Texas House bill in Session 892.
Status: introduced. Latest action: September 17, 2025.
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
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-15 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2025-09-17 | Status | introduced |
| 2025-09-17 | Latest Action | See remarks for effective date |