecondary Educational Institutions Operating in Texas. Allows the Texa...
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Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Adopted 12/2007 |
P-12 | Accountability
19 TAC Chapter 97
Adopts new 19 TAC Chapter 97, Planning and Accountability, Subchapter EE, Accreditation Status, Standards, and Sanctions. The new subchapter...
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Bilingual/ESL |
Adopted 12/2007 |
P-12 | Outline of Instruction for English Language Learners
19 TAC 2.74.A.74.4
Outlines the instruction school districts must provide to English language learners in order for them to have the full opportunity to learn ...
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P-16 or P-20 |
Adopted 12/2007 |
P-12 | Education Research Centers
19 TAC Chapter 95
This item adopts new 19 TAC Chapter 95, Commissioner's Rules Concerning Education Research Centers, §95.1001, Operation of Education Researc...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Adopted 11/2007 |
P-12 | Dropout Prevention Strategy Plan
19 TAC §89.1701
HB 2237, 80th Texas Legislature, 2007, added the TEC, §29.918, requiring districts with a high dropout rate to develop a dropout prevention ...
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Finance--Bonds |
Unofficially approved by Voters. 11/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Bonds to Finance Student Loans
V. 2
(PROPOSITION 2; SJR 57 2007)Proposes a constitutional amendment to provide for the issuance of a specified amount of general obligation bond...
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Governance |
Adopted 11/2007 |
Community College | New Baccalaureate Programs at Community College Level
19 TAC 1.5.B.5.21 -.23
Requires selected community colleges to follow the preliminary authority requirements before proposing new baccalaureate degree programs. TE...
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Bilingual/ESL |
Adopted 09/2007 |
P-12 | Adaptations for Special Populations
19 TAC Chapter 89
Revise the process of applying for a bilingual exception and/or an English as a second language (ESL) waiver. Other adopted amendments add l...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Adopted 08/2007 |
P-12 | Waivers to Extend Generalist Certificates
19 TAC 7.233.233.2
Amends rules regarding generalist certificates to provide legal authority to school districts with approved waivers to extend the assignment...
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Accountability--Rewards |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | Modifies Use of Rewards
H.B. 2399
House Bill 2399 amends the Education Code to allow a school campus to use the 25 percent of its student achievement program award that is no...
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Attendance |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | Excused Absence for Court Appearance
H.B. 2455
House Bill 2455 amends the Education Code to require a school district to grant an excused absence for a student ordered to make a court app...
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Bilingual/ESL |
Adopted 07/2007 |
P-12 | Dual Immersion Programs
89.1613
Defines and establishes procedures, quality assurance for dual immersion programs.
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tacupdates/july2007/ch08...
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Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Texas Governor's Schools
H.B. 1748
House Bill 1748 amends the Education Code to transfer all powers and duties relating to the Texas governor's schools program from the Texas ...
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Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | Accounting Modifications
H.B. 2365
From fiscal note: The bill would allow the state and political subdivisions of the state to follow state statutory modified accrual standard...
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Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | School Land Board's Authority
H.B. 3699
House Bill 3699 amends the Natural Resources Code and the Education Code to broaden the School Land Board's (SLB) authority to manage and co...
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Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
Postsec. | Contracts
H.B. 3291
House Bill 3291 amends the Education Code to prohibit the board of regents of a public college or university from entering into a contract f...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | Placement of Students Who Are Sex Offenders
S.B. 6
From fiscal note: [Part of} this bill would also define policies and procedures for notfication and placement of students required to regist...
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Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Exemptions for No-Pass No-Play Law
S.B. 1517
Standardizes the exemptions for students enrolled in certain advanced courses from the requirement that a student be suspended from particip...
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Assessment |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Adminstering International Assessments
H.B. 3259
Establishes a program for school districts to administer international assessment tests to students in the district and specifies a funding ...
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Assessment |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | End-of-course Assessments
S.B. 1031
From bill analysis: This bill would phase out TAKS and replace it with end of course exams in the four core subject areas in grades 9-12. Th...
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Assessment--Formative/Interim |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Intensive Math and Science Intervention Pilot
H.B. 2504
Requires the commissioner to establish an intensive mathematics and algebra intervention pilot program for students not performing at grade ...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | High School Completion and Success Initiative
H.B. 2237
From bill analysis: Establishes the High School Completion and Success Initiative in order to improve secondary school instruction in Texas....
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Attendance |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Truancy Reporting
S.B. 1161
Increases the time frame required for a school district to report to certain authorities, from seven to 10 days, if a student has not attend...
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Bilingual/ESL |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Dual Language Pilot Project
H.B. 2814
Creates a dual language education pilot project including not more than 30 campuses in 10 districts statewide. School districts participatin...
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Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Awareness of Career and Technology Education
H.B. 3485
From bill analysis: The purpose of this bill is to raise awareness about the value of career and technology education by including it in exi...
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Curriculum--Excusal |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
Postsec. | Foreign Student Course Exemptions
S.B. 1051
Exempts foreign students enrolled in joint degree programs with Texas universities from the statutorily required 12 semester credit hours of...
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Curriculum--Physical Education |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Physical Education Requirements and Exemptions
S.B. 530 and 19 TAC Chapter 103, Subchapter AA, §103.1001
From bill analysis: Provides that a school district shall require a student enrolled in kindergarten or a grade level below grade six to par...
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Curriculum--Science |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Nature Science Curriuclum
H.B. 1700
H.B. 1700 implements nature science curriculum on a statewide level. The Texas Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Center of Texas Te...
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Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
Postsec. | Commission on Higher Education and Global Competitiveness
H.C.R. 159
Requests that the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of representatives create a select commission on higher ed...
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Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Employers for Education Excellence Award
S.B. 1433
Requires the State Board of Education (board) to create the Employers for Education Excellence Award, to encourage businesses to implement p...
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Finance |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | School Finance- Guaranteed Yield
H.B. 828
Relates to the guaranteed yield of school district enrichment taxes to fund the maintenance and operations of public schools.
http://www.cap...
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Finance--Equity |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Equalized Wealth
H.B. 3226
Relates to the equalization of property wealth in certain school districts; provides that, if a school district's wealth per student exceeds...
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Governance |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
Postsec. | Certficate of Recognition for Donations
S.B. 469
Requires the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) to produce a certificate of recognition to any person who contributes $10,000...
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Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
Postsec. | Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
S.B. 1007
Authorizes a student to serve as a student representative on Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB), but without voting power. Th...
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Health |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Coordinated Health Program
H.B. 3618
From bill analysis: Student populations along the Texas-Mexico border suffer from high rates of Type 2 diabetes and are at an increased risk...
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Health--Child Abuse |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Prevention of Child Abuse
S.B. 1456
Requires the Texas Education Agency to maintain on its website links to information regarding the prevention of child abuse and to develop a...
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High School |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Diplomas Received Posthumously
H.B. 1563
Upon the request of the parent, requires school districts to posthumously issue a high school diploma to a student who died while enrolled i...
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High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Dual Enrollment Notification to Parents
S.B. 282
Requires school districts to notify parents, whose children are in high school, about the availability of programs under which a student may...
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Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Homeschooled Student Access to College Prep Tests
H.B. 1844
From bill analysis: Currently, students who are home-schooled and have completed college preparatory education are not allowed to participat...
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Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Withholding Funding When Goals Not Met
H.B. 1609
Codifies provisions concerning program performance goals, objectives, and measures and provides the commissioner of education authority to w...
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Leadership |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Roles of and Relationship Between Boards and Superintendents
H.B. 2563
Clarifies the precise roles and relationship between boards and superintendents. Provides the major responsibilities of a board in a way tha...
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No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | AYP Calculations
H.B. 3092
Provides that a student who is sent to a juvenile detention facility or a residential program is not considered to be a student of the schoo...
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Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Pilot Program of Technology-Based Supplemental Instruction
H.B. 2864
Directs the Commissioner of Education to establish a pilot program providing grants to school districts with enrollment of fewer than 5,000 ...
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Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | State Virtual School Network
S.B. 1788
Establishes a state virtual school network (network) so students throughout the state can have access to course work which may not otherwise...
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Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
Postsec. | Independent Law School Accreditation
S.B. 480
Adds the American Bar Association as a recognized accrediting agent in Texas under Section 61.003 (15) of the Education Code. This is the on...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
Postsec. | Scholarship Prohibitions for Relatives of Board Members
S.B. 1325
Prohibits relatives of public college and university board members from receiving certain scholarships from the institution or system whose ...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
Postsec. | Flexibility in Student Tuition Payments
S.B. 1232
Provides flexibility in installment plans used by students to pay tuition and fees to an institution of higher education. The bill authorize...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
Postsec. | Tuition Refunds
S.B. 1231
Relates to refunding tuition and mandatory fees at institutions of higher education for dropped courses and student withdrawals.
http://www....
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Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Vetoed 06/2007 |
Community College,
Postsec. | Reduced Tuition
H.B. 544
Allows public junior colleges and community colleges to reduce tuition for all out-of-district students who live in the service area and can...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
Postsec. | Refunds for Acive Duty Military Who Withdraw
S.B. 309
Requires career schools and colleges to refund tuition and fees to a student who withdraws from the institution as a result of being called ...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Became law without governor's signature 06/2007 |
Postsec. | Student Fee Advisory Committee
H.B. 3114
From bill analysis: Authorizes student fees for various A&M system component institutions. This bill creates a new student fee advisory comm...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
Postsec. | Prepaid Tuition Program
H.B. 3900
Allows families to lock in today's rates for tuition and required fees for their children's future higher education needs, giving them more ...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
Postsec. | Texas Guaranteed Tuition Plan
H.B. 2173
The Prepaid Higher Education Tuition Board oversees two college savings plans: the Texas Guaranteed Tuition Plan, which allows Texas familie...
