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TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Press Conference: Testing & Accountability Aug 25th, 2025 at 09:08 am
Transcript Highlights:
- Education should finally reflect that. Thank you. Thank you, Farah.
- Parents do not want more testing for our kids.
- education bills before the Public Education Committee.
- Parents don't know this is happening. In Austin, this is the first week of school.
- Yes, what can parents and stakeholders do at this point to help kill the bill?
Keywords:
House Bill 8, standardized testing, student testimony, education policy, mental health, parent concerns, Texas Education Agency
Summary:
The committee meeting focused on the impacts of House Bill 8, which proposes increasing the frequency of state testing for students in Texas. During the meeting, various testimonies were provided by students, highlighting their concerns about the negative effects of standardized testing on their educational experience. Students expressed that the pressure of multiple assessments causes significant stress and detracts from the joy of learning. Some lawmakers voiced their opposition to the bill, emphasizing the need for a thorough review and consideration of alternative evaluation methods that prioritize student well-being over testing metrics.
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- for their child's education.
- Sure, well, I mean, as far as a parent, if a parent chooses to homeschool their child, that's their choice
- I mean, they are giving their kid an education.
- I'm always going to side with the parent first versus government trying to control the parent.
- Preventive measures are often offered by local education agencies to these parents in the form of just
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services (Part I) Feb 26th, 2025
Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- We're going to educate doctors, and we're going to educate ourselves in high school and in college.
- The first principle these bills capture is education.
- So our overall incentives at the top have been captured, and the idea of education—of improving education—is
- They provided the education and the systems to do this.
- So education, as you've approached it, is key.
Keywords:
attorney ad litem, indigent parents, parent-child relationship, legal representation, Texas Family Code, court procedures, nutrition, health standards, food labeling, education, dietary guidelines, medical education, food safety, school meals, child nutrition, food additives, public health, 1185, senate, all
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services (Part II) Feb 26th, 2025
Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Most parents, even if they're well educated and can afford the highest quality food, believe that if
- In order to better educate parents, I became a health and wellness coach, but it shouldn't be this hard
- We need to educate parents, teachers, doctors, and principals, and get food manufacturers to create healthier
- Enthusiasm for continuing education.
- We’re educating the parents and the children on how to read the labels and what these things are doing
Keywords:
attorney ad litem, indigent parents, parent-child relationship, legal representation, Texas Family Code, court procedures, nutrition, health standards, food labeling, education, dietary guidelines, medical education, food safety, school meals, child nutrition, food additives, public health, 1185, senate, all
TX
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- More than 90% of parents support teaching topics like puberty, health education, healthy relationships
- More than 90% of parents support teaching topics like puberty, health education, healthy relationships
- I heard a lot of good things that I believe most of the parents, families, and educators in our state
- Local people are smart enough, the educators, the parents, and so on, to make the right decisions for
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on <01:45:48.159>to educators, the parents, and so on to educators,
Keywords:
parental notification, school safety, bullying, harassment, violence, prohibited conduct, student discipline, charter school, school district, data practices, student privacy, parent rights, guardian notification, school incident reporting, cyberbullying, restraint, reasonable force, anti-bullying policy, school administration, student conduct
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee 3rd Revision: Oreder revised Feb 18th, 2026 at 04:30 pm
A&B Education Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- I understand that we want to let parents choose, but doesn't this let parents pick and choose?
- Is there parental consent?
- But the parents would have...
- And if we further allow parents to sign away the Establishment Clause rights of students, If parents
- This is 100% about parental consent and parents and children being on the same page so that parents don't
Keywords:
extracurricular activities, charter schools, student eligibility, virtual education, Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association, prayer, religious freedom, public schools, consent, First Amendment, school policy, paid maternity leave, school employees, public health, childcare, work-life balance, education, family leave, tuition, grant
TX
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- parents pay more child support.
- These parents are left with no path forward, and children are left without the support of their parents
- the non-custodial parent status.
- for appointment as attorney ad litem for the parent in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship
- We represent children and parents in cases filed by DFPS.
Keywords:
child support, interest accrual, family law, delinquency, financial judgment, statutory probate courts, probate court fees, judicial fund, county reimbursement, comptroller, Texas Government Code, Local Government Code, court fees, fee allocation, excess contributions, judicial education and support fund, presiding judge salary, county finance, court administration, Texas judiciary
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Okay, members, the Senate Education Committee K through 16 will begin its agenda.
- Education Code Chapter 162, which is 24 pages long.
- Code Interstate Compact on educational opportunity for military children, the Education Compact.
- The Education Compact eases the transition for military families by providing better educational opportunities
- What impact does that have on Funding education in the state of Texas. Sure.
Keywords:
HB 123, kindergarten readiness, early literacy, early numeracy, reading screening, math screening, foundational literacy, foundational numeracy, dyslexia screening, reading intervention, math intervention, teacher academy, literacy academy, mathematics academy, interventionist academy, K-3 assessments, school readiness, prekindergarten, tutoring grant, parent-directed tutoring
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- This is what no parent wants.
- educators as well as parents and families about how to develop reports that can actually be understood
- And I'll show you right here's Mike Morath, a commissioner of the Texas Education Agency. the Education
- Educators are not afraid of accountability.
