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HB 3240 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 3240 would require the Legislative Budget Board (LBB) to conduct a study to examine the long-term effects of any legislative action that may be taken to regulate the rates and amounts of tuition charged by higher education institutions, including by repealing the statutory authority of those institutions to establish their own tuition rates. The bill requires the study to strive to strike a balance between promoting the affordability...Read More
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HB 873 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 873 would require schools to at least annually adjust or update a student's behavioral improvement or intervention plan to address any changes in a student's circumstances or the safety of the students or others. This bill would also require changes in district's student codes of conduct to include specifying if a student has or does not have a behavior improvement or intervention plan when notifying a parent or guardian if their child...Read More
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HB 1752 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1752 would require construction managers-at-risk selected for a governmental work contract to use the
competitive bidding method or competitive sealed proposal method to
consider a contract with a trade contractor or subcontractor in the same way as required for a governmental entity. Additionally, if the construction manager-at-risk chooses to use the competitive sealed proposal method, the manager must use price as a selection...Read More
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HB 3588 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 3588 would increase the penalty for: (1) sexual performance by a child to second degree felony if the victim is above 14 years old and a first degree felony if the victim is under 14 years old, and (2) possession of child pornography to a second degree felony, and a repeat offense to a first degree felony. Read More
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HB 2260 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2260 would allow a justice of the peace to issue a warrant for a blood sample for certain intoxication offenses if a magistrate is unavailable and unreachable or exigent circumstances exist.Read More
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HB 2621 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2621 would require the commissioner of the Texas Education Agency to create a common application for all open-enrollment charter schools. The commissioner would also adopt guidelines for open-enrollment charter schools that receives more acceptable applications for admission than positions available to create and manage a waiting list.Governing bodies of open-enrollment charter schools would also be required to submit a report to the...Read More
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HB 4414 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 4414 would require the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to create a rubric, in conjunction with relevant state agencies, for use by regional education service centers to identify resources related to student mental health that are available to schools in their respective regions. This rubric would need to include training, school based programs, health providers, and sources for public and private funding.Additionally, this bill would require...Read More
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HB 3876 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 3876 would establish the Texas Rising Star (TRS) review work group to propose revisions to the Texas Workforce Commission's (TWC) rules on the program. The TRS program is a voluntary, quality-based child care rating system of child care providers participating in the Texas Workforce Commission’s subsidized child care program. TRS certification is available to licensed center and licensed and registered child care home providers...Read More
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SB 1569 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1569 would prohibit members of the board of trustees, employees, and contractors (rather than just board members) from using state or local funds for promoting any candidate, measure, political party, political philosophy or public interest. This includes communications in support of or against bonds or candidates issued during work hours and using district equipment.Read More
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SB 1048 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 1048 would change the date of school district elections to the November uniform election date. Read More
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HB 4123 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 4123 would establish that a plaintiff is not required to amend an original
petition in an action on a sworn account to reflect a payment on the
account made after the petition is filed unless the total amount of payments made after the petition is filed equals or exceeds half of the amount claimed in the petition.Read More
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HB 2555 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2555 would update guidelines and requirements for the care of students with food allergies at risk for Anaphylaxis. The bill would require school districts and open-enrollment charter schools to annually review, and as necessary, revise their policies related to food allergies to ensure that those policies are consistent with the most current version of guidelines developed by the commissioner of state health services in consultation...Read More
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SB 974 |
86(R) - 2019 |
SB 974 would prohibit a political subdivision from adopting or implementing a policy or program that permits the use of public money or revenue to finance a political campaign. This includes direct or indirect use of public money or revenue through a voucher or similar program that provides a person with the public money or revenue to finance a political campaign.Read More
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SB 466 |
86(R) - 2019 |
Currently, the Election Code provides that to be eligible for public office, a person must not have been "finally convicted of a felony from which the person has not been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities." SB 466 would delete the "resulting disabilities" language, clarifying that only a convicted felon who has received a pardon would be authorized to run for office.Read More
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HB 4205 |
86(R) - 2019 |
Under current law, a failed school campus which has been closed by the commissioner of education may only be repurposed to serve students under certain limited circumstances. HB 4205 would add an additional option for the repurposing of a failed school campus for which the education commissioner orders closure. HB 4205 would
allow a failed school campus to be repurposed if it is operated by a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization that...Read More
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HB 3007 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 3007 would require the Texas Education Agency to provide school districts a copy of all of the source data used for accountability ratings that was provided to the TEA by an entity other than the school district. This would be done prior to the release of the initial ratings.Read More
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HB 2984 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 2984 would require the State Board of Education to add technology applications to the essential knowledge and skills curriculum for grades kindergarten through eighth. This would include coding, computer programming, computational thinking, and cyber-security. Read More
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HB 1855 |
86(R) - 2019 |
Current law places certain restrictions on the allowable hours and days a minor may work. This bill would add significant new restrictions on the employment of minors.HB 1855 would prohibit an employer from allowing a 14 or 15 year old from working more than five days in a week. The bill would also stipulate that a person would commit an offense if the person permits a child who is 16 years old to work more than 10 hours in one day, 54 hours...Read More
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HB 1744 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1744 would prevent a party from asserting a claim in an arbitration proceeding if they could not bring suit for the claim in court because of the
expiration of the limitations period. The party may assert a claim in an arbitration proceeding
after expiration of the applicable limitations period if they party brought suit for the claim in court
before the expiration of the applicable limitations period and a court ordered the parties...Read More
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HB 1753 |
86(R) - 2019 |
HB 1753 would make parolees eligible for early release from supervision if they have served the lesser of one-half of the time that remained
on their sentence when they were released from
imprisonment or 10 years. All other existing behavior related requirements would remain in place. Read More
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