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Postsecondary Finance |
Vetoed 06/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Five Year Master Plan for Higher Education
S.B. 1234
From bill analysis: Requires that the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's (THECB) master plan be geared toward preparing Texas colle...
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Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Grade Point Calculation
H.B. 3851
Requires the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) to adopt rules establishing a standard method for computing a student's high ...
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Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
Postsec. | Admission of Students in Top 10% of Graduating Class
H.B. 3826
Existing law requires general academic teaching institutions to automatically admit students who graduate in the top 10% of their high schoo...
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Religion |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Religious Expression at School
H.B. 3678
Clarifies the first amendment rights of students at school by codifying current court decisions regarding religious expression and by author...
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Rural |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Rural Technology Center Grant Program
H.B. 2235
Subject to available funds, the office shall establish a grant program under which the Office of Rural Community Affairs awards grants to pu...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | School Notification of Paroled Student
S.B. 230
Provides that when notification of the transfer of a student who is on probation or parole is required, a parole or probation office must no...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Zero Tolerance for Felonies
H.B. 2532
Relates to the expulsion and placement in alternative settings of public school students who engage in conduct constituting certain felonies...
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School Safety--Disaster/Emergency Preparedness |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Train Derailment Emergency Plan
S.B. 1504
Requires school districts with schools located within 1,000 yards of a railroad track to establish a policy for responding to train derailme...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | School Bus Safety
H.B. 3190
Prohibits persons who have committed offenses such as vehicular manslaughter, driving under the influence, and leaving the scene of an accid...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Vetoed 06/2007 |
P-12 | No Diesel Engine Idling
H.B. 3457
Prohibits school buses with diesel engines from idling at schools or school events.
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/pdf/HB...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Transportation Access
S.B. 1713
Requires a county or school district to allow a parent to designate a grandparent's residence or child-care facility for the purpose of acce...
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State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Public Education Information Management System
S.B. 1871
From bill analysis: Provides that a school district that is required to offer bilingual education or special language programs shall include...
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Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Vetoed 06/2007 |
Postsec. | Assessing Student Academic Advising Services
S.B. 1053
Requires the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, institutions of higher education, and relevant professionals to develop an instrumen...
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Student Supports--Mentoring/Tutoring |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Work-study Mentorship Program
S.B. 1050
Requires the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to develop a work-study mentorship program under which eligible college students are ...
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Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Students May Not Be Named
H.B. 3659
Amends Section 21.12, Penal Code, by adding Subsection (d), to prohibit the name of a person who is enrolled in a public or private primary ...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Temporary Certification Period
S.B. 1912
Requires the temporary certification period of an educator employed by a school district that has constructed or expanded at least one instr...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Vetoed 06/2007 |
P-12 |
H.B. 2646
Amends the Educator Excellence Awards program to allow districts to spend certain funds awarded through the program on stipends for classroo...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Teacher Retirement System
S.B. 1877
Adds the relevant parts of amounts received for awards for student achievement, educator excellence, and mentoring programs and all salary a...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Teacher Retirement System
S.B. 1846
Provides for a centralized structure for making both funding and benefits decisions, and prohibits the state's contribution rate from droppi...
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Technology |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Technology Literacy Assessment
H.B. 2503
Requires the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to create a technology literacy assessment pilot program for students in grades five through nine ...
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Technology--Internet Safety |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Internet Safety and Use
H.B. 3171
Requires the Texas Education Agency to adopt a universal Internet safety and use curriculum so that students may be made aware of the danger...
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Textbooks and Open Source |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
Postsec. | Electronic Textbooks for Students with Disabilities
H.B. 3382
Requires textbook publishers to make electronic copies of textbooks and other assigned written materials promptly available to universities,...
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Accountability--School Improvement |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Math Coaches Pilot, Other Instructional Assistance
H.B. 2237 (Technical Assistance, Professional Development Provisions)
A portion of this large bill establishes grants of up to $2.5 million per year to provide technical assistance and professional development ...
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Assessment |
Vetoed 05/2007 |
P-12 | Substitute Assessments for Military Dependents
S.B. 960
Extends the provision allowing students transferring into Texas schools to use their SAT or ACT scores to "test out" of the math and languag...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Education Research Centers
H.B. 2237 (At-Risk Components)
One part of this large bill requires the commissioner of education to contract with one or more education research centers to study best pra...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
Postsec. | Steroid Testing
S.B. 8
Requires random steroid testing of high school students participating in University Interscholastic League (UIL) -sponsored and UIL-sanction...
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Attendance |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Permitting Attendance of Students to Age 26
H.B. 1137
Permits students who are at least 21 years of age and under 26 years of age on the first day of September of any school year to be eligible ...
| More... |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Criminal Background Checks
S.B. 9
Requires a national criminal history background check for all certified public school employees. Current non-certified employees are require...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Reimbursement for Certification Exams
H.B. 2383
Entitles a student to reimbursement for the cost of a certification examination upon completion of a school district's career and technology...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Texas Public Finance Authority
H.B. 1400
Relates to the issuance by a corporation established by the Texas Public Finance Authority of revenue bonds for open-enrollment charter scho...
| More... |
Curriculum |
Became law without governor's signature 05/2007 |
P-12 | Parenting and Paternity Awareness Curriculum
H.B. 2176
To address an increase in births to unmarried parents in Texas from 1995 to 2002, the office of the Attorney General created the Parenting a...
| More... |
Curriculum--Science |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Science Lab Grant Program
H.B. 2237 (Science Lab Provisions)
One section of this bill creates a science laboratory grant program. Requires the commissioner to establish a competitive grant program to ...
| More... |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Impact Fees for Independent Districts
S.B. 883
Relates to the imposition of impact fees on the property of a school district; establishes that a school district is not required to pay imp...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | HPV Included in Course Materials
H.B. 1379
The bill requires the inclusion of additional information regarding human papillomavirus in course materials related to sexually transmitted...
| More... |
Health |
Became law without governor's signature 05/2007 |
P-12 | HPV Immunization
H.B. 1098
Prohibits requiring immunization against human papillomavirus (HPV) as a condition for admission to any elementary or secondary school. All ...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Notice of Immunizations Needed; Translation Requirement
H.B. 1059
Sec. 38.019. IMMUNIZATION AWARENESS PROGRAM. Requires the Department of State Health Services to prepare a list of the immunizations require...
| More... |
Health--Child Abuse |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Disclosure of Identity of Victim of Abuse
S.B. 606
Provide that the name of a student or minor who is the victim of abuse or unlawful conduct by an educator must be included in a report filed...
| More... |
High School |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | High School Completion and Success Initiative Council (HSCSIC)
H.B. 2237 (High School Provisions)
Establishes and grants authority to the High School Completion and Success Initiative Council concerning grants and technical assistance in ...
| More... |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | End-of-Course Tests
H.B. 2237 (End of Course Assessment Provisions)
Requires development and implementation of college-prep courses and end-of-course assessments (mathematics, science, social studies, and Eng...
| More... |
Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Grants for Volunteers, Technology-Based Supplemental Instruction
H.B. 2237 (Supplemental Help Provisions)
Requires the commissioner to award grants to organizations that provide volunteers for programs to enhance college readiness, workforce read...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
Postsec. | Eligibility for Financial Aid
H.B. 1250
Allow graduates of unaccredited high schools (including home school programs) to compete for loans through the B-On-Time Student Loan Progra...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Tuition Vouchers for Playing "Taps"
H.B. 1187
Requires the Texas Veterans Commission (commission) to establish a program to issue vouchers to be exchanged for an exemption from the payme...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Exemption from Tuition/Fees for Adopted Students
H.B. 2702
Provides exemption from tuition and fees at a public institution of higher education for adopted students.