- We have leveraged educator input throughout the process.
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
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- So Good Reason Houston is an organization that focuses exclusively on public education. education and
- dig down into what people actually have a problem with—and not just policy wonks, not even just educators—parents
- This proposal limits parent and educator input.
- We're talking about students, parents, and educators.
- As a public school educator and parent... ...of school-aged children that attend public schools in Texas
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
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- This is what no parent wants.
- educators as well as parents and families about how to—” “develop reports that actually can be understood
- Parents are emailed reports.
- As long as educators, parents, and local leaders continue to have a seat at the table during implementation
- As long as educators, parents, and local leaders continue to have a seat at the table during 615 implementation
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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Transcript Highlights:
- And now, when education is a.
- It will give parents and decision makers the tools they need to improve our public education system.
- And that's because, for most of our parents, They rely on the school to educate their kids, and they're
- So this body, the work of this body, the State Board of Education. education.
- They would be thanking the state board of education for parents not showing up asking why are you even
Keywords:
instructional materials, public schools, Education Code, adoption, rejected materials, local funds, open educational resources, Texas Education Code, school districts, open enrollment charter schools, funding restrictions, environmental regulation, business compliance, local authority, economic development, state preemption, local control, open education resources, SB 762, Texas public schools
TX
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- And that's hugely important because we have to involve the parents in the academic education of their
- that came up to recognizing that parents have a super important part in their child's education.
- This consistent statewide approach ensures that educators and parents have reliable data to identify.
- It will give parents and decision-makers the tools they need to improve our public education system.
- They would be thanking the state board of education for parents not showing up asking why are you even
Keywords:
instructional materials, public schools, Education Code, adoption, rejected materials, local funds, open educational resources, Texas Education Code, school districts, open enrollment charter schools, funding restrictions, environmental regulation, business compliance, local authority, economic development, state preemption, local control, open education resources, SB 762, Texas public schools
NM
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- parents is championing something else.
- parents is championing something else.
- Education is a key part of fixing that.
- Education is a key part of fixing that.
- I was a former foster parent.
Keywords:
student use, wireless devices, public schools, policy implementation, education technology funding, driver education, driver's ed, driving school, motorcycle safety, traffic safety, vulnerable road users, pedestrian safety, bicycle safety, cyclist, bike lane, micromobility, scooter, moped, motorcycle training, DWI prevention
NM
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- They'll still generate special education membership.
- , and all aspects of education for those students.
- I'm not an expert on education.
- Why have we not, as a public education entity or public education state that has that in the Constitution
- Educators report workload has become unmanageable.
Keywords:
student use, wireless devices, public schools, policy implementation, education technology funding, driver education, driver's ed, driving school, motorcycle safety, traffic safety, vulnerable road users, pedestrian safety, bicycle safety, cyclist, bike lane, micromobility, scooter, moped, motorcycle training, DWI prevention
TX
Bills:
SB 128, SB 640, SB 672, SB 904, SB 1141, SB 1263, SB 1525, SB 1528, SB 2041, SB 2306, SB 2308, SB 2357, SB 2446, SB 2695, SB 2857, SB 2891, SB 2583
Keywords:
hospital reporting, child abuse, neglect, administrative penalty, medical ethics, child protection, hearing instruments, licensing, continuing education, patient protection, medical evaluations, parent-child relationship, Department of Family and Protective Services, adversary hearing, protected rights, legal custody, prescription drugs, prior authorization, neurodegenerative diseases, health benefits
TX
Bills:
SB 128, SB 640, SB 672, SB 904, SB 1141, SB 1263, SB 1525, SB 1528, SB 2041, SB 2306, SB 2308, SB 2357, SB 2446, SB 2695, SB 2857, SB 2891, SB 2583
Keywords:
hospital reporting, child abuse, neglect, administrative penalty, medical ethics, child protection, hearing instruments, licensing, continuing education, patient protection, medical evaluations, parent-child relationship, Department of Family and Protective Services, adversary hearing, protected rights, legal custody, prescription drugs, prior authorization, neurodegenerative diseases, health benefits
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Lack of child care often forces parents to sacrifice their own employment. ...or dreams of higher education
- This affects the success of working parents in the state.
- In short, El Paso's working parents need our help.
- Being a parent is a full-time job on top of education and a career. ...but these hard-working families
- single parents.
Keywords:
peace officers, firefighters, employment protection, worker's compensation, job security, maximum medical improvement, government employment, firefighter cancer benefits, emergency medical technicians, compensation claims, cancer exposures, firefighting hazards, workforce training, rural development, grant program, job-specific training, Texas Workforce Commission, child care, single-parent, subsidized
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships Apr 22nd, 2025
S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships
Transcript Highlights:
- that provides medical, educational, and emotional support for young parents.
- But the biological parents come along and say, "No, I'm the parent."
- If you did, you're the parent; the other person is the parent.
- The other parent of the child can't complain about that parent being in the home unless that parent has
- Everyone wants their parental rights when it comes to education and medical decisions.
Keywords:
fatherhood, family support, fatherlessness, community engagement, youth development, social policy, male role models, child development, policy reform, role models, mental health, parenting, single-parent homes, welfare reform, economic opportunity, mentorship, community initiatives, children, welfare programs, education