Bill Text: TX HB110 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the Texas Education Reform Task Force.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-03-14 - Referred to Public Education [HB110 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB110-Introduced.html
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| By: Buckley | H.B. No. 110 | |
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| relating to the creation of the Texas Education Reform Task Force. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. DEFINITION. In this Act, "task force" means the | ||
| Texas Education Reform Task Force. | ||
| SECTION 2. TEXAS EDUCATION REFORM TASK FORCE. (a) The task | ||
| force is established to develop and make recommendations regarding | ||
| statutory reform of the Education Code and the public school | ||
| system. | ||
| (b) The task force consists of 13 members appointed as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (1) four members appointed by the governor; | ||
| (2) four members appointed by the lieutenant governor; | ||
| (3) four members appointed by the speaker of the house | ||
| of representatives; and | ||
| (4) a member of the State Board of Education, as | ||
| designated by the chair of that board. | ||
| (c) The members appointed by the governor must have an | ||
| interest in public education and include at least: | ||
| (1) one current or retired classroom teacher with at | ||
| least 10 years of teaching experience; | ||
| (2) one member of the business community; and | ||
| (3) one member of the civic community. | ||
| (d) The appointments made by the lieutenant governor and the | ||
| speaker of the house of representatives must each consist of: | ||
| (1) three members of the applicable legislative | ||
| chamber; and | ||
| (2) an administrator in the public school system or an | ||
| elected member of the board of trustees of a school district. | ||
| (e) In making appointments under Subsections (b)(1), (2), | ||
| and (3), the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the | ||
| house of representatives shall coordinate to ensure that the | ||
| membership of the task force reflects, to the extent possible, the | ||
| ethnic and geographic diversity of this state. | ||
| SECTION 3. PRESIDING OFFICER. The governor shall designate | ||
| the presiding officer of the task force. | ||
| SECTION 4. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT. A member of the | ||
| task force is not entitled to compensation for service on the task | ||
| force but is entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary | ||
| expenses incurred in performing task force duties. | ||
| SECTION 5. ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT AND FUNDING. (a) The | ||
| Texas Education Agency shall provide administrative support for the | ||
| task force. | ||
| (b) Funding for the administrative and operational expenses | ||
| of the task force shall be provided by legislative appropriation | ||
| made to the Texas Education Agency for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 6. RECOMMENDATIONS. (a) The task force shall | ||
| develop recommendations for statutory changes to address issues | ||
| related to the regulation of public education in this state, | ||
| including recommendations for changes that: | ||
| (1) promote efficiency; | ||
| (2) reduce regulatory burdens; and | ||
| (3) return focus to educational priorities. | ||
| (b) The task force may establish one or more working groups | ||
| composed of not more than five members of the task force to study, | ||
| discuss, and address specific statutory issues and recommendations | ||
| to refer to the task force for consideration. | ||
| SECTION 7. REPORT. Not later than August 31, 2026, the task | ||
| force shall prepare and deliver a report to the governor and the | ||
| legislature that contains recommendations for legislative action | ||
| to improve the Education Code and the provision of public education | ||
| in accordance with that code. | ||
| SECTION 8. PUBLIC MEETINGS AND PUBLIC INFORMATION. (a) The | ||
| task force may hold public meetings as needed to fulfill its duties | ||
| under this Act. | ||
| (b) The task force is subject to Chapters 551 and 552, | ||
| Government Code. | ||
| SECTION 9. GIFTS, GRANTS, AND DONATIONS. The Texas | ||
| Education Agency may accept gifts, grants, and donations from any | ||
| source to support the task force. | ||
| SECTION 10. IMPLEMENTATION. The task force is required to | ||
| implement a provision of this Act only if the legislature | ||
| appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If the | ||
| legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that | ||
| purpose, the Texas Education Agency may, but is not required to, | ||
| support the task force using other appropriations available for | ||
| that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 11. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect | ||
| immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members | ||
| elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas | ||
| Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for | ||
| immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