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlod...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
Postsec. | Tuition Exemptions for National Guard
S.B. 685
Exempts mandatory fees, in addition to tuition, for members of the Texas Military Forces attending institutions of higher education for up t...
| More... |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
Postsec. | Student Regent Eligibility
S.B. 276
Removes the requirement that the student's name be removed from an application for student regent before consideration by the university's c...
| More... |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Offering BA Degrees at Community Colleges
H.B. 2198
Removes the pilot status of several community colleges that offer limited baccalaureate degrees in applied science and technology and makes ...
| More... |
Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Intensive Reading or Language Intervention Pilot Program
H.B. 1270
Requires, rather than authorizes, the commissioner of education to establish by rule an intensive reading or language intervention pilot pro...
| More... |
Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Reading Teacher Academies
H.B. 2237 (Reading-Related Provisions)
Directs the commissioner to establish teacher academies for teachers providing reading instruction for students in grades 6 through 8 by Jun...
| More... |
Religion |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Elective Course in Religion
H.B. 1287
Authorizes districts to offer to students in grade nine or above an elective course on the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) and its impact ...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Guns in School Parking Areas or Buses
H.B. 2112
Prohibits the possession of a firearm if a person intentionally exhibits, uses, or threatens to exhibit or use a firearm in a manner intende...
| More... |
School Safety--Disaster/Emergency Preparedness |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Automated External Defibrillator
S.B. 7
Requires that at least one automated external defibrillator (AED) be made available at every public school campus, and school athletic compe...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Transitional Youth With Disabilities
H.B. 1230
H.B. 1230 requires the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission (executive commissioner) to monitor programs and s...
| More... |
STEM |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Summer Program for Potential Engineering Students
H.B. 2978
Requires the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to design and administer a one-week summer program to take place on campuses that off...
| More... |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
H.B. 1622
From bill analysis: Currently, a school district employee who needs to report a grievance against a supervisor must report the grievance to ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Access to Insurance
H.B. 973
From bill analysis: Under current law, public school employees who resign at the end of a school year are not entitled to remain on the scho...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Teacher Retirement System Investments
S.B. 1447
Authorizes the Teacher Retirement System (TRS) board of trustees to buy and sell certain investments and other instruments commonly used by ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Teacher Rights |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Employee Immunity
S.B. 370
Prohibit school districts from requiring district employees to waive immunity from liability for acts for which they are immune from liabili...
| More... |
Attendance |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 | Requiring Attendance of Those Voluntarily Attending School
H.B. 566
H.B. 566 authorizes school districts to require persons who voluntarily enroll in school or voluntarily attend school after their 18th birt...
| More... |
Governance |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 | District Employee Communications with School Board
S.B. 135
Protects this important communication by prohibiting employment policies that restrict the ability of a school district employee to communic...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 | Terms, School Boards
S.B. 670
From the bill analysis: The bill amends the Education Code to authorize the board of trustees of school districts to change the length of th...
| More... |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Adopted 04/2007 |
P-12 | DUAL CREDIT REQUIREMENTS
19 TAC 1.4.D.4.85
Provides more high school students with access to college-levelcourses. The only word changed was from an "and" to an "or." (A) a student ac...
| More... |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 | Participation in Graduation Ceremony
S.B. 673
This bill provides that a school district to issue a certificate of attendance to a student who receives special education services, and who...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Adopted 03/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Financial Assistance Opportunities
1 TAC 10.210.210.3 -.5
Requires all state agencies, except institutions of higher education,state agencies defined in ?531.001(4), Government Code, and state agenc...
| More... |
Accountability--School Improvement |
Adopted 02/2007 |
P-12 | Early Identification of Schools
19 TAC Chapter 97 (97-1002)
House Bill 1, 79th Texas Legislature, Third Called Session, 2006, amended the TEC, Chapter 39, by adding §39.1322 requiring the commissioner...
| More... |
Finance--Equity |
Adopted 02/2007 |
P-12 | Need for Lower Property Taxes
S.C.R. 20
Based on the premise that the legislature finds that the existing need for lower school district property taxes constitutes an emergency for...
| More... |
Health |
Issued 02/2007 |
P-12 | HPV Vaccinations
Executive Order RP 65
Requires the Department of State Health Services to make the HPV vaccine available through the Texas Vaccines for Children program for eligi...
| More... |
Governance |
Adopted 01/2007 |
Postsec. | Supervision of Educational Research Centers
19 TAC 1.1.A.1.17
Authorizes the Commissioner to provide direct supervision of the educational research centers created by Texas Education Code.
http://www.t...
| More... |
High School--College Readiness |
Adopted 01/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | P-16 College Readiness and Success Strategic Action Plan
19 TAC 1.4.A.4.3
Establishes rules, in cooperation with the commissioner of education, for the implementation of the P-16 College Readiness and Success Strat...
| More... |
P-16 or P-20 |
Adopted 12/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Vertical Teams
19 TAC §74.1001
HB 1, 79th Texas Legislature, Third Called Session, 2006, amended the TEC, Chapter 28, by adding §28.008 requiring the commissioner of educa...
| More... |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Adopted 11/2006 |
P-12 | High School Graduation Requirements
TX 19 TAC 74.61 through 74.64
Increases the requirements for the Recommended and Distinguished high school curriculum options effective with the Class of 2011. Increases ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Adopted 10/2006 |
Postsec. | Tuition Charged for Excess Credit Hours of Undergraduate Students
Chapter 13, Subchapter F, Section 13.108
Chapter 13, Subchapter F, Section 13.108. Financial Planning - Formula Funding and Tuition Charged for Excess Credit Hours of Undergraduate ...
| More... |
P-16 or P-20 |
Adopted 08/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec. | P-16 College Readiness and Success
Chapter 4, Subchapter H, Sections 4.171-4.174
New rules regarding college-readiness and success standardsand statewide vertical teams apply to all public institutions of higher education...
| More... |
Promotion/Retention |
Adopted 08/2006 |
P-12 | Optional Extended Year Program
19 TAC 2.105.AA.105.1001
Amends rules relating to the optional extended year program for students in kindergarten through grade eleven who are identified as likely n...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Adopted 07/2006 |
P-12 | Foreign Language Courses and Tech Prep Progam
19 TAC 2.74.D.74.43, .44
Allows for students who are at higher proficiency levels to meet the graduation requirements by taking higher level language courses. Clarif...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Adopted 07/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Tech-Prep Programs and Consortia
19 TAC 1.9.K.9.201 -.206
Establishes purpose, authority and general provisions for Tech-Prep Consortia. Outlines the state administration of Tech-Prep Programs and C...
| More... |
Accountability |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 | Financial Accountability
H.B. 1 C (Sections 2.05; 2.09)
Requires the commissioner, in consultation with the comptroller, to develop and implement a financial accountability
rating system for schoo...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 | School Breakfast and Lunch Program
H.B. 1 C (Section 1.19)
The department, the Texas Education Agency, and the Health and Human Services Commission shall ensure that applicable information
maintained...
| More... |
Curriculum--Science |
Adopted 05/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Master Science Teacher Certificates
19 TAC 7.239.E.239.104
Establishes certification requirements for master science teachers to ensure that there are teachers with special training to mentor other t...
| More... |
Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 | School Finance Reform
H.B. 1C
Relates to public school finance, property tax relief, public school accountability and programs. Requires school districts to reduce their ...
| More... |
High School |
Adopted 05/2006 |
P-12 | High School Diplomas for Veterans
19 TAC 2.61.FF.61.1061
Establishes the commissioner's rules concerning high school diplomas for certain veterans. TEXAS 99138
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/rules/comm...
| More... |
Promising Practices |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 | Best Practices Clearinghouse
H.B. 1C (Section 7.009)
In coordination with the Legislative Budget Board, the Texas Education Agency must establish an online clearinghouse of information relating...
| More... |
Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation |
Adopted 02/2006 |
Postsec. | Fictitious, Fraudulent or Substandard Degrees
19 TAC 1.7.A.7.3
Adds new definitions pertaining to "fictitious degree," "fraudulent or substandard degree," "protected term." TEXAS 98741...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Adopted 02/2006 |
P-12 | Categories of Classroom Teaching Certificates
19 TAC 7.233.233.3, .8, .10, .12, .14, .15
Addresses certificates for career and technology education. Requires experience and preparation in a skill area and languages other than eng...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 01/2006 |
P-12 | Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Requirements
19 TAC 7.232.B.232.850, .851
Establishes a prorated schedule of CPE hours that may be used byeducators seeking to renew multiple classes of standard certificates issued ...
| More... |
High School--College Readiness |
Issued 12/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Enhancing College-Readiness Standards
Executive Order 2
(Executive Order RP53) Orders the Education Agency and Higher Education Coordinating Board to cooperate in
enhancing college-readiness stan...
| More... |
Standards |
Adopted 11/2005 |
P-12 | Elementary Math Standards
19 TAC 2.111.A.111.11 thru
111.17
Amends rules concerning the TEKS for mathematics. Establishes curriculum standards for elementary mathematics,
Kindergarten to Grade 5. Refi...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Issued 11/2005 |
P-12 | Performance Incentives
Executive Order RP51
Requires the Commissioner of Education to establish a performance-based pay grant program for educators. The program is to use federal funds...
| More... |
Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Adopted 09/2005 |
P-12 | Institutional Reports
19 TAC 1.17.K.17.101
From background information: Proposed amendment to 19 TAC §97.1001 would describe the state accountability rating system and adopt excerpts ...
| More... |
Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Adopted 09/2005 |
P-12 | Accountability Ratings and Measures
19 TAC §97.1001
BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND SIGNIFICANT ISSUES: Legal counsel with the Texas Education Agency (TEA) has recommended that the procedures for i...
| More... |
Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Adopted 09/2005 |
P-12 | Annual Accountability Standards
19 TAC 2.97.AA.97.1001
Amends rules regarding the annual accountability standards. Describes the state accountability rating system for districts, campuses, and ch...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Adopted 09/2005 |
P-12 | Emergency Certificate for 2005-2006 School Year
19 TAC 7.230.O.230.465
Establishes new rules regarding an emergency certificate for the 2005-2006 school year for educators serving in public schools affected by H...
| More... |
Finance--District |
Issued 08/2005 |
P-12 | Comprehensive financial accountability and reporting system
Executive Order RP47
Directs the commissioner of education to create and implement a comprehensive financial accountability and reporting system to ensure transp...
