It’s still early, but Texas lawmakers have already filed 2,300 bills before the start of the legislative session. 17% of these, or about 400, are education-focused, making education the leading topic so far, with crime, health and social services rounding out the top four. We’ll post important funding, testing and community schools bills in this space.

For an overview of what has already been filed, read this article from the Houston Chronicle (1/14/25): “We read through Texas’ 2,000 filed bills this session using A.I. Here’s what to know.”

School Funding

HB351 (Goodwin): This bill would adjust public school funding to keep up with inflation.

HB1657 (Cunningham): This bill would provide an Educational Savings Account/Voucher for certain children.

Testing and Accountability

Community Schools

SB235 (Johnson): Relating to a public school campus’s election under a campus turnaround plan to operate as a community school.

SB558 (Johnson): Relating to the establishment of a grant program for school district or open-enrollment charter school campuses that are designated as full-service community schools.