By: Talarico H.B. No. 5423
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an annual report published by the Texas Education
Agency regarding public school campus closures.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 7, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 7.042 to read as follows:
Sec. 7.042. ANNUAL REPORT REGARDING PUBLIC SCHOOL CAMPUS
CLOSURES. (a) Not later than January 31 of each year, the agency
shall prepare and publish on the agency's publicly available
Internet website an annual report regarding school district and
open-enrollment charter school campus closures. The report must
include, for the preceding calendar year, the number of campuses
that have closed, disaggregated by the grade levels served by the
campus, including elementary, middle, junior high, or high school.
(b) The agency shall submit the report described by
Subsection (a) to:
(1) the governor;
(2) the lieutenant governor;
(3) the speaker of the house of representatives; and
(4) each member of the legislature.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.