| More... |
High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges |
Adopted 08/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Early College High Schools
19 TAC 1.4.G.4.151 thru .161
New rules concerning Early College High Schools (ECHS). Provides appropriate oversight by the Board of ECHS by requiring notification of int...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals |
Emergency Rule Adoption 08/2005 |
P-12 | Educational Aide Exemption Program
19 TAC 1.21.II.21.1083
Amends rules concerning the Educational Aide Exemption Program. Allows students who have met the requirement of employment as an educational...
| More... |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 | Annual Performance Ratings
H.B. 3297
From bill analysis: Under current law, public schools and school districts are given annual performance ratings by the Texas Education Agenc...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 | Charter School Admissions
H.B. 1111
Allows the governing body of an open-enrollment charter school that specializes in one or more performing arts to require an applicant to au...
| More... |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 | Financial Literacy Pilot Program
S.B. 851
Contingent on funding, requires state board to establish and implement a financial literacy pilot program to provide students in participati...
| More... |
Demographics--Enrollments |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 | Tampering with Residency for Enrollment
H.B. 126
Makes it a Class C Misdemeanor penalty for tampering with a governmental record establishing residency for enrollment in a public school. ht...
| More... |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Tools to Address Nursing Shortage
S.B. 132
From bill analysis: Gives nursing schools the tools to address the nursing shortage. This bills sets statewide goals for increasing the num...
| More... |
Economic/Workforce Development |
SENT TO THE GOVERNOR 06/2005 |
P-12,
Community College | Career Centers
H.B. 1253
From bill analysis: This bill amends the Development Corporation Act of 1979 (the Act) to allow industrial development corporations to under...
| More... |
Economic/Workforce Development |
SENT TO THE GOVERNOR 06/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec. |
H.B. 1765
From fiscal note: The bill creates the Texas Emerging Technology Fund as a dedicated account in the general revenue fund. Requires that 50 p...
| More... |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 | Group Purchasing for School Libraries
S.B. 483
Relating to allowing designated public school libraries to participate in group purchasing agreements with the TexShare Library Consortium....
| More... |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 | Repeals Public Schools Facilities Funding Act
H.B. 1106
Repeals the Public School Facilities Funding Act. From analysis: School Facilities Act was established in 1989 to be administered by the Bon...
| More... |
Finance--Facilities |
Vetoed 06/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Procurement
H.B. 2525
From bill analysis: Consolidates alternate project delivery processes into a single chapter of the Government Code. This is similar to the ...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 | Military Board Members
S.B. 144
Current state law does not permit military officers to serve on the school boards of military reservation school districts, which is inconsi...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 | Students with Diabetes
H.B. 984
The bill adds Chapter 168, Health and Safety Code to establish provisions relating to the care of public school elementary and secondary sch...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 | Anabolic Steroids
H.B. 3563
Requires the University Interscholastic League (UIL) to develop an educational program for students engaged in extracurricular athletic acti...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 | Health, Nutrition and Physical Education Guidelines
S.B. 42
From bill analysis: This Act allows for the expansion of physical activity requirements to middle and junior high schools, up to the eighth ...
| More... |
High School--Advanced Placement |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 | Standard Method of Computing Grade Point Averages
S.B. 111
Allows the commissioner to develop a standard method of computing a student's high school grade point average that provides for additional w...
| More... |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Texas Academy for Mathematics and Science Studies
S.B. 1452
From bill analysis: S.B. 1452 establishes the Texas Academy for Mathematics and Science Studies (academy) at The University of Texas at Brow...
| More... |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Dual/Concurrent Enrollment Pilot
S.B. 151
From bill analysis: According to Closing the Gaps by 2015: 2004 Progress Report, participation in higher education among Hispanics is laggin...
| More... |
No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
Adopted 06/2005 |
P-12 | Adequately Yearly Progress
19 TAC 2.97.AA.97.1004
New rules regarding adequately yearly progress (AYP). Describes the procedures for determining AYP and adopts applicable excerpts, Sections ...
| More... |
P-16 or P-20 |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Modifies P-16 Council Duties
H.B. 2808
Adds requirement that the P-16 council examine and make recommendations regarding the alignment of secondary and postsecondary education cur...
| More... |
P-16 or P-20 |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 | Early College Education Program
S.B. 1146
Expands the early college education program to allow participants in grades 9 and 10 to participate in an early college education program an...
| More... |
P-3 Preschool |
EFFECTIVE ON 9/1/05 06/2005 |
P-12 | Incentives for Coordination
S.B. 23
From fiscal note: The bill authorizes the commissioner of education to establish a program to provide incentives to providers of early child...
| More... |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
Postsec. | Timely Graduation, Tuition, Academic Issues
H.B. 1172
From bill analysis: Requires the president of each general academic teaching institution to annually provide, no later than November 1 of ea...
| More... |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
Postsec. | Incentives for Timely Graduation
S.B. 30
From bill analysis: Requires the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to create a pilot project under which a governing board of an ins...
| More... |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Fraudulent or Substandard Degrees
H.B. 1173
Adds Sec. 61.3021. Requires Texas Higher education Coordinating Board (board) by rule to establish a process for reviewing and approving a d...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Eligibility for Early High School Graduation Scholarship
H.B. 2109
From bill analysis: The requirements of the Early High School Graduation Scholarship Program (scholarship program) as stated prior to 2003 p...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
Postsec. | Access to Higher Education, Early High School Graduation Scholarship
S.B. 1227
From bill analysis: S.B. 1227 makes an array of amendments to the Education Code to promote access to institutions of higher education, allo...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
Postsec. | Residency Requirements
S.B. 1528
From bill analysis: S.B. 1528 clarifies the in-state tuition residency requirements by tying them to the census residency regulations and e...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
Community College,
Postsec. | Higher Tuition for Failed Courses
H.B. 994
Allows the governing board of a public junior college district to charge a student a higher rate of tuition than the tuition that would othe...
| More... |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
Community College,
Postsec. | Board Meeting Absences
S.B. 114
Currently, the failure of a junior district board member to attend board meetings is not a ground to initiate the process for removal from o...
| More... |
Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
Postsec. | Qualifications of Personnel at Career Schools
H.B. 2333
Requires the owners or administrators and admissions personnel of private career schools and colleges to meet the minimum qualifications and...
| More... |
Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Proprietary School Act
H.B. 2806
From bill analysis: Modernizes the language and consumer protection intent of the Proprietary School Act, which has not been updated in 33 ...
| More... |
Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 | Intensive Reading and Language Intervention Pilot Program
H.B. 3468
Intensive Reading and Language Intervention Pilot Program. From bill analysis: Over the past decade many instructional aids have been develo...
| More... |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 | Athletic Competitions That Impact Testing Dates
S.B. 658
From bill analysis: Prohibits University Interscholastic League (UIL) area, regional, or state competitions from being held the week of, or ...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 | Bullying
H.B. 283
Adds a new section: Sec. 25.0341 and amends several other sections. Defines "bullying. Requires, on the request of a parent or other person...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 | School Victim Protection
H.B. 308
From analysis: Current Texas law does not contain a provision which prevents a student convicted of sexual assault from reenrolling in the s...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 | Multihazard Emergency Operations Plan, Security Audit
S.B. 11
A major portion of this law requires that by March 1, 2006, each school district in Texas must adopt and implement a multi-hazard Emergency ...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
SENT TO THE GOVERNOR 06/2005 |
P-12 | Clean School Bus Program
H.B. 3469
From fiscal note: Establishes a clean school bus program within the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP) program operated by the Texas Comm...
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Special Populations--Corrections Education |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12,
Community College | Reducing Recidivism
H.B. 2837
Goal is to ensure that programs such as GED and ESL are integrated with an applied vocational context leading to employment. Improves coordi...
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State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Adopted 06/2005 |
P-12 | Public Education Management System
19 TAC 2.61.BB.61.1025
Amends rules concerning the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS). Defines the standards by which school districts and char...
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Accountability |
Rule Adoption 05/2005 |
P-12 | Accountability and Performance Monitoring
19 TAC 2.97.AA.97.1005
Proposes rules concerning accountability and performance monitoring. Describes the Performance- Based Monitoring Analysis System (PBNAS). Ad...
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Attendance |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
Postsec. | Excusal for Military Service
H.B. 1630
From bill analysis: Requires an institution of higher education to excuse a student from attending classes or engaging in other required act...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12,
Community College | Tech-Prep Consortia
S.B. 1809
From bill analysis:
The Texas Tech-Prep Program was enacted in 1999 to allow high school students to begin a college technical
...
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Curriculum |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | Personal Financial Literacy
H.B. 492
Amends Sec. 28.0021. Requires instruction in personal financial literacy in one or more courses required for high school graduation. Requir...
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High School |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | Specialized High School Diploma
S.B. 1395
From bill analysis: Permits Job Corps Centers to offer a specialized high school diploma program to students enrolled in the federal program...
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Postsecondary Accountability |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
Postsec. | Reduction of Reporting Requirements
S.B. 1226
From bill analysis: Currently there are over 400 reporting requirements for institutions of higher education. By consolidating the scope of...
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Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
Postsec. |
H.B. 1170
An institution of higher education shall consider, in determining whether to award to a student course credit toward a
degree offered by th...
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Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Common Application Forms
S.B. 502
Expands use of common application form to community colleges. From bill analysis: The Common Application Advisory Committee, convened by the...
