86th Session dates (2019-2020)
In October 2020, the Texas Education Agency conducted an intermediary data collection to better understand enrollment trends in Texas public schools year-over-year. While overall 3% fewer students are enrolled in [...]
The day before the 87th Legislature convenes, Texas State Comptroller Glenn Hegar provided his estimate that Texas lawmakers will have $112.5 billion in revenue available for general-purpose spending during the [...]
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick issued this statement following the release of Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar’s biennial revenue estimate: “The Comptroller’s Biennial Revenue Estimate today is welcome news considering the [...]
Governor Abbott has renewed the COVID-19 Disaster Declaration. The Declaration can be found here.
Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts $783.2 million in local sales tax allocations for January, 2.6% more than in January [...]
The U.S. Census Bureau wrapped up self response and field data collection operations on October 15, 2020. The Bureau is currently processing all the data. The U.S. Census Bureau has [...]
HB 3906 from the 86th legislature requires TEA to investigate and develop a transition plan to administer all STAAR and EOC assessments tests electronically by the 2022-2023 school year. The [...]
Published in December of 2020, the 2020 Comprehensive Biennial Report on Texas Public Schools describes the status of Texas public education, as required by §39.332 of the Texas Education Code. [...]
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has released its biennial report to the 87th Legislature covering fiscal years 2019 and 2020. In addition to agency activities, the report discusses [...]
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has announced Gene Muller as the new Assistant Deputy Director of the Waste Permits Division. Gene began his career with the agency in [...]