Advocacy Blog

ATPE urges educators to contact their state senators and ask them to push for action on HB 4. The Senate must hear all bills by May 28.

After weeks of “hurry up and wait,” Chairman Creighton has released a few details on his committee substitute for HB 2, and the result is a mixed bag for public educators and school districts.

It’s never over ’til it’s over, but not meeting key deadlines means the end of the road for some bills both good and bad.

Some Texas legislators and elected officials spent Teacher Appreciation Week trying to strip your constitutional rights and silence your voices.

Most public education action this week in the Senate occurred behind the scenes as it appears education committee leaders are negotiating key school finance provisions.

The Legislature continues its attack on payroll deduction, the future of the “Texas Two-Step” is uncertain, and the House looks to overhaul Texas’ testing and accountability system.

As Monday deadline looms to report bills out, the committee also heard bills that would criminalize educators who assist in “social transitioning” of a student as well as give parents access to student library records.

The key change? Teachers will quickly receive data on student performance, making it actionable.

School finance, including teacher pay raises, languishes in the Senate as Gov. Greg Abbott signs vouchers into law.

Next week is the last week a House bill can be heard in committee and still have a chance of making it to the House floor.