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Postsecondary Participation--Affirmative Action |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
Postsec. | Minority Enrollment
S.B. 302
From bill analysis: Enables the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to better monitor universities' minority outreach efforts by requ...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | Codes of Conduct
H.B. 603
District student codes of conduct are required to specify whether consideration is given, as a factor in a decision to order suspension,
re...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
Postsec. | Hazing Statutes Apply to Private Institutions of Higher Education
H.B. 1791
Requires hazing statutes to apply to private institutions of higher education. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/tlo/textframe.cmd?LEG=...
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School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | Posting of Open Positions
S.B. 387
From bill analysis: Requires school districts to allow employees an opportunity to apply for an open position by posting notice of job vacan...
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School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | Paperwork Reduction
S.B. 493
From bill analysis: SB 493 states that at least once each even-numbered year the commissioner of education is required to review and, to the...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Dual Usage of Facilities
H.B. 1737
Allows the establishment of a dual usage educational complex by a junior college district and other political subdivisions or institutions o...
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Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | Transfer of Student Records
H.B. 25
From analysis: H.B. 25 requires school districts to transfer student records within 10 days of a request being received from the new distric...
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Assessment |
Adopted 03/2005 |
P-12 | Student Testing Requirements
§101.5
The adopted amendments update and revise the rules to align with current statute (3-10 testing rather than 3-8). http://www.tea.state.tx.us/...
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Assessment--High Stakes/Competency |
Rule Adoption 07/2004 |
P-12 | Texas Success Initiative
19 TAC 1.4.C.4.54
Amends rules concerning exemption from the requirements of the Texas Success Initiative. Exempts high school students who achieve certain st...
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Finance--Funding Formulas |
Rule Adoption 05/2004 |
P-12 | Foundation School Program
19 TAC 105.A.105.1
Amends rules concerning the foundation school program. Relates to rules for the definition of tax and levy and tax collection. TEXAS REG 950...
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Health--Nutrition |
Adopted 05/2004 |
P-12 | Coordinated School Health Programs
§102.1031. Criteria for Evaluating Coordinated Health Programs for Elementary School Students.
Requires the Texas Education Agency (TEA) shall make available to each school district one or more coordinated school health programs
design...
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High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Rule Adoption 05/2004 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Dual Credit Courses
19 TAC 19.1.4.D.4.85
Amends rules concerning student eligibility requirements for dual credit courses. Updates appropriate college readiness assessment requireme...
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Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Rule Adoption 04/2004 |
P-12 | Teacher Evaluations
19 TAC 153.1003
TEC, Chapter 21, was amended by HB 1440, 78th Texas Legislature, 2003, to modify §21.203(a) and §21.352(c). The modification to the law prov...
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Finance--Equity |
Adopted 03/2004 |
P-12 | Commissioner's Rules on School Finance
61.AA
Sets administrative ratios for funding purposes; addresses "gap funding" to meet equalization requirements....
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High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Rule Adoption 02/2004 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Dual Credit Partnerships
19 TAC 1.4.D.4.85
Amends rules regarding dual credit partnerships between secondary schools and Texas public collages. Adds an exception allowing dual credit ...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Rule Adoption 02/2004 |
P-12 | School District Staff Development
19 TAC 2.153.BB.153.1011
Repeals commissioner's rules concerning school district staff development. Concerns minimum staff development standards for school district ...
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Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Rule Adoption 12/2003 |
P-12 | Accountability
19 TAC 2.97.A.97.1 thru 97.4
Repeals old rules and establishes rules relating to public school accountability. Each school district must be assigned an accountability ra...
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High School |
Adopted 12/2003 |
P-12 | Graduation Requirements
Sec. 74.51
§74.51. Amends high school graduation requirements. http://www.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tacupdates/december2003/ch074e.pdf...
| More... |
Assessment--High Stakes/Competency |
Rule Adoption 11/2003 |
P-12 | Program Services and Educational Programs
37 TAC 3.91.B.91.41, 91.43
Amends rules relating to basic education. Clarifies that commission youth are administered state educational assessments required to complet...
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High School |
Rule Adoption 11/2003 |
P-12 | Graduation Requirements
19 TAC 2.74.E.74.51 thru 74.54
Establishes new rules relating to curriculum requirements. Establishes graduation requirements for students entering Grade 9 beginning with ...
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Accountability |
Signed into law 10/2003 |
P-12,
Postsec. | State Government
H.B. 7
One portion of this bill transfers the performance review of school districts, interscholastic competition, state agencies and state agency ...
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Attendance |
Rule Adoption 10/2003 |
P-12 | Student Attendance Accounting
19 TAC 129.1025
Amends rules concerning student attendance accounting. Adopts by reference the 2003-2004 Student Attendance Accounting Handbook which provid...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Rule Adoption 10/2003 |
P-12 | Education, Experience, Programs, Types of License
22 TAC 535.61 thru .66
Amends rules concerning education, experience, educational programs, time periods, and types of license. TEXAS REG 89526 (SN)...
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Assessment--High Stakes/Competency |
Adopted 09/2003 |
P-12 | Performance Standards
19TAC §101.23 & 101.33
Requires the state board to determine the level of performance considered to be satisfactory on the assessment instruments. Sets the "commen...
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Assessment--High Stakes/Competency |
Rule Adoption 09/2003 |
P-12 | Development and Administration of Tests
19 TAC 101.23, .33
§101.23. Performance Standards. (a) Except as otherwise provided by the Texas Education Code (TEC), Chapter 39, Subchapter B, the State Boa...
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Assessment |
Emergency Rule Adoption 07/2003 |
P-12 | Texas Success Initiative
19 TAC 4.51 thru .60
Establishes rules to implement the Success Initiative. Provides purpose, authority, and definitions. Specifies exemptions and exceptions. Co...
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High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Emergency Rule Adoption 07/2003 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Dual Credit Partnerships
19 TAC 4.85
Amends rules regarding dual credit partnerships between secondary schools and Texas public colleges. Concerns dual credit requirements, stud...
| More... |
Student Supports--Remediation |
Emergency Rule Adoption 07/2003 |
P-12 | Success Initiative Assessment Requirements
19 TAC 12.22 thru .33, .35 thru .39
Amends rules regarding success initiative assessment requirement. Concerns general provisions. TEXAS REG 86372 (SN)...
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Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | District Accreditation Standards
S.B. 1820
Currently, Texas law requires the State Board of Education (SBOE) to adopt rules to evaluate the performance of schools using the academic e...
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Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | School Dropout Data
S.B. 894
Requires the commissioner to develop a process for auditing school district dropout records electronically. The commissioner must also deve...
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Accountability--Reporting Results |
Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 06/2003 |
P-12 | School District Reporting
S.B. 900
Relates to computation and reporting of the ratios of a school district's expenditures and personnel relating to direct student instruction....
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Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Low Performing Public Schools
S.B. 618
Requires the commissioner of education to reconstitute any campus rated as low performing for two consecutive years, removing closure
of the...
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Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | High School Completion, Pilot BA Degree Program
S.B. 976
Requires districts to analyze information related to dropout prevention. Sec. 29.908. MIDDLE COLLEGE EDUCATION PILOT PROGRAM requires: (a...
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Assessment |
to governor 06/2003 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Programs of Mutual Benefit
S.B. 1108 (Section 29.910)
Requires state commissioner to develop, in coordination with appropriate representatives of institutions of higher education and school dist...
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Assessment--High Stakes/Competency |
to governor 06/2003 |
P-12 | Personal Graduation Plans
S.B. 1108 (Section 28.0212)
Requires the principal or other staff to identify each student who (1) hasn't performed well on assessments; (2) is not likely to receive a ...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Vetoed 06/2003 |
P-12 | Public School Dropouts
H.B. 1518
Having high school dropout rates affects the Texas economy and decreases not only the state's future tax revenues but also its ability to at...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Alternative Education Programs
H.B. 1314
Relates to placement of certain students in alternative education programs....
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Bilingual/ESL |
to governor 06/2003 |
P-12 | High Quality Teachers
S.B. 1108 (Section 21.005)
Amends Sec. 21.005. HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS. Allows the commissioner to establish by rule a statewide standard to be used to certify each sc...
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Bilingual/ESL |
Rule Adoption 06/2003 |
P-12 | Program Access for English Learners
37 TAC 91.25
Establishes rules concerning youth with limited English proficiency. Provides for reasonable access to all programs and services for the You...
| More... |
Bilingual/ESL |
to governor 06/2003 |
P-12 | Training for Teachers of ELL Students
S.B. 1108 (Section 39.024)
Requires the state agency to develop and make available teacher training materials and other teacher training resources to assist teachers i...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Charter Schools
H.B. 1146
Adds provision that unless the commissioner has specific cause to conduct an additional audit, the commissioner may not conduct more than on...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Open Enrollment Charter School
H.B. 1202
Currently, charter school contracts stipulate the maximum allowable enrollment of a particular charter school. In compliance with this contr...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
To governor 06/2003 |
P-12 | Authority to grant a charter
S.B. 1108 (Section 12.0521)
Allows school boards or the governing body of a home-rule school district to grant a charter for: (1) a new district campus; or (2) a pro...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
to governor 06/2003 |
P-12 | Academic Achievement in Public Schools
S.B. 1108
Provides alternate certification procedures for a charter school; provides for parental choice; provides for charter school teacher particip...
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Curriculum |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Texas Advanced Placement Incentive Program
S.B. 578
Relates to awards granted under the Texas Advanced Placement Incentive Program to schools for providing a college advanced placement course....
