1. ESC Region 13 Legislative Briefing 84 th Session of the Texas Legislature

2. Agenda 2 Introductions 84 th Session of the Texas Legislature – Overview The Legislation Closure

3. The 84 th Session of the Texas Legislature 3 Total Bills Filed – 6276 (83 rd – 5868)  House Bills – 4207 (83 rd – 3970)  Senate Bills – 2069 (83 rd – 1918) Bills Passed – 1323 (83 rd – 1437) Bills Vetoed – 41 (83 rd – 26) Education Related Bills – Approximately 140

4. 84 th Legislature Regular Session Topics 4 Administration Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Finance Governance Students Tax

5. Bills 5

6. Please keep in mind… 6 This workshop is designed to provide awareness of legislation passed during the 84 th Session of the Texas Legislature not depth of understanding. Many of the bills took effect in June but we will not have Texas Administrative Code (TAC) rules for several more months. TASB Policy updates tend to be released after rules are adopted.

7. Administration 7 HB 685 (Authored By: Sheets and Hancock) - Production of public information available on the website of a political subdivision. HB 744 (Authored By: Huberty and Creighton) - Purchase of certain insurance by public school districts. HB 771 (Authored By: Deshotel and Creighton) - Funding for The Texas Academy for Leadership in the Humanities (TALH). HB 1026 (Authored By: Thompson, Ed and Garcia, Sylvia) - Eligibility for appointment as a tabulation supervisor in an election.

8. Administration 8 HB 1878 (Authored By: Aycock and Taylor) Reimbursement of providers under the Medicaid program for telemedicine medical services. HB 1993 (Authored By: Sheffield and Taylor) - Authorizes ISDs to use electronic means to notify parents of a student’s academic performance. HB 1937 (Authored By: Darby and Fraser) - Teacher Retirement System of Texas participation. HB 2134 (Authored By: Burkett and Hall) - Allows a governmental body to request Public Information Request (PIR) clarification by electronic mail.

9. Administration 9 HB 2186 (Authored By: Cook and Campbell) - Suicide prevention training for certain school district employees. HB 2251(Authored By: Anchia and Hancock) - Schedule of payments from the Foundation School Fund to certain open-enrollment charter schools. HB 2593 (Authored By: Price, Four and Seliger) - Method to determine Average Daily Attendance (ADA) in certain school districts. HB 2628 (Authored By: Clardy and Garcia) - Development and alignment by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board of curricula for certain educational programs.

10. Administration 10 HB 2634 (Authored By: Kuempel and Zaffirini) - Relating to construction managers-at-risk used by a governmental entity. HB 2684 (Authored By: Giddings and Whitmire) - Creation of a model training curriculum for school district peace officers and school resource officers. HB 2974 (Authored By: Flynn and Huffman) - Contributions to, benefits from, and the administration of the Teacher Retirements System of Texas.

11. Administration 11 HB 3310 (Authored By: Paul and Taylor) - Funding policies, actuarial valuations, and reporting of certain retirement systems. HB 3562 (Authored By: Thompson and Rodriquez) - Allows for a grace period after the exhaustion of the balance of a meal card or account used by students. HB 4046 (Authored By: Alvarado and Ellis) - Confidentiality of student records. SB 133 (Authored By: Swertner and Coleman) - Mental health first aid training for school employees and school resource officers. SB 386 (Authored By: Taylor and Villaba) - Appointment of school marshals by public junior colleges.

12. Administration 12 SB 431 (Authored By: Seliger and Phelan) - Relates to the deadline for filing a candidate’s personal financial statement. SB 724 (Authored By: Perry and Craddick) - Sales and use tax exemption for contracted vehicles. SB 807 (Authored By: Campbell and Sheets) - Licensing fee exemption for members of the military and their spouses. SB 810 (Authored By: Seliger and Smithee) - Authorizes a school district to contract with a municipality for construction services. SB 996 (Authored By: Taylor and Villaba) - Notification requirements related to the appointment of a school marshal.

13. Curriculum 13 HB 4 (Authored By: Huberty and Campbell) - Highly qualified pre-K program. HB 218 (Authored By: Marquez and Rodriguez) - Certification requirements for teachers in bilingual education. HB 440 (Authored By: Gonzales and Watson) - Adapting the public school physical education curriculum to accommodate the needs of students with mental disabilities.

14. Curriculum 14 HB 1300 (Authored By: Capriglione and Seliger) - Required qualifications of persons admitted to educator preparation programs. HB 1613 (Authored By: Guillen) - Texas Success Initiative (TSI) assessment satisfying English I, English II, and Algebra I EOC requirement.

15. Curriculum 15 HB 1992 (Authored By: Zerwas) - Minimum required score on an AP exam to grant course credit. HB 2014 (Authored By: Sheets and Taylor) - Authority of military personnel to obtain certification to teach career and technology education classes in public schools. HB 2205 (Authored By: Crownover and Seliger) - Educator preparation programs, including the appointment of a State Board of Educator Certification member with experience and knowledge of alternative educator preparation programs.

16. Curriculum 16 SB 507 (Authored By: Lucio) - Videotaping and recording the voice of student without parental consent. SB 674 (Authored By: Campbell and Coleman) - Instruction regarding mental health, suicide prevention, and youth suicide in educator training programs. SB 807 (Authored By: Campbell) - Waiving license application and exam fees for military service members. SB 836 (Authored By: Watson and Rodriguez) - Management services for the physical facilities of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Texas School for the Deaf.

17. Curriculum 17 SB 1309 (Authored By: Menendez and Deshotel) - Eligibility requirements for issuance of a teaching certificate to an applicant who holds a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps instructor teaching certificate. SB 1494 (Authored By: Uresti and Turner) - Educational needs of homeless students. SB 1776 (Authored By: Menendez) - Additional clarification for the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) exemption. SB 1867 (Authored By: Zaffirini and Aycock) - Excluding certain adult students receiving special education services from computation of dropout and completion rates for purposes of public school accountability.

18. Governance 18 Rider 69 (Authored By: N/A) - Texas Education Agency (TEA) evaluation on the performance of year-round schools. SB 168 (Authored By: Uresti and Farias) - Temporary waiver of superintendent certification. SB 219 (Authored By: Schwertner and Price) - Health and human services.

19. Governance 19 SB 1940 (Authored By: Huffman and Flynn) - Contributions, benefits, and administration of programs by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. SB 2062 (Authored By: Watson) - Authorizing certain charter holders to combine services to adult and high school dropout recovery programs.

20. Students 20 SB 208 (Authored By: Campbell and Burkett) - Memorandum of understanding between Texas Workforce Commission and TEA related to transition services. SB 265 (Authored By: Ellis and Davis) - Relating to student use of sunscreen products in public school. SB 1024 (Authored By: Seliger and White) - Award of credits for courses completed in the Windham School District. SB 1494 (Authored By: Uresti and Turner) - Relating to the educational needs of homeless students.

21. References 21 Texas Education Agency - Briefing Book on Public Education Legislation 84 th Session Texas Association of School Administrators - TASA Bill Tracker 84 th Session Texas Association of School Boards - Bill Summaries 84 th Legislative Session Texas Legislature Online (TLO) Compilation of Education Related bills by Julian Shaddix