During legislative sessions, TCTA's top-ranked lobby team is at the Texas Capitol every day, working on behalf of Texas teachers and other classroom professionals. Our lobbyists carefully monitor and testify on legislation that could affect TCTA members and provide daily reports on legislative action. These updates are provided below and compiled and emailed weekly via the TCTA eUpdate newsletter.
Teacher salary proposal filed
Mar 9, 2023
HB 11 by former House Public Education Committee Chair Harold Dutton was filed Wednesday. The bill includes provisions regarding teacher pay and…
Committees leave bills pending; Finance votes out supplemental appropriations bill
Mar 9, 2023
As is the norm with most committees, especially early in the session, most bills heard this week were left pending. However, a key financial bill is…
Retiree cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) bill filed
Mar 8, 2023
Rep. Greg Bonnen, House Appropriations Committee Chair, has filed a bill providing ongoing retiree benefit increases, conditional on the health of…
Senate Education to hear bills including counselor qualification proposal
Mar 6, 2023
The Senate Education Committee is scheduled to meet Wednesday to hear several bills, including some on health and safety issues, and one to remove…
First education bill hearings posted
Mar 3, 2023
Several committees have posted notices for hearings for the upcoming week, including the House Public Education Committee. Among them is a bill - HB…
Bill hearings to begin
Mar 2, 2023
Committees will begin hearing bills next week. Keep in touch with your legislators on bills of interest to you, as well as our top priorities for the…
Major education bills still unavailable as filing deadline approaches
Mar 1, 2023
Lawmakers have entered the last flurry of bill filings, with next Friday, March 10, as the deadline for filing bills. We are anticipating the…
First House Pub Ed meeting includes school safety briefing
Feb 28, 2023
The committee discussed increased funding for school safety measures, the possibility that schools should be required to have armed personnel, and…
TCTA testifies in hearing re: teacher salaries, retirement benefits
Feb 27, 2023
TCTA testified in support of a significant increase in educator salaries; increased contributions toward school employee health insurance; funding…
So why isn't anything happening yet?
Feb 23, 2023
In Wednesday's Capitol Update we provided a refresher on the legislative process. But some of you may be wondering why - more than six weeks after…
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