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.
Tuesday committee hearings include radical change to state employee retirement
May 4, 2021
The House Appropriations Committee held a hearing Tuesday on SB 321, a bill to restructure the state’s retirement plan for new state employees. The…
Comptroller adds $3.1 billion to state revenue estimate
May 3, 2021
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Glenn Hegar released his revised revenue estimate for the state today, informing lawmakers that they have $3.12…
Budget bill, TRS Sunset bill, and others on the move
Apr 29, 2021
The culling of bills has begun, as House committees wind down their activity on House bills and will begin to focus on legislation coming over from…
Federal funds partially released
Apr 28, 2021
State leaders have announced the release of a portion of the federal funds due to Texas schools as a result of recent federal legislation. Of the…
House Pub Ed hearing
Apr 27, 2021
Points of order and related parliamentary issues have plagued the House this session. An early example came during a meeting of the House Elections…
House passes budget, adopts anti-voucher amendment
Apr 23, 2021
The Texas House passed its version of the state budget (SB 1) late Thursday night. With fewer fireworks than usual, lawmakers adopted 146 amendments…
Bills that have passed the House or Senate
Apr 22, 2021
More than 50 education-related bills have gotten halfway through the legislative process. The state budget (the only bill the Legislature is required…
Senate Ed hears bill to allow districts to withdraw from ActiveCare
Apr 22, 2021
The Senate Education Committee heard these bills at its Thursday meeting.
House adopts TCTA salary protection provision
Apr 21, 2021
Wednesday morning the House took up HB 1525, the HB 3 "clean-up bill” by Rep. Dan Huberty that primarily addresses technical issues from last…
TRS Sunset bill moving on to Senate floor consideration
Apr 21, 2021
The Senate Administration Committee voted out the TRS Sunset bill Wednesday afternoon. The Senate sponsor of HB 1585, Sen. Eddie Lucio, laid out two…
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