The 89th Texas Legislature has introduced several education-related bills. Here are a few notable ones:
1. Senate Bill 568: This bill focuses on special education in public schools, including funding for special education under the Foundation School Program. It provides for training and assistance in various areas such as teaching subject areas assessed under state law and providing instruction in personal financial literacy.
2. Senate Bill 42 would provide free full-day prekindergarten.
3. Senate Bill 58 and Senate Bill 57 would require school districts to make accommodations for students with disabilities regarding their individualized education programs and during disaster and emergency situations.
4. Senate Bill 52 would allow students to take excused absences for mental and behavioral health reasons.
5. Senate Bill 56 would qualify chronically absent students to receive at-risk support services.
6. House Bill 221: This bill relates to eliminating certain state-required assessment instruments and end-of-course assessment instruments not required by federal law.
7. House Bill 619: This bill pertains to the transfer of students for athletic participation purposes from their school district of residence to another district.
8. House Bill 1123: This bill addresses interscholastic athletic competition based on biological sex, requirements for physical examinations and genetic testing in interscholastic athletics, and the adoption of rules by the University Interscholastic League to implement these requirements.
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