The marathon debate in the Texas House started mid-day Tuesday, March 31, 2015 and ended early Wednesday morning April 1st with the adoption of a $210 billion budget and approval of many floor amendments. A multitude of proposed amendments were tabled or withdrawn by their sponsors.
Which amendments relating to Public Education survived the marathon debate? See the list below providing brief descriptions and links to 20 amendments that were approved, in addition to Representative John Otto’s $800 million amendment to address school finance litigation.
House Bill 2 floor amendment 1 added $800,000,000 under Contingency General Revenue Appropriation for School Finance Litigation to improve equity, reduce recapture, and increase the state share.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/84R/amendments/faspdf/HB00001H21.PDF
House Bill 2 floor amendment 3 adds funding for full-day prekindergarten contingent on House Bill 424 by $830 million in fiscal year 2016 and $837 million in fiscal year 2017.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/84R/amendments/faspdf/HB00001H23.PDF
House Bill 2 floor amendment 17 calls for a TRS Care and TRS Active Care Blue Ribbon panel.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/84R/amendments/faspdf/HB00001H217.PDF
House Bill 2 floor amendment 101 modifies the rider for Communities in Schools to add three FTEs to provide expanded administrative services.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/84R/amendments/faspdf/HB00001H2101.PDF
House Bill 2 floor amendment 103 strikes the words “an amount not to exceed” from Rider 32, Recorded Instructional Materials.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/84R/amendments/faspdf/HB00001H2103.PDF
House Bill 2 floor amendment 107 appropriates $1 Million in fiscal year 2016 and $300,000 in fiscal year 2017 contingent on the enactment of legislation related to expansion of or increasing quality standards for prekindergarten programs.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/84R/amendments/faspdf/HB00001H2107.PDF
House Bill 2 floor amendment 110 amends provisions for High Quality Pre-K to increase funding from $118 million to $340.5 million
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/84R/amendments/faspdf/HB00001H2110.PDF
House Bill 2 floor amendment 113 relates to the State Board for Educator Certification and provides for a funding contingent on content of educator’s code of ethics.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/84R/amendments/faspdf/HB00001H2113.PDF
House Bill 2 floor amendment 114 directs the Commissioner to allocate $7 million from each year of the biennium to pay costs associated with administering college preparation assessments.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/84R/amendments/faspdf/HB00001H2114.PDF
House Bill 2 floor amendment 115 directs the Commissioner to allocate $7 million from each year of the biennium to pay costs associated with administering norm-referenced assessments for eighth and tenth graders.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/84R/amendments/faspdf/HB00001H2115.PDF
House Bill 2 floor amendment 117 relates to collecting data on fees collected from students attending open-enrollment charter schools.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/84R/amendments/faspdf/HB00001H2117.PDF
House Bill 2 floor amendment 118 relates to collecting information on the number of charter school students that do not complete a school year.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/84R/amendments/faspdf/HB00001H2118.PDF
House Bill 2 floor amendment 119 relates to adding accountability information for Teach for America.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/84R/amendments/faspdf/HB00001H2119.PDF
House Bill 2 floor amendment 288 relates to contingency funding for a Computer Science Development Pilot Program.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/84R/amendments/faspdf/HB00001H2288.PDF
House Bill 2 floor amendment 289 relates to contingent funding of $527 million for a Technology / Instructional Materials fund.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/84R/amendments/faspdf/HB00001H2289.PDF
House Bill 2 floor amendment 290 relates to increasing state assistance for public school employees uniform group health coverage in the amount of $1,800 per fiscal year per covered employee.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/84R/amendments/faspdf/HB00001H2290.PDF
House Bill 2 floor amendment 292`relates to contingent funding for the transportation allotment credit for Chapter 41 Robin Hood districts.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/84R/amendments/faspdf/HB00001H2292.PDF
House Bill 2 floor amendment 293 relates to contingent funding for the passage of HB2660 or similar legislation involving students enrolled in an optional flexible school day program.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/84R/amendments/faspdf/HB00001H2293.PDF
House Bill 2 floor amendment 322 relates to contingent funding for oversight and coordination of high-quality prekindergarten program.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/84R/amendments/faspdf/HB00001H2322.PDF
House Bill 2 floor amendment 359 relates to contingent funding for administration of high-quality prekindergarten program.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/84R/amendments/faspdf/HB00001H2359.PDF
House Bill 2 floor amendment 360 relates to contingent funding for administration of high-quality prekindergarten program established by enacted legislation.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/84R/amendments/faspdf/HB00001H2360.PDF