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• of assessment instruments in public schools, including Achievement, Public School Performance Ratings
• , and interventions and sanctions under the Public School Accountability System.
• decisions. related to public school accountability.
• There is a breadth of opinion among our public school educators, even some of our public school advocacy
• advisory committee include at least one public school administrator with responsibilities for 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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• public school systems.
• As a public school educator and parent... ...of school-aged children that attend public schools in Texas
• as an assessment administrator, shadow a testing coordinator in one of our public schools during a testing
• Of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement, public school performance ratings
• related to public school accountability.

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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• The chair lays out House Bill 8 relating to public school accountability and transparency, including
• of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement, public school performance ratings
• to public school accountability.
• school educators and even some of our public school advocacy groups that said things like, well, why
• school educators and even some of our public school advocacy groups that said things like, well, why

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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• For school taxes, there was a major change.
• Public safety would encourage cities to adequately fund fire and police and prioritize public safety.
• On top of public safety...
• You know, so now they're kind of using public safety... ...to scare the public, in a sense, in order
• This would affect our public health.

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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• How does the public? See that? Thank you, sir.
• Hearing none, public testimony is closed. The chair now opens public testimony on Senate Bill 1047.
• Like you cannot really finish school.
• Hearing none, public testimony is closed.
• are public nuisance issues.

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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• Hearing none, public testimony is closed.
• Public testimony on SJR 5 and the chair calls the following witnesses.
• Speaking to the microphone, public testimony will be limited to two minutes on each bill and subject
• I represent the Texas Public Policy Foundation and Right on Crime and we are in support of SJR 5.
• Defendants who can afford bail can buy their freedom, despite the public safety threat they pose.

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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• It gives school districts the support they need to carry out the responsibilities of the reading assessment
• Like they need to follow those rules as well for eligibility to play in a public high school under the

Bills: SF0014, SF0053

Keywords: literacy, education, reading assessment, intervention program, public school funding, department of education, amateur status, high school athletics, student eligibility, sports regulation, monetary compensation, 916, all

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• And school climate but actually provide specific input measures.
• OK, let me open public testimony.
• I'm with the Association, Texas Association of School Boards.
• OK, we'll close public testimony.
• No close public testimony.

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

Bills: SF0014, SF0018

Keywords: literacy, education, reading assessment, intervention program, public school funding, department of education, K-12 education, part-time attendance, public schools, student enrollment, education funding, 916, all

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• </c> with data analysis and school with data analysis and school improvement<00:09:23.279><c> plans</
• </c><00:13:04.639><c> and</c> contained within the assessment and contained within the assessment and
• Um, schools.
• </c><00:26:23.360><c> Senator</c> students in K K12 schools. Senator students in K K12 schools.

Bills: SF0014, SF0018

Keywords: literacy, education, reading assessment, intervention program, public school funding, department of education, K-12 education, part-time attendance, public schools, student enrollment, education funding, 916, all

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• There were concerns about moving the high school assessment to the end of the year.
• The high school assessment, as you probably all know, the statewide assessment is the ACT, and we are
• So if I recall, if a public school or...
• So if I recall, if a public school or a school goes into remote, for whatever reason, if it is deemed
• It's a student at Mesa Public Schools. All right. Who's up next? Thank you. Still here.

Bills: HB2020, HB2032, HB2033, HB2249, HB2313, HB2318, HB2378, HCR2003

Keywords: interference, disruption, educational institutions, public order, conduct rules, statewide assessment, student testing, academic standards, third grade reading, reading retention, promotion and retention, school accountability, assessment window, testing window, test scores, school report cards, nontest data, graduation rates, dropout rates, education data privacy

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• Okay, let me open public testimony.
• That's what you probably have been hearing from schools. school districts that they wanted when the last
• These are items that schools have been asking for with regard to assessments and accountability.
• We will close public testimony.
• Closed public testimony.

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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• instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement, public school performance ratings, and interventions
• , sanctions under the public school accountability system, a grant program for school district local
• assessment instruments in public schools. indicators of achievement, public school performance ratings
• HB 8 sets a new course for assessment and accountability in Texas schools.
• administration of assessment instruments in public schools; indicators of achievement, public school

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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• Assembly Bill 386 gives school districts the ability to choose a K-3 reading assessment tool that works
• For the record, Dillon Schaever with Pinyon Public Affairs on behalf of the Washoe County School District
• I know we didn't have these assessments, Dylan, when you and I went to school together, but we turned
• So through the 25-26 school year, we still have MAP as our state assessment.
• So I'm in the school of thought of interims too, so that teachers know what to teach after they assess

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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• instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement, public school performance ratings and interventions
• and sanctions under the public school accountability system, a grant program for school district local
• HB 8 sets a new course for assessment and accountability in Texas schools.
• of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement, public school performance ratings
• and interventions and sanctions under the public school accountability system, a grant program per school

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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• That's in our schools.
• Using state assessment data to implement initiatives like the additional day school year program has
• Public school accountability system from the business community, and SB 8 really hits the mark.
• So, if a school—hopefully a school will help schools not fail—but if one does, what's the time frame?
• With over $90 billion invested annually in public education, Texans deserve an assessment and accountability

Bills: SB8, SB 8

Keywords: education, accountability, public school assessment, state law, transparency, intervention, performance ratings, sex designation, restroom access, civil penalties, private civil right of action, women's privacy, 1185, senate, all

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• and our public schools.
• I'm not a school finance expert.
• and other important public services.
• That's for school.
• The school finance formulas in the public school finance system.

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

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• Under this philosophy, why do public schools exist at all?
• in our public schools.
• public schools are in, you know, that we have public schools.
• And so therefore, that's why public schools are in, you know, that we have public schools.
• schools that offer the course. ...is rewarded by public schools that offer the course.

Bills: HB2093, HB2370, HB2376, HB2380, HB2381, HB2383, HB2423, HB2481, HB2621, HB2895, HB4005, HB4043, HB4109

Keywords: mental health, school curriculum, education policy, instruction requirements, statute repeal, charter schools, education, weapons detection, public safety, school administration, school districts, real estate transactions, school property, bond issuance, land use approval, capital improvements, school governance, board meetings, education funding, parental notification

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• and our public schools.
• Um, I'm not a school finance expert. Our school finance expert is here and she can.
• What are the schools saying?
• school system.
• finance formulas and the public school finance system.

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: HB 7, HB 100, HB 121, HB 124, HB 1175, HB 1458, HB 2249

Keywords: instructional materials, education code, public schools, rejected materials, open education resources, local funds, school safety, emergency response, mental health, peace officers, educational security, crisis intervention, threat assessment, training programs, restorative justice, student transcript, school district, education, electronic records, accessibility