Legislative Tracker
4.8.11: The Science Teachers Association of Texas is joining together with seven other Texas education associations to ask for revisions to HB500. This is a coalition of 25,000 people in various capacities in school districts across the state.
View the full details our proposed revisions.
We hope to revise End of Course examination accountability, and the transition from the TAKS to the STAAR.
| Bill | Author | Caption | Status |
| HB 61 | Martinez | Relating to the salary paid to certain professional employees of public schools. | Status |
| HB 62 | Martinez | Relating to the salary paid to certain professional employees of public schools. | Status |
| HB 135 | Villarreal | Relating to field experience requirements for educator certification. | Status |
| HB 233 | Hochberg | Relating to requirements for students to be assessed in certain subjects and in certain grades. | Status |
| HB 458 | White, et al. | Relating to exempting a school district from the obligation to comply with certain unfunded state educational mandates. | Status |
| HB 560 | Christian | Relating to electronic textbooks, state-developed open-source textbooks, and other instructional materials for public schools. | Status |
| HB 845 | Murphy | Relating to the computation of public high school grade point averages. | Status |
| HB 862 | Patrick, Diane | Relating to placing the State Board of Education and the State Board for Educator Certification under periodic review by the Sunset Advisory Commission. | Status |
| HB 881 | Alonzo | Relating to abolishing the State Board of Education and transferring the functions of the board to the Texas Education Agency and the commissioner of education. | Status |
| HB 1054 | Patrick, Diane | Relating to continuing education requirements for educators. | Status |
| HB 1171 | Shelton | Relating to the deadline for providing notice to public school teachers regarding renewal or nonrenewal of term contracts. | Status |
| HB 1208 | Martinez Fisher | Relating to the deadline for providing notice to public school teachers regarding renewal or nonrenewal of term contracts. | Status |
| HB 1362 | Laubenberg | Relating to the creation of a voluntary consumer-directed health plan for certain individuals eligible to participate in the insurance coverage provided under the Texas Employees Group Benefits Act and their qualified dependents. | Status |
| HJR 46 | White, et al. | Proposing a constitutional amendment releasing a school district from the obligation to comply with an unfunded state educational mandate. | Status |
| SB 4 | Shapiro | Relating to certification, performance, continuing education, and appraisal of public school teachers. | Status |
| SB 6 | Shapiro | Relating to the foundation curriculum, the establishment of the instructional materials allotment, and the adoption, review, and purchase of instructional materials and technological equipment for public schools. | Status |
| SB 79 | Nelson | Relating to the contents and applicability of a school district's grading policy. | Status |
| SB 113 | Davis | Relating to the effect of a delay by the State Board for Educator Certification in renewing an educator's certification. | Status |
| SB 155 | Huffman | Relating to the eligibility of certain school district employees to participate or be enrolled in certain group health benefit programs. | Status |
| SB 518 | Shapiro | Relating to initiatives designed to improve performance of public school students enrolled at the sixth, seventh, and eighth grade levels. | Status |
| SB 912 | West, et al. | Relating to temporary modification under certain circumstances of procedures authorized for the nonrenewal of public school teacher term contracts. | Status |
| SB 1383 | Shapiro | Relating to an appraisal and professional development system for public school principals. | Status |



