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House Public Education Committee Interim Hearing: HB 2 Redux

The House Public Education committee met in Austin on Mon., June 1 to take up three charges all related to House Bill (HB) 2: Implementation of HB 2 Teacher Recruitment and Retention Investment in Special Education This was a 231-page bill, so the hearing to assess its impact during 2026-2026 was proportionately long. Stay with us, readers. Implementation of HB 2 The first panel represented Texas Education Agency (TEA) leadership and went through each of the articles

Legislative update: House Public Education Committee to hold second interim hearing

A look ahead to the June 1st House Public Education Committee's second interim hearing of the year.

May 29

Man holds up a sign reading "We Demand Thriving Public Schools"

House Public Ed. interim hearing and the "state of education."

The House Public Education Committee met on May 11 to address two parts of their interim charges list: HB 1481 and the State of Education. But also looming over the hearing was the specter of enrollment drops.

May 15