HB2443 - Relating to requiring the Texas Education Agency to prepare a report regarding public education mandates.

  89R9962 KRM-D     By: Hickland H.B. No. 2443       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to requiring the Texas Education Agency to prepare a   report regarding public education mandates.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 7, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 7.041 to read as follows:           Sec.   7.041.     REPORT ON PUBLIC EDUCATION MANDATES. (a) In   this section, "public education mandate" means a requirement made   by federal or state law, including a statute, rule, order, or   ordinance, that requires a school district to establish, expand, or   modify an activity in a way that requires the expenditure of revenue   by the school district that would not have been required in the   absence of the federal or state law.           (b)     The agency shall prepare a report that identifies each   public education mandate that applies in this state. The report   shall identify each public education mandate individually and   provide the following information relating to the mandate:                 (1)  the law authorizing the mandate;                 (2)     whether the mandate is fully funded, partially   funded, or unfunded;                 (3)     whether the funding for the mandate, if any, is   state funds, federal funds, or a combination of state and federal   funds;                 (4)     an estimate of any cost required to be paid by the   state or the school districts, if applicable;                 (5)     whether the mandate duplicates all or part of   another public education mandate;                 (6)     any conflict between the mandate and any other   public education mandate; and                 (7)     any recommendation relating to revising or   eliminating a mandate.           (c)     The agency shall solicit information relating to public   education mandates from school districts, school district   employees, and any other interested person.           (c-1)     Not later than December 1, 2026, the agency shall   deliver a copy of the report produced under this section to the   governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house, and presiding   officers of the standing committees of each house of the   legislature with primary jurisdiction over public education. This   subsection expires January 15, 2027.           (d)  The agency shall:                 (1)     make the report produced under this section   available as an electronic document on the agency's Internet   website; and                 (2)     update the electronic document periodically to   include any additions or changes to the report.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.