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TX HB3939

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/6/2025

Primary Sponsor

Ann Johnson

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Origin

House of Representatives

89th Legislature Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires school boards to adopt policies providing avenues for student participation in district- and campus-level planning and decision-making, such as inviting students to committee meetings or providing anonymous student input boxes at each campus

  • Adds students to the list of stakeholders who must be involved in establishing and reviewing educational plans, goals, performance objectives, and instructional programs alongside professional staff, parents, and community members

  • Allows district- and campus-level planning committees to include enrolled students as members

  • Mandates that both district improvement plans and campus improvement plans identify the student input that was incorporated into each plan

  • Requires systematic communications measures to periodically obtain student input (in addition to community, parent, and staff input) regarding district and campus performance and committee recommendations

  • Applies beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, with immediate effect if passed by two-thirds vote or September 1, 2025 otherwise

Legislative Description

Relating to student input for school district and campus improvement plans.

Education

Last Action

Referred to Public Education

3/27/2025

Committee Referrals

Public Education3/27/2025

Full Bill Text

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