After roughly 3 hours of deliberation, SB 26 (Creighton) relating to public education, including the rights and compensation of public school educators and funding for teacher compensation under the Foundation School Program, passed out of the Senate unanimously. 7 amendments were offered, with 6 of them being adopted. The following amendments were adopted unanimously:
- Floor Amendment 1 (Creighton)
- Floor Amendment 2 (Creighton)
- Floor Amendment 3 (Menendez)
- Floor Amendment 4 (Creighton)
- Floor Amendment 5 (Creighton)
- Floor Amendment 6 (Creighton)
Floor Amendment 7 (Gutierrez) failed by a vote of 11 to 20.
Following the passage of the bill as amended, Sen. Brandon Creighton held a press conference with other Senators to celebrate the passage of the legislation from the chamber. Lt. Governor Dan Patrick also released the following statement.
The bill will now move over to the House chamber for further consideration.
