89R9962 KRM-D
By: Hickland H.B. No. 2443
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring the Texas Education Agency to prepare a
report regarding public education mandates.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 7, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 7.041 to read as follows:
Sec. 7.041. REPORT ON PUBLIC EDUCATION MANDATES. (a) In
this section, "public education mandate" means a requirement made
by federal or state law, including a statute, rule, order, or
ordinance, that requires a school district to establish, expand, or
modify an activity in a way that requires the expenditure of revenue
by the school district that would not have been required in the
absence of the federal or state law.
(b) The agency shall prepare a report that identifies each
public education mandate that applies in this state. The report
shall identify each public education mandate individually and
provide the following information relating to the mandate:
(1) the law authorizing the mandate;
(2) whether the mandate is fully funded, partially
funded, or unfunded;
(3) whether the funding for the mandate, if any, is
state funds, federal funds, or a combination of state and federal
funds;
(4) an estimate of any cost required to be paid by the
state or the school districts, if applicable;
(5) whether the mandate duplicates all or part of
another public education mandate;
(6) any conflict between the mandate and any other
public education mandate; and
(7) any recommendation relating to revising or
eliminating a mandate.
(c) The agency shall solicit information relating to public
education mandates from school districts, school district
employees, and any other interested person.
(c-1) Not later than December 1, 2026, the agency shall
deliver a copy of the report produced under this section to the
governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house, and presiding
officers of the standing committees of each house of the
legislature with primary jurisdiction over public education. This
subsection expires January 15, 2027.
(d) The agency shall:
(1) make the report produced under this section
available as an electronic document on the agency's Internet
website; and
(2) update the electronic document periodically to
include any additions or changes to the report.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2025.