Update: Since publication, the Critical Race Theory Bill has been passed out of the House Education Committee. The chances of two pieces of conservative priority legislation passing the Texas House are looking slim, after a Democrat House chairman expressed...
UPDATED on 8/31/21 at 11:15 am to include clips from the House Public Education Committee hearing. On Monday evening, the House Public Education Committee considered two different bills relating to mask mandates in public schools. Before laying out the bills, the...
On Monday, the Texas House of Representatives referred three bills related to mask mandates and public schools to the House Public Education Committee. As school districts across the state continue defying Gov. Greg Abbott’s July executive order attempting to prohibit...
On Wednesday, State Rep. Harold Dutton Jr. (D–Houston), chairman of the House Public Education Committee, filed a bill that would allow a school board or the governing body of an open-enrollment charter school to determine whether to require masks or face coverings in...
After voting earlier this week to reject a bill to stop men from playing on women’s sports teams in Texas public schools, political retribution has given the bill new life. On Tuesday, the House Public Education Committee held a hearing on Senate Bill 29, the proposal...
NOTE: This article has been updated with additional information since it was initially published, including a statement from State Rep. Briscoe Cain. More than two weeks after their colleagues in the Texas Senate, the Texas House has passed its version of property tax...
NOTE: This article has been updated with additional information since it was initially published. Nearly two-thirds of the members of the Texas House believe government should have the ability to take your DNA and input it in a criminal database before you’re...
At first blush, House Speaker Joe Straus’ new committee chairs indicate he heard the message voters sent in November — welcome news for taxpayers. Perhaps the biggest win is seeing liberal Rene Oliveira removed from the Ways & Means chairmanship, replaced by...
