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On Thursday, April 4, 2019, the House Public Education Committee met to hear bills on several topics, including home-schooled students' participation in UIL, student health, protected speech, and the available school fund.

It was another groundbreaking week in the Texas legislature, and here's a look at the headlines from ATPE Governmental Relations.

The Senate Education Committee met Thursday, April 4, to discuss more than a dozen bills, most of which were related to expanding full-time virtual schools in Texas.

A major effort to improve the state's school finance system took a giant step forward today after the Texas House of Representatives passed House Bill (HB) 3 this afternoon.

The Senate Education Committee met Tuesday, April 2, 2019, to consider a handful of bills largely focused on dual credit programs.

The Senate State Affairs Committee met Monday, April 1, and considered two bills that present serious concerns about free speech rights under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution -- particularly when it comes to educators.

On Tuesday, April 2, 2019, the House Public Education Committee heard several bills related to a variety of topics. ATPE registered positions in support of three of the bills heard in committee.

Blog posts from April 2019.

Here's your weekly wrap-up of education news from ATPE Governmental Relations.

In Dennis Bonnen’s first major test as speaker of the Texas House, the chamber he oversees resoundingly passed a $251 billion budget Wednesday after a long but largely civil debate — a departure from the dramatics that have typically defined such an affair.