89th Legislative Bills
Category 3 -  School Administration

Bill number, Author/s - Description
House Bills
HB 210 Guillen - Relating to contracting with a school district by a vendor with whom a member of the board of trustees of the district or a related individual has certain business interests; creating a criminal offense.
HB 284 Patterson - Relating to the establishment of an ombudsman for parents of children enrolled in public school.
HB 371 Bumgarner - Relating to the admission to public schools of children unlawfully present in the United States and the eligibility of those children for the benefits of the available school fund and Foundation School Program.
HB 380 Guillen - Relating to the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to the offense of improper relationship between educator and student.
HB 515 Troxclair - Relating to public school policies regarding student use of personal electronic devices.
HB 527 Morales, Christina - Relating to librarians employed by public schools.
HB 538  Bernal - Relating to student access to certain academic records; authorizing a fee.
HB 567  Bernal - Relating to school district grace period policies and the provision of meals to public school students with insufficient balances on prepaid meal cards or in meal accounts.
HB 591  Gervin-Hawkins - Relating to the establishment of community-based learning centers to serve public school students.
HB 596  Troxclair - Relating to the use of public resources by a public school officer or employee to engage in certain political activities.
HB 599  Lopez, Ray - Relating to the provision of information regarding certain public assistance programs by public schools.
HB 604 Patterson - Relating to the scheduling of the first day of school for students by school districts.
HB 615  González, Mary - Relating to policies and procedures regarding a public school student who knowingly produced or distributed certain intimate videos or images depicting another student.
HB 619  Gervin-Hawkins - Relating to the transfer for an athletic participation purpose of a student from the school district of the student's residence to another district.
HB 629 Leo Wilson - Relating to advanced placement courses that may be offered by a school district.
HB 641 González, Mary - Relating to digital citizenship instruction in public schools.
HB 659 Gervin-Hawkins - Relating to requiring cultural inclusion as part of the social studies curriculum for public schools.
HB 717  Leach - Relating to the right of a public school employee to engage in religious speech or prayer while on duty.
HB 725  Shaheen - Relating to the permissible uses of the bilingual education allotment provided under the Foundation School Program.
HB 753 Gervin-Hawkins - Relating to the offering of certain high school courses for which students may earn college credit.
HB 775 Frank - Relating to the participation by non-enrolled students in University Interscholastic League-sponsored activities.
HB 781  Bernal - Relating to certain public school instructional requirements and prohibitions and the incorporation of certain instructional activities as part of student coursework.
HB 789  Swanson - Relating to requiring parental consent for psychological or psychiatric examination, testing, or treatment conducted by school district personnel.
HB 804  Gervin-Hawkins - Relating to creating abbreviated educator preparation programs for certification in marketing education and certification in health science technology education.
HB 810  Gervin-Hawkins - Relating to the requirements for hearings and meetings conducted by the University Interscholastic League.
HB 819 Gervin-Hawkins - Relating to the functions and duties of the University Interscholastic League.
HB 824 Jones, Jolanda - Relating to the inclusion of civics instruction in public school government curriculum requirements for high school students.
HB 830 Gervin-Hawkins - Relating to the administration of the University Interscholastic League.
HB 832 Gervin-Hawkins - Relating to procedures regarding hearings and meetings held by or involving the University Interscholastic League.
HB 846 Lalani - Relating to a parental leave policy for certain school district classroom teachers.
HB 906 Shaheen - Relating to a temporary teaching certificate for certain military service members and first responders.
HB 973  Noble - Relating to prohibiting a court, administrative agency, or other tribunal from requiring certain amendments to a public school student's permanent record.
HB 974  Bumgarner - Relating to a limitation on the salary of superintendents and chief executive officers of school districts and open-enrollment charter schools.
HB 1009 Olcott - Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools.
HB 1014 Toth - Relating to regulations and policies for entering or using a bathroom or changing facility in a public school; authorizing a civil penalty, authorizing a private civil right of action.
HB 1015 Toth - Relating to regulations and policies for entering or using a bathroom or changing facility in a public school.
HB 1016 Toth - Relating to a public school policy regarding multi-occupancy bathrooms or changing facilities.
HB 1025 Shaheen - Relating to the appointment of an inspector general for education, the creation of a division of inspector general for education in the State Board of Education to investigate public education, and the authority of the commissioner of education to conduct special investigations.
HB 1057  Bhojani - Relating to placement on the minimum salary schedule and service credit in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas for certain public school career or technology education teachers.
HB 1079 Curry - Relating to the inclusion of Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps and Leadership Officer Training Corps programs as public school career and technology education programs and the indicator of achievement for military readiness under the public school accountability system.
HB 1122 Lopez, Janie - Relating to the employment of certified school counselors by school districts.
HB 1137 Leo Wilson - Relating to a handbook on parental rights in education and training requirements on parental rights in education for a member of the board of trustees of a school district.
HB 1148 Shaheen - Relating to repealing the requirement for certain public school teachers and principals to attend a teacher literacy achievement academy.
HB 1149 Morales - Shaw Relating to the scheduling of the first day of school for students by school districts.
HB 1175 Hinojosa - Relating to the provision of a student transcript by an independent school district.
HB 1178 Cunningham - Relating to the creation of a temporary educator certificate for educators certified by other states.
HB 1185 Hinojosa - Relating to a landlord's notice to residential tenants regarding rent increases.
HB 1209 Cunningham - Relating to the minimum number of instructional days provided by public schools.
HB 1224 Shaheen - Relating to required instruction in the Success Sequence for students in public schools.
HB 1229 Bucy - Relating to requiring fine arts as part of the foundation curriculum for public schools.
HB 1257 Bryant - Relating to the compensation of public school educators, the public school finance system, public school prekindergarten and kindergarten programs, and the school health and related services program.
HB 1258 Bell, Cecil - Relating to public school policies regarding student possession of personal communication devices; authorizing a fee.
HB 1282 Raymond - Relating to the enforcement of the prohibition on passing a school bus using images and video from a school bus infraction detection system.
HB 1313 Hickland - Relating to the use by a school district or a school district employee of public funds for lobbying activities.
HB 1348 Little - Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools.
HB 1390 - Zwiener - Relating to the requirement of a school district to notify a parent of curriculum or instructional material containing religion or religious values.
HB 1401 Harris - Relating to the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to the offense of improper relationship between educator and student.
HB 1411 Allen - Relating to the use of personal leave during school holidays by certain school district employees.
HB 1425 Spiller - Relating to a period of prayer and reading of the Bible or other religious text in public schools.
HB 1427 Schatzline - Relating to prohibiting the denial of public benefits for students enrolled in a private school operated by a religious organization or providing religious instruction.
HB 1456 Patterson - Relating to the creation of the office of inspector general at the Texas Education Agency to investigate complaints by parents of children enrolled in public school.
HB 1512 Hickland - Relating to reporting the number of children known or reasonably believed to not be citizens of the United States enrolled in a public school and to requesting reimbursement from the United States government for the cost of educating those children.
HB 1573 Jones, Venton - Relating to a school district policy regarding custodian workloads.
HB 1579 Guerra - Relating to establishing the Texas State Seal of Bilingualism and Biliteracy for public high school students
HB 1581 Guerra - Relating to public school bilingual education programs, dual language immersion programs, and special language programs
HB 1588 Leo Wilson - Relating to training requirements for certain public officials and candidates for public office.
HB 1591 Metcalf - Relating to the scheduling of the first day of school for students by school districts.
HB 1626 Raymond - Relating to the period for which an emergency educator certificate is valid. 

HJR Bills
HJR 92 Hopper - Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing a parent's right to direct the education of the parent's child.