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• supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public
• This bill does a number of things to reform Texas' current assessment program and to strengthen than
• First and foremost, this bill charges the state to work with vendors to adopt instructionally supportive
• assessments.
• They just provide instructionally supportive information that allows educators to think about how they

Bills: HB8

Keywords: HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround

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• It says the primary objective of an instructionally supportive assessment program created and implemented
• House Bill 8 transitions our state from STAAR to a new instructionally supportive assessment program
• . ...the current assessment program, I would encourage you to be trained as an assessment administrator
• Please do not vote for a state assessment program that increases the number of testing sessions for our
• Accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an Instructionally Supportive Assessment

Bills: HB8

Keywords: HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround

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• supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public
• This bill does a number of things to reform Texas' current assessment program and to strengthen our state's
• First and foremost—” “this bill charges the state to work with vendors to adopt instructionally supportive
• assessments.
• They just provide instructionally supportive information that allows educators to think about how they

Bills: HB8

Keywords: HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround

Summary: The House Committee on Public Education met to hear House Bill 8, which would replace STAAR with a new assessment and accountability system beginning in the 2027-28 school year. The chair described the bill as reducing testing time, limiting benchmark tests, adding beginning-, middle-, and end-of-year assessments, requiring faster score turnaround, involving Texas teachers in test development, and tightening accountability timelines and transparency rules. Members also discussed provisions on A-F ratings, cut scores, CCMR, local accountability plans, and TEA reporting requirements. Committee members and invited witnesses split sharply on the bill’s approach. Supporters, including the chair, TEA Commissioner Mike Morath, and Ed Trust’s Nicholas Munyon Penny, argued the bill would reduce high-stakes pressure, provide quicker and more actionable data, limit over-testing, and better align assessments to Texas standards while preserving criterion-referenced accountability. They said the new system would help teachers and parents intervene sooner and would improve transparency, including parent access to student responses and automatic rescoring in some writing cases. Opponents, including Rep. Hinojosa and student witness Ella Moran, argued the bill still increases testing and replaces one high-stakes test with multiple TEA-created tests. Moran testified that STAAR creates anxiety, disrupts instruction, and does not reflect real learning, while Hinojosa said the House had previously passed a better bill based on a nationally norm-referenced model and criticized the new proposal as a concession to the Senate. Questions also focused on AI scoring of writing, rescoring rates, and whether the bill’s new accountability rules would be reliable and fair. The committee did not take a final vote during the portion provided, but the chair said a vote on HB 8 would be called after public testimony later in the day.

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• I brought this issue up last time, but with support.
• Because there was no bigger supporter of...
• And we are here today to testify in strong support of SB 9.
• If you pass a program but don't fully fund that program, then give us the option to fund that program
• So thank you again for that support.

Bills: SB9, SB 9

Keywords: property tax, ad valorem tax, voter-approval tax rate, no-new-revenue tax rate, tax rate calculation, Tax Code, local government finance, municipality, county, special taxing unit, sales and use tax, property tax cap, tax rollback, tax levy, maintenance and operations, debt rate, disaster relief rate, Texas Legislature, local taxing unit, school assessment

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• I ask for your support of Senate Bill 999.
• I ask you to support these bills. Thank you.
• Cleet, testifying in support of Senate Bill 9.
• Prudence also supports this framework.
• I've now been told that he will not support it.

Bills: SB9, SB1047, SB1048, SJR17, SJR49, SB40, SJR1, SJR5, SB 9, SB 40, SJR 1

Keywords: bail reform, defendants, pretrial detention, public safety, criminal justice, charitable bail organizations, criminal procedure, public safety report, victim notification, family violence, bail bonds, public funds, political subdivision, injunction, taxpayer rights, violent crimes, sexual offenses, community safety, constitutional amendment, trafficking

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• Yet as Texans, we cannot support legislation that treats people any less than human beings.
• Instead of looking at these people through the lens of prejudice, hatred, and fear, let's all seek to support
• I represent the Texas Public Policy Foundation and Right on Crime and we are in support of SJR 5.

