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.
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…
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…
Mar 8, 2023
Rep. Greg Bonnen, House Appropriations Committee Chair, has filed a bill providing ongoing retiree benefit increases, conditional on the health of…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Feb 28, 2023
The committee discussed increased funding for school safety measures, the possibility that schools should be required to have armed personnel, and…
Feb 27, 2023
TCTA testified in support of a significant increase in educator salaries; increased contributions toward school employee health insurance; funding…
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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