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On Tuesday, March 26, 2019, the House Public Education Committee heard 35 bills on various issues related to school safety.

The 86th Legislature has been considering bills to increase contributions to the Teacher Retirement System (TRS), which ATPE supports.

The Senate Education Committee considered a number of bills Tuesday, March 26, many of which focused on various disciplinary issues.

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

On Tuesday, March 19, 2019, the House Committee on Public Education heard 21 bills on a variety of topics, including compensatory and accelerated education services, elections, and the state's share of public education funding.

Today the House Committee on Public Education voted to move forward a comprehensive school finance reform bill. Chairman Dan Huberty (R-Kingwood) offered a new committee substitute version of his House Bill (HB) 3 today, which the committee approved by a vote of 13 to zero.

The Senate Education Committee met Tuesday to consider several bills and pass its first bills of the legislative session.

Senate Education Committee Chair Larry Taylor (R-Friendswood) filed Senate Bill (SB) 4 at the end of last week, which was the deadline to file most bills for consideration during the 2019 legislative session.

Here's your wrap-up of education highlights from another busy week for the ATPE Governmental Relations team.

With 15 bills on the agenda, the topics covered included school start and end dates in Districts of Innovation (DOI), seizure training requirements, the assignment of students to uncertified teachers, concussion oversight teams, special education due process, suspension of students who are homeless, and adult education programs.