Bills: SB9, SB1047, SB1048, SJR17, SJR49, SB40, SJR1, SJR5, SB 9, SB 40, SJR 1

Keywords: bail reform, defendants, pretrial detention, public safety, criminal justice, charitable bail organizations, criminal procedure, public safety report, victim notification, family violence, bail bonds, public funds, political subdivision, injunction, taxpayer rights, violent crimes, sexual offenses, community safety, constitutional amendment, trafficking

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• We've updated special education assessment language to provide alternative assistance to students with
• Um, allowing the House to, uh, for ESCs to nominate teachers to review assessments, House adding conforming
• for the availability of optional beginning of the year and middle of the year assessment instructions
• Well, if, if you don't want to use these tests, they can use map or other assessments, but the, the 3
• Um, if I could, Senator, the, the contract deputy program is wildly popular in Harris County.

Bills: HB8, HB26, HB192

Keywords: HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround

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• supportive assessment program in the adoption and administration.
• supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public
• Well, a smart assessment...
• Assess the students using assessment instruments? That's what the bill does.
• supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public

Bills: HB8, HB12, SB 3, HJR1, SB 11, SB 16, SB 14

Keywords: HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround

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• The legislature has updated the special education assessment language to provide alternative assistance
• assessments, with the House adding conforming language to the coordinating board approval test.
• These are items that schools have been asking for with regard to assessments and accountability.
• It codifies an existing law enforcement program in Harris County.
• The contract deputy program is wildly popular in Harris County.

Bills: HB8, HB26, HB192

Keywords: HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround

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• Uh, we strongly support compression because as has been identified earlier.
• I'm here today speaking in support of HB 8.
• the assessment and the value can be wrong and what that was like for you?
• We support the exemption of the 1st $250,000 in income-producing property and we strongly support the
• We are here today in support of House Bill 9 and HJR 1.

Bills: HB8, HB9, HJR1, HB 22

Keywords: HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround

Bills: SB9, SB7, SB17, SB4, SB1, HB4

Keywords: school assessment, public education, accountability, transparency, education standards, STAAR, Texas Education Agency, TEA, public school accountability, school ratings, A-F ratings, assessment reform, student testing, benchmark tests, interim assessments, through-year assessment, diagnostic reports, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plans

Summary: The Senate briefly convened and received a message from the House stating that the House was taking a vote. No bills, motions, or substantive policy matters were discussed in the exchange. Pursuant to a previously adopted motion, the Senate then adjourned until 7 p.m. on Thursday, August 21.

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• Thank you for the support, Madam Chair. Are there any questions for Senator Bettencourt?
• test and the Texas A through F accountability system, replacing the STAR test with three other assessments
• The time we go to the floor next week, but they're not going to support a change at this time from the
• It's the exact same bill that was voted for out of this committee, and I ask for your support.

Bills: SB2, SB3, SB5, SB9, SB10, SB14, SB16, SB34, SB18, SB 2, SB 3, SB 5, SB 9, SB 10, SB 14, SB 16, SB 18, SB 34

Keywords: flooding, public safety, outdoor warning sirens, disaster preparedness, emergency response, flood warning, outdoor sirens, local government, safety measures, flood management, emergency preparedness, municipal safety, disaster response, disaster relief, emergency funding, Meteorological forecasting, local government assistance, training facilities, hemp regulation, consumable products

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• supportive assessment program in the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public
• Mentally Supportive Assessment Program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments
• Well, I... a smart assessment system, one that requires alignment to the standards, one that assesses
• This is simply assessments that assess whether or not our students are achieving acceptable learning
• Including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and

Bills: HB8, HB12, SB 3, HJR1, SB 11, SB 16, SB 14, HB 8, HB 12, SB 3, HJR 1, SB 11, SB 16, SB 14

Keywords: HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround

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• of reading programs.
• This just changes the Read by Grade 3 assessment from one assessment to another.
• We will now open the hearing for support testimony. Support testimony for this bill, AB 386.
• pre-assessment, plus a midpoint assessment.
• the it counts assessment.

Bills: AB386

Keywords: AB386, Washoe County School District, reading assessment, literacy, elementary school, pupil assessment, statewide assessment, alternative assessment, reading proficiency, standards-based testing, valid and reliable test, State Board of Education, Department of Education, pilot program, school testing, assessment equivalency, education grant, Nevada education, NRS 388.157, school accountability

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• Every Senate employee's state salary is being used to support Senator Alvarado's campaign.
• The Capitol building and the Senate itself are being used to support Senator Alvarado's campaign.
• the Senate and its official work are being used to support Senator Alvarado's campaign.
• Using the entire Senate, its employees, and support resources to support Senator Alvarado's campaign
• Every other Senate member and each employee is a prop to support Senator Alvarado.

