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SB1972 • 2025

Relating to a limitation on rules, bylaws, and policies adopted by a school district's board of trustees.

Relating to a limitation on rules, bylaws, and policies adopted by a school district's board of trustees.

Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Middleton
Last action
2025-05-02
Official status
05/02/2025 H Referred to Public Education: May 2 2025 2:03PM
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Relating to a limitation on rules, bylaws, and policies adopted by a school district's board of trustees.

Relating to a limitation on rules, bylaws, and policies adopted by a school district's board of trustees.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to a limitation on rules, bylaws, and policies adopted by a school district's board of trustees.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  2. 2025-05-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Public Education

  3. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the Senate

  4. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-author authorized

  5. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  6. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

  7. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  8. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  9. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  10. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  11. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  12. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  13. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  14. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  15. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  16. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  17. 2025-04-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  18. 2025-04-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  19. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  20. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  21. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  22. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  23. 2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  24. 2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Education K-16

  25. 2025-03-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

  26. 2025-03-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to a limitation on rules, bylaws, and policies adopted by a school district's board of trustees.

Current Bill Text

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89(R) SB 1972 - Engrossed version - Bill Text

By: Middleton, Creighton

S.B. No. 1972

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a limitation on rules, bylaws, and policies adopted by a

school district's board of trustees.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 11.151(d), Education Code, is amended to

read as follows:

(d) The trustees may adopt rules and bylaws necessary to

carry out the powers and duties provided by Subsection (b).
The

trustees may not adopt or enforce a rule, bylaw, or any other policy

that restricts a trustee's ability to share the trustee's opinion on

a matter voted on by the board of trustees or any other school

district matter.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.