TX SB 9
died on adjournmentRelating 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.
Texas · 892 · upper
Quick answers
Did TX SB 9 pass?
No. TX SB 9 died when the 892 session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-08-15): Committee report printed and distributed
What is TX SB 9 about?
TX SB 9 is a bill in the 892 titled “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.”.
Who sponsors TX SB 9?
Sparks, Schwertner, Perry and 16 others are the primary sponsors of TX SB 9.
- Introduced
- 2025-08-15
- Latest action
- 2025-08-15 — Committee report printed and distributed
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
- ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE (S0134)
- CONSERVATORSHIP (S0683)
- EDUCATION AGENCY, TEXAS (V9941)
- EDUCATION, COMMISSIONER OF (V9954)
- Education--Primary & Secondary--Accountability (I0007)
- Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools (I0245)
- Education--Primary & Secondary--Teachers (I0242)
- Education--Primary & Secondary--Testing (I0229)
- Education--School Districts (I0220)
- EDUCATION, STATE BOARD OF (V0086)
- HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD, TEXAS (V4280)
- INTERNET (S0130)
- Labor--Workforce Development (I0495)
- Protection of Personal Information (I0003)
- WORKFORCE COMMISSION, TEXAS (V0470)
Sponsors
- Sparksprimary
- Schwertnerprimary
- Perryprimary
- Paxtonprimary
- Parkerprimary
- Nicholsprimary
- Middletonprimary
- Kolkhorstprimary
- Kingprimary
- Hughesprimary
- Huffmanprimary
- Hinojosa, Adamprimary
- Hallprimary
- Hagenbuchprimary
- Floresprimary
- Creightonprimary
- Campbellprimary
- Birdwellprimary
- Bettencourtprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-08-15
Received by the Secretary of the Senate
filing,introduction
2025-08-15
Filed
filing
2025-08-15
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-08-15
Referred to Finance
referral-committee
2025-08-15
Posting rule suspended
2025-08-15
Record vote
2025-08-15
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-08-15
Considered in public hearing
2025-08-15
Vote taken in committee
2025-08-15
Reported favorably w/o amendments
committee-passage-favorable
2025-08-15
Committee report printed and distributed
Versions
Documents
Votes
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Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
Official source
Attribution
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