Bills: SB 2, SB 5, SB 9, SB 7, SB 17, SB 4, HB4, HB1, HB3, HB20, HB22, SB9, SB7, SB17, SB4, HB4, SB2, SB5

Keywords: disaster relief, flood preparedness, emergency funding, local government support, meteorological forecasting, school assessment, public education, accountability, transparency, education standards, STAAR, Texas Education Agency, TEA, public school accountability, school ratings, A-F ratings, assessment reform, student testing, benchmark tests, interim assessments

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• Courtrooms across the United States use those measures to assess compactness.
• And that's why I believe it deserves and merits our support.
• Whether they properly assessed it or not, I don't know.
• people were in support.
• program, Ms.

Bills: SB 2, SB 5, SB 9, SB 7, SB 17, SB 4, HB4, HB1, HB3, HB20, HB22, SB9, SB7, SB17, SB4, HB4, SB2, SB5

Keywords: disaster relief, flood preparedness, emergency funding, local government support, meteorological forecasting, school assessment, public education, accountability, transparency, education standards, STAAR, Texas Education Agency, TEA, public school accountability, school ratings, A-F ratings, assessment reform, student testing, benchmark tests, interim assessments

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• They had to have used race in making their assessments. They had to take race into consideration.
• A lot of people are using a different program out there.
• Red Apple is a program that's been utilized by the Texas legislature for many years to assist in drawing
• Crossover Anglo support for Democrats in some urban areas in Texas.
• The legislature would fund the Commission's operations while granting data access in support.

Bills: SB 2, SB 5, SB 9, SB 7, SB 17, SB 4, HB4, HB1, HB3, HB20, HB22, SB9, SB7, SB17, SB4, HB4, SB2, SB5

Keywords: disaster relief, flood preparedness, emergency funding, local government support, meteorological forecasting, school assessment, public education, accountability, transparency, education standards, STAAR, Texas Education Agency, TEA, public school accountability, school ratings, A-F ratings, assessment reform, student testing, benchmark tests, interim assessments

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• A white guy supporting a Black woman to get that new seat.
• Members, I rise in support of House Bill 4.
• We do not support men in women's sports. We do not support abortion on demand.
• We do not support tax hikes. We do not support open borders. These are not just talking points.
• And so I wanted to make it very clear why I support this map.

Bills: SB 2, SB 5, SB 9, SB 7, SB 17, SB 4, HB4, HB1, HB3, HB20, HB22, SB9, SB7, SB17, SB4, HB4, SB2, SB5

Keywords: disaster relief, flood preparedness, emergency funding, local government support, meteorological forecasting, school assessment, public education, accountability, transparency, education standards, STAAR, Texas Education Agency, TEA, public school accountability, school ratings, A-F ratings, assessment reform, student testing, benchmark tests, interim assessments

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• We strongly support compression.
• Well we strongly support... support compressing tax rates. Okay, thank you.
• I'm here today speaking in support of HB 8.
• We support the exemption of the first $250,000 in income-producing property, and we strongly support
• We are here today in support of House Bill 9 and H.J.R. 1. 140,000 members.

Bills: HB8, HB9, HJR1, HB22, HB8, HB9, HJR1, HB22

Keywords: HB 8, school finance, compressed tax rate, maximum compressed tax rate, MCR, PYMCR, property tax, school district taxes, Education Code, Tax Code, state aid, school funding formula, local school taxes, Texas school finance, tax rate compression, public education funding, ad valorem tax, tangible personal property, income-producing property, business personal property

Bills: SB 2, SB 5, SB 10, HB17, SB 9, SB 7, SB 17, SB 4, HB17, SB9, SB7, SB17, SB4, SB2, SB5, SB10

Keywords: disaster relief, flood preparedness, emergency funding, local government support, meteorological forecasting, property tax, school funding, enrollment changes, inflation adjustment, tax rate notice, school assessment, public education, accountability, transparency, education standards, STAAR, Texas Education Agency, TEA, public school accountability, school ratings