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Curriculum--Science |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Public School Student Performance
H.B. 411
Currently, Texas students' performance on tests in the areas of math and science are below the national average. In order to improve the te...
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Finance--District |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Reimbursing Classroom Teachers
H.B. 1844
Relates to reimbursing classroom teachers for personal funds expended on classroom supplies. ...
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Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Students with Dyslexia or a Related Disorder
H.B. 1691
Under current law, a school district is entitled to compensatory education funding to provide services to students who are educationally dis...
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Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Computation of Wealth Per Student
H.B. 1619
Relates to computation of wealth per student for certain school districts; provides for adjusted property value for districts not offering a...
| More... |
Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | School District Property Values
S.B. 671
Relates to the determination of school district property values and the accountability of appraisal district operations. This bill provides...
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Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | School Fund Composition and Transfers
S.B. 206
Relates to the composition of the Permanent School Fund and the Available School Fund and to procedures governing transfers from the Permane...
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Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Sale and Lease of Public School Land
H.B. 2249
Relates to sale and lease of public school land. Currently, the School Land Board (SLB) does not have the authority to use
brokers to marke...
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Health |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Psychotropic Drugs
H.B. 1406
Prohibits a school district employee from recommending psychiatric evaluation or the use of a psychotropic drug or suggesting a particular d...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Obesity and Health Needs of Children
S.B. 474
Establishes a joint interim committee composed of the following members: (1) the commissioner of education; (2) the commissioner of public...
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Health |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Psychotropic Drugs
H.B. 320
An employee of a school district may not use or threaten to use the refusal of a parent, guardian, or managing or possessory
conservator of...
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Health |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | School Nutrition
S.C.R. 49
Requests the lieutenant governor and the speaker to create a joint interim committee to study issues related to nutrition among state public...
| More... |
High School |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | High School Equivalency Program
S.B. 1470
S. B. 1470 amends the Education Code to permit any school district or open-enrollment charter school to apply for authorization to operate a...
| More... |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12,
Community College | Joint High School Junior College Credit
H.B. 1621
In 1995, the 74th Texas Legislature authorized the boards of public community colleges to waive tuition for high school students participati...
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No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
to governor 06/2003 |
P-12 | Intensive Program of Instruction
S.B. 1108 (Section 28.0213)
Requires districts to offer an intensive program of instruction to a student who does not perform satisfactorily on an assessment instrumen...
| More... |
Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Technology Immersion Pilot Project
S.B. 396
The agency may by rule establish the technology immersion pilot project to provide a wireless mobile computing device to each student in a
...
| More... |
Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
to governor 06/2003 |
P-12 | Electronic Courses
S.B. 1108 (Section 29.909)
Defines "electronic course" and allows districts to offer an electronic course through a designated campus or through a full-time program. ...
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P-3 |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Subsidized Childcare Provisions
S.B. 76
Adds prekindergarten or after school child care programs to the provision governing subsidized childcare services....
| More... |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
Postsec. | Research Development Fund
H.B. 3526
Relates to the establishment of the Research Development Fund to promote research at certain institutions of higher education and to the abo...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
Postsec. | B-On-Time Loan Program
S.B. 4
Authorizes no-interest loans for eligible students to enable those students to attend all public and private or independent institutions of ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Texas Grant
S.B. 1007
Currently, the TEXAS Grant program determines eligibility based on a student's final high school transcript. However, most students have al...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
Postsec. | Tuition Charged to Students
H.B. 3015
The current system used to set tuition in Texas mandates the same basic rate across the state. With tuition flexibility, universities could ...
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Postsecondary Faculty |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
Postsec. | Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
S.B. 286
Relates to the continuation and functions of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Addresses membership, procedures, conflict of i...
| More... |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
Postsec. | Deferred Compenstation, Bond Authority, Information Technology, Governance
S.B. 1652
Relates to institutions of higher education, including the administration, operation, governance, and financing of those institutions. http:...
| More... |
Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
Postsec. | Institutions of Higher Education
H.B. 944
Prohibits institutions of higher education from discriminating against students with a nontraditional secondary education" (home-schooled o...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Expulsion of Students
H.B. 552
Expands expulsion of students from public schools to include (1) actions on school property of a school in another district in the state or ...
| More... |
School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Improper Sexual Relations in Schools
H.B. 532
The Educators' Code of Ethics states that an educator should not "solicit or engage in sexual conduct or a romantic relationship with a stud...
| More... |
School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Child Abuse
S.B. 1488
Requires a superintendent or director of a school district, regional educational service center, or shared services arrangement, to file a
r...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Special Education Services
H.B. 1339
Currently, Texas law requires a full individual and initial evaluation of a student for purposes of special education services to be complet...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Special Education Students
H.B. 1441
Relating to school districts that place an excessive number of students in certain special education instructional arrangements. Requires t...
| More... |
Student Supports--Mentoring/Tutoring |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Public School Mentoring Services
S.B. 16
Authorizes each school district to provide a mentoring services program to students at risk of dropping out of school. The bill requires a d...
| More... |
Student Supports--Remediation |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Public School Flexible Year Program
S.B. 346
Authorizes a school district to provide a flexible year program for students who did not perform well or are not likely to perform well on a...
| More... |
Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
Postsec. | Religious Holy Day Excused Absences
H.B. 256
Relates to excused absences for religious holy days for students in institutions of higher education. An institution of higher education mu...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Public School Educators Convicted of Offenses
S.B. 1109
Relates to revocation of the certificate and termination of the employment of public school educators convicted of certain offenses that req...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Public School Teacher Appraisals
H.B. 1440
Current law requires all teachers to undergo an appraisal every year. However, this provision fails to permit an administrator to reduce the...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | School District Employment Policies
H.B. 912
If the district has an Internet website, the district is required to place the board's employment policies on that website. At each school i...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Rehiring Experienced Teachers
H.B. 558
Under current law, a person who is employed as a teacher by a school district for the first time, or who has not been employed by the distri...
| More... |
Textbooks and Open Source |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Public School Missing Textbooks
H.B. 2072
Until 1995, a teacher who could not account for a textbook, could be held financially liable for the textbook. While this provision was elim...
| More... |
Accountability |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Accreditation of Public School Districts
H.B. 2683
Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, for purposes of determining the performance of a school district under this chapter, inclu...
| More... |
Accountability--Accreditation |
Rule Adoption 05/2003 |
P-12 | Youth Commission Schools
37 TAC 91.41
Amends rules concerning education administration. Clarifies that Youth Commission schools are accredited under certain provisions. TEXAS REG...
| More... |
Assessment--Accommodations |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Special Education Programs In Public Schools
H.B. 447
A special education student can be exempted from the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) and given an alternative assessment ins...
| More... |
Assessment--High Stakes/Competency |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Reciprocity Agreements
H.B. 591
To facilitate the transfer of military personnel and their dependents to and from the public schools of this state, the agency is required t...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Relates to Public School Dropout and Completion
S.B. 186
Requires dropout rates, including dropout rates and district completion rates for grade levels 9 through 12, be computed in accordance
with ...
| More... |
Bilingual/ESL |
Rule Adoption 05/2003 |
P-12 | Basic Education
37 TAC 91.43
Amends rules concerning basic education. Establishes that the individual case plan developed for each youth address special education or Eng...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Career and Technology Training
H.B. 242
Addresses career and technology education issues in several ways, including broadening the participation of industry and business representa...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Open Enrollment Charter School
H.B. 1564
Relates to the use of municipal funds for the acquisition of land or acquisition, construction, expansion, or renovation of facilities for a...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Public School Disciplinary Action
H.B. 2061
Under current law, if a disciplinary action is being taken against a student who is transferring from a charter school to a public school, t...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Rule Adoption 05/2003 |
P-12 | Charter Schools General Provisions
19 TAC 100.1011
Amends rules concerning general provisions for charter schools. Defines the role of shared services cooperative as it relates to charter sch...
| More... |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Public Education Objectives
H.B. 319
Added a new objective to the list of objectives of public education. OBJECTIVE 5: Educators will prepare students to be thoughtful, active ...
| More... |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12,
Postsec. | United States National Motto Display in Schools
H.B. 219
Relates to the display of the United States national motto in public elementary and secondary schools and institutions of higher education....
| More... |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Virtues Education Program
H.C.R. 73
Directs the Texas Education Agency and the state board to adopt and promote a virtues education program and to provide school districts with...
| More... |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Enrichment Curriculums
S.B. 815
As a condition of accreditation, a school district is required to provide instruction using the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) ...
| More... |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Public School Curriculum
H.C.R. 15
Directs the state board to implement the inclusion of elements relating to personal finance among the essential knowledge and skills in the ...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | School Board Deliberations
H.B. 1226
Does not require a school board to conduct an open meeting to deliberate a matter regarding a public school student if personally identifiab...
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Health |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | School Health Advisory Councils
S.B. 1357
S.B. 1357 Requires the board of trustees of each school district to establish a local school health advisory council, rather than local scho...
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High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | State Funded Courses
H.B. 415
Concurrent enrollment programs, under the Texas Education Code, have given all high school students opportunities to gain college credit bef...
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Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools |
Became law without governor's signature 05/2003 |
P-12 | Mental Health and Substance Abuse Programs
S.B. 491
Requires the Texas Education Agency, in conjunction with the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, the Texas Department ...
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Leadership |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Public School Principal Employment Contracts
S.B. 1394
Current law provides that a principal be employed under a probationary contract the first year of employment with a school district, regardl...
