Texas Legislature 84th Session Updates

The 84th session of the Texas Legislature convened Jan. 13, and now that committee assignments have been made in both the Senate and House, there’s a lot of education news and activity to track. The links below will keep you up-to-date as the session progresses.  The 84th session concludes June 1, 2015.  

Before the 84th session of the Texas Legislature convened on Jan. 13, the State Board for Educator  Certification adopted legislative recommendations to be considered by lawmakers this spring.

The three legislative recommendations, in priority order, are:

1. Clarify the minimum grade point average
requirements for eligibility for admission to
an educator preparation program in Section
21.0441 of the Texas Education Code.

2. Grant the Commissioner of Education the
administrative subpoena power to fully
investigate certified educator misconduct
cases.

3. Maintain the State Board for Educator
Certification (SBEC) as the policy-making
body to recognize public school educators as
professionals and preserving the authority of
educators to govern the standards of their
profession.

General links to the legislature:
www.capitol.state.tx.us/

Legislative calendar and agendas by date:
www.capitol.state.tx.us/MnuCalendars.aspx

House of Representatives:
www.house.state.tx.us/

Texas Senate: www.senate.state.tx.us/

House committee and chamber meetings:
www.capitol.state.tx.us/Committees/
MeetingsHouse.aspx

Senate committee and chamber meetings:
www.capitol.state.tx.us/Committees/
MeetingsSenate.aspx

Receive email alerts when a committee meeting
is posted: www.capitol.state.tx.