Texas - Session 892
Title: Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement, public school performance ratings, and interventions and sanctions under the public school accountability system, a grant program for school district local accountability plans, and actions challenging Texas Education Agency decisions related to public school accountability.
Recent lawsuits and feedback from educational leaders underscore a growing need for reforms to the public school accountability system and the state testing program. H.B. 8 seeks to reconstruct the state testing program and refine the metrics by which public schools are evaluated. H.B. 8 implements an instructionally supportive state testing program, revises the manner in which indicators and public school performance ratings under the public school accountability system are modified and implemented, and provides for actions challenging Texas Education Agency decisions related to public school accountability. H.B. 8 amends current law relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-15 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2025-09-17 | Status | introduced |
| 2025-09-17 | Latest Action | See remarks for effective date |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HB 26 | Relating to contracting with law enforcement agencies in certain counties. | introduced |
| HCR 20 | Commemorating the 75th anniversary of St. Ann's Catholic School in Midland. | enacted |
| HB 16 | Relating to the operation and administration of and practices and procedures related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government, including court security, court documents and arrest warrants, document delivery, juvenile boards, constitutional amendment election challenges, record retention, youth diversion, court-ordered mental health services, the powers of the Texas Supreme Court, jurors, and the special prosecution unit; increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing fees. | introduced |
| SR 9 | Recognizing Betty J. Reynard for her service as president of Lamar State College--Port Arthur. | enacted |
| HR 144 | Congratulating Manuel Delgadillo of Del Valle High School on his selection as the 2025-2026 Secondary Teacher of the Year in Ysleta ISD. | enacted |
| HR 145 | Congratulating Gladis Hinojos of Riverside Elementary School on her selection as the 2025-2026 Elementary Teacher of the Year in Ysleta ISD. | enacted |
| HR 149 | Commemorating the 100th anniversary of Cathedral High School in El Paso. | enacted |
| HR 169 | Commemorating the 25th anniversary of Dr. Ruben Gallegos Elementary School in Brownsville ISD. | enacted |