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No Child Left Behind--Parent Involvement |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Highly Qualified Teachers
H.B. 673
NCLB requires any school receiving federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I, Part A funding to notify parents
regarding teache...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Early High School Graduation Scholarship Program
H.B. 1882
A high school student who graduates within 36 month or less is eligible to receive a grant of $1,000 toward tuition at any Texas public pri...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
Postsec. | Tuition Rebates to Certain Undergraduate Students
H.B. 1890
Under current law, the tuition rebate program permits a college student to apply for a $1,000 rebate of his or her college tuition upon grad...
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Religion |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Observance of One Minute of Silence
S.B. 83
Requires the board of trustees of each school district to provide for the observance of one minute of silence during each school day at each...
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Religion |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Observance of One Minute of Silence
S.B. 83
Relates to the observance of one minute of silence during the school day in public schools; provides the board of trustees of each school di...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Student Expulsion
H.B. 567
Allows a public school to expel a student who assaults, murders, or attempts to murder another student, or for the offense of aggravated rob...
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School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Finality of a Grade
H.B. 1949
Sec. 28.0212. FINALITY OF GRADE. (a) An examination or course grade issued by a classroom teacher is final and may not be changed unless ...
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Service-Learning |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
Postsec. | Service Learning Requirement
S.C.R. 12
Urging public and private institutions of higher education in the State of Texas to adopt service learning as an important pedagogical tool ...
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Special Education |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Students Receiving Special Education Services
H.B. 2823
H.B. 2823 delegates the responsibility of ensuring compliance with federal transition-related requirements to the commissioner of education....
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Rule Adoption 05/2003 |
P-12 | Master Teacher Certificate
19 TAC 239.100 thru 239.103
Relates to general provisions for master teacher certificates, master reading teacher certification, master mathematics certification, and m...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Educator Certification
H.B. 1022
Amends Sec. 21.0031. (a) An employee's probationary, continuing, or term contract under this chapter is void if the employee: (1) doe...
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Teaching Quality--Professional Development |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Public Schools
H.B. 1024
Staff development may: (1) include training in: A) technology; (B) conflict resolution; and (C) discipline strategies, including classr...
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Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Retirees Return to Work Provisions
H.B. 3237
Currently, retirees of the Teacher Retirement System may return to work in a variety of positions without losing monthly benefits as long as...
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Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Public School Teacher Contracts
H.B. 1113
Currently, school districts seeking an alternative to discharging a teacher employed under a continuing contract, or terminating or nonrenew...
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Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Teacher Suspension
S.B. 893
Previously, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) appointed an examiner on a rotating basis when it is notified of a contract dispute. If both ...
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Special Education |
Rule Adoption 03/2003 |
P-12 | Multi-problem Children & Youth
37 TAC 349.69 thru 349.72
Proposes rules concerning Memoranda of Understanding, with regard to coordinated services for multi-problem children and youth and transitio...
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Special Education |
Adopted 03/2003 |
P-12 | Educational Requirements for Persons Under 22 Years
40 TAC 19.1934
Amends rules relating to the educational requirements for persons under 22 years of age. Relates to the Memorandum of Understanding concerni...
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Assessment |
Adopted 01/2003 |
P-12 | Implementation of Testing Program
19 TAC 101.3001, 101.3003
Establishes rules relating to assessment. Implements certain requirements for the new testing program, called the Texas Assessment of Knowle...
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Reading/Literacy |
Adopted 01/2003 |
P-12 | Continuing Education, Particularly for Reading Specialists
19 TAC 232.851
Amends rules relating to the number of required continuing professional education hours by classes of certificates. Requires holders of the ...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Adopted 01/2003 |
P-12 | Student Services and Reading Specialist Certificates
19 TAC 239.90 thru 239.95
Proposes rules related to the reading specialist certificate and student services certificates. Specifies the rules for general provisions f...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Adopted 01/2003 |
P-12 | Categories of Classroom Teaching Certificates
19 TAC 233.2 thru 233.8
Amends rules relating to the generalist certificates for teaching in early childhood programs through grade 4 or in grades 4-8. Relates to c...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Adopted 01/2003 |
P-12 | Assignment of Public School Personnel
19 TAC 230.601
Amends rules relating to the assignment of public school personnel certified by the State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC). Ensures t...
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Finance--District |
Adopted 12/2002 |
P-12 | Budgeting, Accounting, and Auditing 27 TEXREG 10274
19 TAC 109.41
Amends rules concerning the 'Financial Accountability System Resource Guide'. Describes rules for financial accounting such as financial rep...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Adopted 12/2002 |
P-12 | Contracted Continuing Professional Education Sponsors STATE ID: 27 TEXREG 9540
22 TAC 523.71
Replaces rules pertaining to Board contracted Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Sponsors. Allows contracting with providers and sets o...
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School Safety--No Child Left Behind--Safe Schools |
Active 11/2002 |
P-12 | Unsafe School Choice Option
N/A
During the 2002-2003 school year, the state, in consultation with a representative sample of LEAs, will develop criteria for identifying "pe...
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No Child Left Behind |
Active 10/2002 |
P-12 | 2002 Consolidated Plan
N/A
2002 Consolidated Plan (dated 6/11/02); 9/1/02 updated web page indicates plan was approved: (http://www.tea.state.tx.us/nclb/csa8-1-02.pdf)...
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No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
Active 10/2002 |
P-12 | Supplement Education Services
N/A
Supplemental Education Services application (deadline 12/1/02 for addition to initial approved list): (http://www.tea.state.tx.us/nclb/sip/P...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Active 09/2002 |
P-12 | Paraprofessionals Requirements
N/A
Texas currently has no state academic assessment for paraprofessionals. However, the LEA may create its own academic assessment that documen...
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No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
Active 08/2002 |
P-12 | Adequate Yearly Progress
N/A
Prior to NCLB and under the Improving America's Schools Act, Texas had a wavier to identify Title I schools for improvement based on an data...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Active 07/2002 |
P-12 | Highly Qualified Teachers
N/A
Several issues still require clarification through regulations or non-regulatory guidance from the U.S. Department of Education related to t...
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Governance |
Approved by voters 11/2001 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Compensation for Certain Board Members
V. 11
PROPOSITION 11 (HJR85-2001)Proposes a Constitutional amendment to allow current and retired public school teachers and college professors, a...
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Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | At Risk Guidelines
S.B. 702
Texas law defines a "student at risk of dropping out of school" by age
rather than grade level for students in grade levels higher than seve...
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Attendance |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | Truancy
S.B. 1432
Relates to truancy and the authority of justice and municipal courts in relation to children; provides criminal penalties for contributing t...
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Class Size |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | Class Size Limits
H.B. 3313
A campus or district that is granted an exception from class size limits shall provide written notice of the exception to the parent of or p...
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Curriculum |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | CPR Instruction
H.B. 821
Relates to cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction of public school students....
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Equity |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
Postsec. | Women's Athletic Development Fund
S.B. 903
Relates to the establishment and use of a women's athletic development fund and a study of women's athletic development practices at institu...
| More... |
Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Became law without governor's signature 06/2001 |
P-12 | Tax Incentives
H.B. 1200
Authorizes certain ad valorem tax incentives for economic development; authorizes school districts to provide tax relief for certain corpora...
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Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
Postsec. | TEXAS Grant II Program
S.B. 1596
Relates to the establishment and operation of the Toward Excellence, Access, & Success (TEXAS) Grant II program; provides a grant of money t...
| More... |
Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
Postsec. | Graduate and Professional Program Admissions
H.B. 1641
Revises admissions standards for graduate and professional programs. One portion states that an applicant's performance on a standardized t...
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Special Populations--Corrections Education |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | Discipline of Special Education Students
S.B. 189
Relates to school district disciplinary action against a student with a disability who receives special education services. Any disciplinar...
| More... |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | Rights of Assaulted Teachers
H.B. 1188
Relates to the rights of a public school teacher who is assaulted during the performance of the teacher's regular duties....
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | Statewide Group Benefits
H.B. 3343
Relates to the creation, operation, and funding of a statewide group benefits program for employees and retirees of school districts. Estab...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | Retirement Reciprocity
S.B. 477
Relates to credit in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas for certain out-of-state service....
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Textbooks and Open Source |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | Textbooks
H.B. 623
Relates to the selection, distribution, and use of public school textbooks; concerns a school receiving credit for textbooks purchased at a ...
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Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Financial Accounting Rating System
S.B. 218
Requires the commissioner to, in consultation with the comptroller, develop and implement a financial accountability rating system for schoo...
| More... |
Assessment |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Exemptions from Testing
H.B. 2109
Exempts higher education students from taking the Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP) test if the person graduates from a public high schoo...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | False alarms, Threats
H.B. 1088
Relates to the placement in an alternative education program or expulsion of a public school student who makes a false alarm or report or a ...
| More... |
Bilingual/ESL |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Dual Language Bilingual Programs
S.C.R. 50
Encourages school districts to develop and implement dual language bilingual programs....
| More... |
Bilingual/ESL |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Dual Language Immersion
S.B. 467
Amends the Education Code to authorize a school district to adopt a dual language immersion program (program) for students enrolled in eleme...
