Legislative Tracker
Below is a list of current Texas House and Senate Bills that are relevant to the careers of Educational Diagnosticians.
View the Government Awareness Report here.
View the letter to Senator Zaffirini sent by TEDA, regarding Senate Bill 26.
| Bill | Author | Caption | Status |
| HB 61 | Martinez | Relating to the salary paid to certain professional employees of public schools. | Status |
| HB 62 | Martinez | Relating to the salary paid to certain professional employees of public schools. | Status |
| HB 135 | Villarreal | Relating to field experience requirements for educator certification. | Status |
| HB 357/SB 35 | Rodriguez/ Zaffirini | Relating to transition and employment services for public school students enrolled in special education programs. | Status ** |
| HB 387 | Turner | Relating to the right of an employee who is a parent of a child enrolled in a special education program to time off from work to meet with certain persons affecting the education of the child. | Status |
| HB 402 | Fletcher | Relating to public school students who have dyscalculia. | Status |
| HB 458 | White, et al. | Relating to exempting a school district from the obligation to comply with certain unfunded state educational mandates. | Status |
| HB 653 | Christian | Relating to student loan repayment assistance for speech-language pathologists or audiologists employed by a public school or as faculty members of certain graduate programs at public institutions of higher education. | Status |
| HB 861/ SB 746 | Patrick, Diane/ Davis | Relating to membership of the state continuing advisory committee for special education services. | Status ** |
| HB 1054 | Patrick, Diane | Relating to continuing education requirements for educators. | Status |
| HB 1130 | Huberty | Relating to information provided by the Texas Education Agency to school districts regarding placement of students receiving special education services. | Status |
| HB 1171/ HB 1208 | Shelton/ Martinez-Fisher | Relating to the deadline for providing notice to public school teachers regarding renewal or nonrenewal of term contracts. | Status ** |
| HB 1335 | Allen | Relating to certain resources available to teachers of a public school student with a disability under the statewide plan for delivery of services to public school students with disabilities. | Status |
| HB 1462/ SB778 | Huberty/ Williams | Relating to the inclusion of professional staff who educate students with disabilities on district-level and campus-level planning and decision-making committees. | Status ** |
| HB 1672/ SB 866 | Jackson, Jim/ Deuell | Relating to the education of public school students with dyslexia, the education and training of educators who teach students with dyslexia, and the assessment of students with dyslexia attending an institution of higher education. | Status** |
| HJR 46 | White, et al. | Proposing a constitutional amendment releasing a school district from the obligation to comply with an unfunded state educational mandate. | Status |
| SB 26 | Zaffirini | Relating to the use of person first respectful language in reference to individuals with disabilities. | Status |
| SB 87 | Lucio | Relating to professional development institutes regarding education of students with disabilities to serve as a resource for public school teachers and paraprofessionals. | Status |
| SB 113 | Davis | Relating to the effect of a delay by the State Board for Educator Certification in renewing an educator's certification. | Status |
| SB 155 | Huffman | Relating to the eligibility of certain school district employees to participate or be enrolled in certain group health benefit programs. | Status |
| SB 157 | Williams | Relating to a school choice program for certain students with disabilities. | Status |
| SB354 | Wentworth, et al. | Relating to the carrying of concealed handguns on the campuses of institutions of higher education. | Status |
| SB 596 | Shapiro | Relating to transition planning for a public school student receiving special education services. | Status |
| **Please see "Companions" tab to be able to view the status of both bills. | |||