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We collaborate to build better futures for all our children.
The North Texas Education Coalition is a nonprofit organization comprised of independent school districts in North Texas. Our mission is to empower our members to effectively drive transformational education policy through collaboration and strategic engagement.
Our Leadership

Dr. Susan Bohn
Superintendent
Aledo ISD

Matt Kimball
Superintendent
Sunnyvale ISD

Dr. Brad Schnautz
Superintendent
Grapevine-Colleyville ISD

Dr. Sean Scott
Deputy Superintendent
Mansfield ISD

Danny Stockton
Executive Director
Texas Education Policy Tracker
Special Session Item | Bill Type | Bill No. | Author | Caption | Source Link |
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Ban Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying | HB | 81 | Briscoe Cain | Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying and certain other activities. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB81 |
Ban Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying | HB | 96 | Shelby Slawson | Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying activities. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB96 |
Ban Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying | HB | 115 | Terri Leo Wilson | Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying activities. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB115 |
Ban Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying | HB | 158 | Matt Shaheen | Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying activities. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB158 |
Ban Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying | HB | 167 | Ellen Troxclair | Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying activities. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB167 |
Ban Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying | HB | 173 | Hillary Hickland | Relating to the use by a school district or a school district employee of public funds for lobbying activities. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB173 |
Ban Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying | HB | 174 | Hillary Hickland | Relating to the prohibition of lobbyist representation of both political subdivisions and private entities. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB174 |
Ban Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying | HB | 185 | Brent Money | Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying activities. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB185 |
Ban Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying | HB | 186 | Mike Olcott | Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying activities. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB186 |
Ban Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying | SB | 13 | Mayes Middleton | Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds for lobbying activities. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=SB13 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 9 | Morgan Meyer | Relating to the calculation of the voter-approval tax rate for certain taxing units. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB9 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 17 | Morgan Meyer | Relating to the requirements regarding notice of certain property tax-related information to be provided by taxing units and appraisal districts. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB17 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 39 | Mike Schofield | Relating to the provision of funding under the public school finance system on the basis of property values that take into account optional homestead exemptions. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB39 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 41 | Mike Schofield | Relating to the establishment of a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that certain taxing units may impose on the residence homesteads of individuals who are disabled or elderly and their surviving spouses. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB41 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 46 | Carl H. Tepper | Relating to a limit on political subdivision expenditures. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB46 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 47 | Carl H. Tepper | Relating to the authority of a property owner to obtain an injunction restraining the collection of ad valorem taxes by a taxing unit if the taxing unit adopts a tax rate that exceeds the voter-approval tax rate and subsequently takes an action that constitutes a material deviation from the stated purpose of the tax increase. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB47 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 67 | Cecil Bell, Jr. | Relating to the allocation and deposit of certain surplus state revenue to the property tax relief fund for use in reducing school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB67 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 77 | Briscoe Cain | Relating to the repeal of or limitations on certain state and local taxes, including school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes, the enactment of state and local value added taxes, and related school finance reform; imposing taxes. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB77 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 79 | Briscoe Cain | Relating to reducing school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes through the use of certain surplus state revenue. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB79 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 84 | Carl H. Tepper | Relating to the limitations on increases in the appraised value of certain property for ad valorem tax purposes. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB84 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 85 | Stan Gerdes | Relating to the vote required in an election to approve an ad valorem tax rate that exceeds a taxing unit's voter-approval tax rate; making conforming changes. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB85 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 87 | Benjamin Bumgarner | Relating to a prohibition on the issuance of certain bonds by a school district. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB87 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 89 | Benjamin Bumgarner | Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to propose for voter approval the issuance of general obligation bonds for a purpose rejected by voters at a bond election held during the preceding two years. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB89 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 91 | Steve Toth | Relating to reducing school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes through the use of certain surplus state revenue. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB91 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 92 | Steve Toth | Relating to the repeal of or limitations on certain state and local taxes, including school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes, the enactment of state and local value added taxes, and related school finance reform; imposing taxes. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB92 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 93 | Steve Toth | Relating to a limitation on the rate of growth in state and local appropriations with the return of over-collected taxpayer money by reducing taxes. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB93 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 97 | Helen Kerwin | Relating to reducing school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes through the use of certain surplus state revenue. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB97 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 98 | Helen Kerwin | Relating to the repeal of or limitations on certain state and local taxes, including school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes, the enactment of state and local value added taxes, and related school finance reform; imposing taxes. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB98 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 99 | Jay Dean | Relating to the repeal of or limitations on certain state and local taxes, including school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes, the enactment of state and local value added taxes, related school finance reform, and directing the comptroller to identify alternatives to local ad valorem taxes; imposing taxes. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB99 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 100 | Jay Dean | Relating to the use of certain federal funds received by the state to provide property tax refunds to Texas homestead owners. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB100 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 101 | Jay Dean | Relating to requiring voter approval for certain local tax rate increases adopted pursuant to a disaster declaration. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB101 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 104 | Brian Harrison | Relating to the vote required in an election to approve an ad valorem tax rate that exceeds a taxing unit's voter-approval tax rate; making conforming changes. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB104 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 105 | Brian Harrison | Relating to the calculation of certain ad valorem tax rates of a taxing unit and the manner in which a proposed ad valorem tax rate that exceeds the voter-approval tax rate is approved; making conforming changes. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB105 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 106 | Brian Harrison | Relating to the abolition of ad valorem taxes and the creation of a joint interim committee on the abolition of those taxes. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB106 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 109 | Brian Harrison | Relating to the text of ballot propositions that increase taxes. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB109 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 111 | Brian Harrison | Relating to the vote required to approve the issuance of general obligation bonds by a political subdivision. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB111 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 113 | Brian Harrison | Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to propose for voter approval the issuance of general obligation bonds for a purpose rejected by voters at a bond election held during the preceding five years. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB113 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 121 | Terri Leo Wilson | Relating to the definition of "eligible school district" for purposes of the study of school district property values conducted by the comptroller of public accounts. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB121 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 139 | Carrie Isaac | Relating to the calculation of certain ad valorem tax rates of a taxing unit and the manner in which a proposed ad valorem tax rate that exceeds the voter-approval tax rate is approved; making conforming changes. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB139 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 140 | Terri Leo Wilson | Relating to a limitation on the authority of political subdivisions to issue public securities. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB140 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 142 | Carrie Isaac | Relating to a reduction in the maximum compressed tax rate of a school district; making an appropriation. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB142 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 143 | Terri Leo Wilson | Relating to the election date for the authorization of the issuance of bonds. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB143 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 152 | Brent Money | Relating to a study of alternative methods of taxation to replace revenue lost to political subdivisions if ad valorem taxes are abolished. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB152 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 155 | Cecil Bell, Jr. | Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the total appraised value of the residence homesteads of certain elderly persons and their surviving spouses. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB155 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 166 | Will Metcalf | Relating to the elimination of school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes and the creation of a joint interim committee on the elimination of those taxes. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB166 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 176 | Hillary Hickland | Relating to the repeal of provisions providing for the calculation of an unused increment rate and the use of that rate in calculating certain other ad valorem tax rates. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB176 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 177 | Hillary Hickland | Relating to the calculation of certain ad valorem tax rates of a taxing unit and the manner in which a proposed ad valorem tax rate that exceeds the voter-approval tax rate is approved; making conforming changes. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB177 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 180 | Stan Gerdes | Relating to a temporary reduction in the maximum compressed tax rate of a school district; making an appropriation. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB180 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 183 | Cecil Bell, Jr. | Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the total appraised value of the residence homesteads of certain elderly individuals and their surviving spouses. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB183 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 184 | Cecil Bell, Jr. | Relating to a limitation on increases in the appraised value of real property for ad valorem tax purposes. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB184 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 199 | Pat Curry | Relating to the date of an election seeking voter approval for the issuance of a school district bond. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB199 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 201 | Marc LaHood | Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of part of the appraised value of the residence homestead of a partially disabled veteran or the surviving spouse of such a veteran based on the disability rating of the veteran. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB201 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 202 | Marc LaHood | Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of part of the appraised value of the residence homestead of a partially disabled veteran or the surviving spouse of such a veteran based on the disability rating of the veteran. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB202 |