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Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Healthcare Awareness
H.B. 1124
Establishes a community healthcare awareness and mentoring program for students. Intent is to introduce interested high school students to ...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Vetoed 05/2001 |
P-12 | Career Studies
H.B. 660
Adds a state objective that school districts will offer programs of study for broad career concentrations in areas of agriculture science te...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Became law without governor's signature 05/2001 |
P-12 | Open Enrollment Charter Schools
H.B. 6
Authorizes establishment of open enrollment charter schools. Includes a provision that the state board may grant a charter on the applicati...
| More... |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Celebrate Freedom Week
H.B. 1776
The last full week of classes in September is designated as Celebrate Freedom Week in public schools. Celebrate Freedom Week may include ap...
| More... |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Character Education Programs
H.B. 946
Allows schools to provide character education programs, but any programs must stress positive character traits, such as: courage; trustworth...
| More... |
Curriculum--Mathematics |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Strengthens Mathematics Instruction
H.B. 1144 Mathematics Aspects
Requires establishment of a master mathematics teacher certificate and a related course of study. Requires state department to establish th...
| More... |
Demographics--Enrollments |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Increasing Postsecondary Enrollment
H.B. 400
Pilot program to provide to prospective students in three areas of the state with the highest number of students who do not attend instituti...
| More... |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Texas Excellence Fund
H.B. 1839
Establishes the Texas excellence fund to provide funding to promote increased research capacity and to develop institutional excellence at e...
| More... |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Municipal Development Corporation
S.B. 607
States that it is an appropriate role for a municipality to foster economic opportunity, job generation, and capital investment by promoting...
| More... |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
Postsec. | Technology Workforce
S.B. 353
Relates to certain programs to develop the technology workforce in Texas by supporting and promoting higher education in electrical engineer...
| More... |
Finance |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Adjustments to Finance
H.B. 2879
Senate analysis states that current state policy regarding public education provides that the public
school finance system of Texas is requi...
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Health |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Physical Activity
S.B. 19
The state board by rule may require a student enrolled in kindergarten or a grade level below grade 7in an elementary school setting to part...
| More... |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Joint High School/Junior College Credit
S.B. 82
Amends the Education Code to authorize a public junior college to offer a course in which a student attending any high school in this state ...
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Leadership |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Severance Payments
S.B. 1446
Requires the commissioner to reduce a district's Foundation School Program funds by any amount paid to a terminated superintendent if it exc...
| More... |
Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Electronic Courses
S.B. 975
Requires the commissioner to implement a program no later than May 1, 2002 under which a school district may offer an electronic course to s...
| More... |
P-3 |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Early Childhood Services
S.B. 665
Relates to the creation of an office within the Health and Human Services Commission for coordinating the delivery of early childhood servic...
| More... |
P-3 |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | T.E.A.C.H.
S.B. 1294
Establishes Teacher Education and Compensation Helps (T.E.A.C.H) pilot projects to assist teachers in retaining employment in the field of c...
| More... |
P-3 |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Free Prekindergarten for Certain Children
S.B. 596
Districts are required to offer prekindergarten classes if the district identifies 15 or more children who are eligible (English learners, e...
| More... |
P-3 |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Head Start Coordination
S.B. 1293
Requires each Head Start or Early Head Start program provider to coordinate with the Texas Workforce
Commission and local workforce develop...
| More... |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
Postsec. | Public Awareness Campaign
S.B. 573
Relates to public awareness campaign to promote the value and availability of higher education....
| More... |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
Postsec. | Transfer Credits May Substitute
H.B. 1645
Relates to the use of certain transferred freshman-level credit courses to satisfy the requirements of the Texas Academic Skills Program. A...
| More... |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
Postsec. | Long-Range Planning
H.B. 1799
Requires the board to develop and periodically revise a long-range statewide plan to provide information and guidance to policy makers to en...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
Postsec. | Residency Requirements
H.B. 1403
Amends residency requirements. Act requires foreign citizens to pay the same tuition as out-of-state students unless they can establish res...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Higher Education Savings Plan
S.B. 555
The bill establishes a higher education savings plan which would enable individuals to save money for qualified higher education expenses by...
| More... |
Postsecondary Faculty |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
Postsec. | Faculty Compensation Disparity Study and Report
H.B. 2397
Requires the board to conduct a study and make findings and recommendations the board considers appropriate regarding any disparity between ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Faculty |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
Postsec. | Merit Pay for Faculty
H.B. 1545
One section of H.B. 1545, Sec. 51.962, allows merit salary increases. An institution of higher education may grant merit salary increases, ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Faculty |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
Postsec. | Faculty Contracts
H.B. 1127
Relates to procedures governing employment contracts for faculty members at public institutions of higher education. An institution of high...
| More... |
Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Partnership
H.B. 1753
Relates to a partnership agreement between the University of Texas-Pan American and the South Texas Community College District to offer the ...
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Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
Postsec. | Regulation of Proprietary Schools
H.B. 1985
Prior to expiration of a certificate of approval, each proprietary school is required to forward to the Texas Workforce Commission an applic...
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Postsecondary Participation--Access |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
Postsec. | Parents as Scholars Pilot Program
H.B. 1187
Sec. 31.072. PARENTS AS SCHOLARS PILOT PROGRAM. Requires the commission to establish a Parents as Scholars pilot program under which recipi...
| More... |
Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
Postsec. | Transfer of Course Credit
H.B. 1359
Relates to criteria developed by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to standardize the transfer of course credit between public i...
| More... |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Starting, Ending Dates
S.B. 108
A school district may not begin instruction for students for a school year before the week in which August 21 falls. Sunday is considered t...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Texas School Safety Center
S.B. 430
Creates the Texas School Safety Center. The purpose of the center is to serve as: (1) a central location for school safety information, in...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Classes Held Off Campus
S.B. 826
Senate Bill 826 amends the Education Code to authorize the board of trustees of a school district to operate a school or program or hold a c...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Vetoed 05/2001 |
P-12 | Paperwork Reduction
H.B. 106
Requires trustees of each district to adopt a policy to limit redundant requests for information and the number and length of written report...
| More... |
Special Education |
Became law without governor's signature 05/2001 |
P-12 | Restraint and Time Out
S.B. 1196
Requires the commissioner to adopt procedures for the use of restraint and time-out by a school district employee or volunteer or an indepen...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Discipline of Special Education Students
S.B. 1735
Any disciplinary action regarding a student with disabilities that would constitute a change in placement under federal law may only occur a...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Professional Development
S.B. 1727
From bill analysis: The number of special education students included in the mainstream classroom has steadily increased over the last twent...
| More... |
Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Student Advising
S.B. 158
Each counselor at an elementary, middle, or junior high school is required to advise students and their parents or guardians regarding the i...
| More... |
Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Counselors' Duties
S.B. 538
Requires the comptroller of public accounts to conduct a comprehensive statewide study of the duties public school counselors perform. The s...
| More... |
Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Public School Accountability, Various Components
H.B. 1144
Requires that records relating to student performance be coordinated and maintained in standardized, compatible formats that allow the excha...
| More... |
Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Student Surnames
H.B. 1276
In each public school a student must be identified by the student's legal surname as that name appears:
(1) on the student's birth certific...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Testing for Licensure
H.B. 1721
Allows certification of educators holding a certificate or other credential issued by another state or country, if they passed a state exami...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Master Technology Teachers
H.B. 1475
Requires the commissioner to establish a master technology teacher grant program to encourage teachers to: (1) become certified as master t...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Careers to Classrooms Program
H.B. 704
Establishes the Careers to Classrooms Program to assist persons in obtaining certification in this state as elementary or secondary school t...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Support for Educational Aides
H.B. 1130
The board of trustees of a school district shall establish a plan to encourage the hiring of educational aides who show a willingness to bec...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Return of Retired Teachers
H.B. 3147
Relates to allowing certain retirees of the Teacher Retirement System to be employed as classroom teachers without losing retirement benefit...
| More... |
Technology |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
Postsec. | Centers
S.B. 1190
Authorizes institutions of higher education, each subject to approval by its governing board, to establish centers to manage, transfer, mark...
| More... |
Textbooks and Open Source |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Book Depositories
H.B. 992
Relates to circumstances under which a publisher or manufacturer of textbooks must maintain or arrange for a textbook depository in this sta...
| More... |
Assessment |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 | Accomodation for Mobility and Language
S.B. 676
Students are exempt from testing for a period of up to one year after initial enrollment in a school in the United States if the student is ...
| More... |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 | Agricultural Projects in Urban Schools
S.B. 701
Directs the department to develop a grant program to large urban school districts for elementary schools for the purpose of establishing agr...
| More... |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
Postsec. | Campus to Meet Diverse Needs
S.B. 576
Relates to the University of North Texas System and the component institutions of that system. Analysis states that the Laws pertaining to ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Passed 11/2000 |
P-12 | Transitional Permits for Teachers
19 TEX. ADMIN. CODE Chapter 233
The TEXAS State Board of Educator Certification has approved a new transitional license that will allow "educated people to become teachers ...
| More... |
Accountability--Accreditation |
Signed into law 06/1999 |
P-12 | Accreditation and Accountability
H.B. 3 - Section 59 - Part I
Makes former Section 39.071 new Section 39.051, and repeals portions of existing 39.051, "Academic Excellence Indicators." Provides that in ...
| More... |
High School--Advanced Placement |
Signed into law |
P-12 | Covering Advanced Placement and IB Exam
S.B. 1
Existing law permitted the commissioner of education to enter into agreements with the College Board and the International Baccalaureate Org...
| More... |