Senate Bill 11, which aims to get hundreds of districts without adequate safety protocols to adopt one, would also beef up truancy laws.
The bill passed with a unanimous vote and now heads to the House, where it will need to be voted out of committee before hitting the full floor.of 1,022 Texas school districts released in 2020 found that most of them reported having active-shooter plans but just 200 had policies that followed best practices. About half of the state’s districts — 626 — did not have active-shooter plans at all.
The TEA, in consultation with the safety center, would also be charged with creating guidance for districts on how to create or improve emergency operation plans. Appointing a conservator is usually the first step the agency takes to correct a school district’s performance before fully taking over its management and replacing its school board and superintendent with state appointees. The Houston Independent School District, the most recent district to be taken over, had a conservator in place for years before the agency took over the district.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Texas Senate Bill would add oversight, regulations to wind and solar powerSome critics of the bill believe it tramples on property rights and singles out renewable energy while ignoring traditional power generation coal, oil, and gas.
Read more »
Texas Senate passes $308 billion budget plan, kicking off high-stakes negotiations with the HouseThere is $5 billion and several political wedges standing between the House and Senate plans, which now move into conference committee with less than five weeks before session ends.
Read more »
Texas Senate passes $308 billion budget plan, kicking off high-stakes negotiations with the HouseSome $5 billion and multiple political wedges stand between the House and Senate plans, and time is ticking down on the session. Texas txlege TexasRepublicans TexasSchools PropertyTaxes
Read more »
Texas Senate passes $308 billion budget plan, kicking off high-stakes negotiations with the HouseThere is $5 billion and several political wedges standing between the House and Senate plans, which now move into conference committee with less than five weeks before session ends.
Read more »
Texas Senate seeks increased penalties on polluters as it renews state’s environmental agencyThe bill would require the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to focus enforcement on repeat polluters and give the public more time to weigh in on industry permits.
Read more »
‘Bipartisanship at its finest’: Texas Senate passes budget with property tax relief, teacher raisesThe proposal earmarks $16.5 billion for property tax relief. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has said the money can be used to raise the homestead exemption, from $40,000 to $70,000.
Read more »