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.
House committee approves recommendations for education spending
Mar 31, 2021
Wednesday morning, the House Appropriations Committee adopted the recommendations of the Article III subcommittee, which includes the budgets of TEA…
Senate budget passes out of committee
Mar 30, 2021
SB 1, the state budget bill, cleared another hurdle today as it passed out of the Senate Finance Committee unanimously.
House Public Education Committee hears from Morath
Mar 2, 2021
The House Public Education Committee held its first meeting of the session Tuesday, kicking off with a briefing from Education Commissioner Mike…
Patrick reveals priority issues
Feb 23, 2021
Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick released his priorities for the legislative session, describing them as “designed to protect taxpayers and the Texas…
TRS has contentious Senate budget hearing
Feb 22, 2021
While the aftermath of last week’s winter storm was the focus of much legislative discussion, the Senate held budget hearings for TEA and TRS on…
Senate Finance holds first meeting
Feb 8, 2021
Chaired by Sen. Jane Nelson, the Senate Finance Committee met Monday for the first time this session in an organizational and informational meeting,…
Governor's address lays out emergency items for session
Feb 1, 2021
Gov. Greg Abbott presented his State of the State address to Texans Monday evening in a speech broadcast across the state – a departure from his…
Senate budget proposal (SB 1) filed
Jan 21, 2021
Although the House and Senate are not meeting this week, the filing of legislation continues. On Thursday, State Sen. Jane Nelson, chair of the…
House follows Senate with budget proposal
Jan 21, 2021
Shortly after Senate Finance Chair Jane Nelson filed SB 1, the Senate's base budget, the House followed suit by releasing its recommendations for the…
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