Below is a spotlight on proposed, withdrawn, and adopted rules from the September 22nd and September 29th editions of the Texas Register. Environment Texas Animal Health Commission Proposed Rule TEXAS [...]
Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced the release of the Certification Revenue Estimate (CRE) for the fiscal 2024-25 biennium. As a result of legislative actions and an updated economic forecast, the Comptroller’s office [...]
Media sources have published a letter from Governor Greg Abbott to Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dade Phelan stating that he would convene the Third Called Special Session [...]
The PUC’s Texas Advanced Nuclear Reactor Working Group held an organizational meeting on September 28 to discuss the goals of the working group & solicit public input. A video archive [...]
The Texas Water Development board met on September 27 to take up items on the agenda here, including updates on OPIC’s annual report and the Environmental Quality Monthly Enforcement Report. [...]
The United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued an administrative stay of the district court injunction of HB 900, pending further action from the appellate court. HillCo previously [...]
In a webinar hosted on Tuesday September 26, Texas Education Agency Director of District Operations, Technology, and Sustainability Supports Colin Dempsey clarified the proposed timeline for implementation of HB 1605. [...]
Court proceedings have been unfolding quickly with regards to HB 900, the Restricting Explicit and Adult-Designated Educational Resources (READER) Act. District Judge Alan Albright, Western District of Texas, Austin, enjoined [...]
Proposed new performance standards for the STAAR assessments were posted in the Texas Register for public comment starting September 15, 2023, with comments closing October 15, 2023. The proposed changes [...]
While overall student performance on the 2023 re-designed STAAR Reading Language Arts for grades 3-8 was comparable to the 2022 results, a deeper dive into the data shows many elementary [...]