Cut Property Taxes | HB | 203 | Marc LaHood | Relating to a limit on political subdivision expenditures and the adoption of ad valorem tax rates. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB203 |
Cut Property Taxes | HJR | 6 | Mike Schofield | Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing a limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that certain political subdivisions may impose on the residence homesteads of persons who are disabled or elderly and their surviving spouses. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HJR6 |
Cut Property Taxes | HJR | 9 | Carl H. Tepper | Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to set lower limits on the maximum appraised value of residence homesteads and of real property other than a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes and to make permanent the limit on the maximum appraised value of real property other than a residence homestead. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HJR9 |
Cut Property Taxes | HJR | 11 | Steve Toth | Proposing a constitutional amendment concerning the limitation on the rate of growth in state and local appropriations with the return of over-collected taxpayer money by reducing taxes. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HJR11 |
Cut Property Taxes | HJR | 12 | Brian Harrison | Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the repeal of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas and the Dementia Prevention and Research Fund to provide money for research on and prevention and treatment of dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and related disorders in this state, and transferring from that fund $3 billion to Texas Education Agency for property tax relief. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HJR12 |
Cut Property Taxes | HJR | 14 | Brian Harrison | Proposing a constitutional amendment to abolish ad valorem taxes. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HJR14 |
Cut Property Taxes | HJR | 15 | Cecil Bell, Jr. | Proposing a constitutional amendment to exempt from ad valorem taxation the total market value of the residence homesteads of certain elderly persons and their surviving spouses. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HJR15 |
Cut Property Taxes | HJR | 16 | Cecil Bell, Jr. | Proposing a constitutional amendment to exempt from ad valorem taxation the total market value of the residence homesteads of certain elderly persons and their surviving spouses. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HJR16 |
Cut Property Taxes | HJR | 17 | Brent Money | Proposing a constitutional amendment to abolish ad valorem taxes. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HJR17 |
Cut Property Taxes | HJR | 18 | Cecil Bell, Jr. | Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of real property for ad valorem tax purposes. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HJR18 |
Cut Property Taxes | HJR | 19 | Marc LaHood | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of part of the market value of the residence homestead of a partially disabled veteran or the surviving spouse of such a veteran based on the disability rating of the veteran. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HJR19 |
Cut Property Taxes | SB | 10 | Paul Bettencourt | Relating to the calculation of the voter-approval tax rate for certain taxing units. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=SB10 |
Eliminate STAAR Test | HB | 8 | Brad Buckley | Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement, public school performance ratings, and interventions and sanctions under the public school accountability system, a grant program for school district local accountability plans, and actions challenging Texas Education Agency decisions related to public school accountability. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB8 |
Eliminate STAAR Test | HB | 56 | Janie Lopez | Relating to the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB56 |
Eliminate STAAR Test | HB | 102 | Jay Dean | Relating to public school accountability, including reducing state required accountability exams to the minimum required by federal law and replacing current state required assessments with instructionally supportive assessments. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB102 |
Eliminate STAAR Test | HB | 122 | Brooks Landgraf | Relating to eliminating certain state-required assessment instruments and certain end-of-course assessment instruments not required by federal law. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB122 |
Eliminate STAAR Test | HB | 159 | Matt Shaheen | Relating to the use of interim testing and adaptive, growth-based assessment instruments for certain required assessments of public school students and prohibiting the use of the results of certain required assessments of public school students for certain purposes. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB159 |
Eliminate STAAR Test | SB | 9 | Paul Bettencourt | Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement, public school performance ratings, and interventions and sanctions under the public school accountability system, a grant program for school district local accountability plans, and actions challenging Texas Education Agency decisions related to public school accountability. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=SB9 |
Protect Women's Spaces | HB | 52 | Valoree Swanson | Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB52 |
Protect Women's Spaces | SB | 8 | Mayes Middleton | Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=SB8 |
Public Education- Not on Special Session Call | HB | 37 | Mike Schofield | Relating to the separation of federal elections from state and local elections, and to related practices and procedures. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB37 |
Public Education- Not on Special Session Call | HB | 114 | Brian Harrison | Relating to a prohibition on the guarantee of public school bonds. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB114 |
Public Education- Not on Special Session Call | HB | 134 | Terri Leo Wilson | Relating to the establishment of the teachers' classroom supply savings account program. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB134 |
Public Education- Not on Special Session Call | HB | 137 | Brian Harrison | Relating to repealing the state budget for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2027. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB137 |
Public Education- Not on Special Session Call | HB | 148 | Cassandra Garcia Hernandez | Relating to the use of artificial intelligence to score constructed responses on assessment instruments administered to public school students. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB148 |
Public Education- Not on Special Session Call | HB | 198 | Pat Curry | Relating to the administration of an election for a member of a board of trustees of an independent school district. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB198 |
Public Education- Not on Special Session Call | SB | 37 | Angela Paxton | Relating to fetal development instruction included as part of the public school health curriculum in certain grade levels. | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/history.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=SB37 |
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