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Legislative Update HB 4242-May 27

27th May
2021

TSED UPDATE! Despite our best efforts, the Texas Senate did not pass HB 4242 (Meyer).  Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick refused...

Legislative Update – HB 4242 – Afternoon Update

24th May
2021

TSED ALERT! Urgent Action Needed: Support for HB 4242 is waning in the Senate.  It has not yet come up...

Legislative Update – HB 4242

24th May
2021

TSED ALERT! Urgent Action Needed: The Senate did not vote on HB 4242 on Saturday but have it on the...

Legislative Update – HB 4242 – 5/22/21

22nd May
2021

TSED ALERT! Urgent Action Needed: HB 4242 to be voted on TODAY: The session is coming down to the wire,...

Legislative Update – HB 4242

21st May
2021

Urgent Action Needed: HB 4242, the only viable 313 program extension option left on the table, passed out of the...

Legislative Update: May 10, 2021

11th May
2021

TSED ALERT! This afternoon the Texas House of Representatives took up HB 1556, which would extend Chapter 313 of the...

Legislative Update: HB 4242 and 1556

6th May
2021

TSED ALERT! IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR YOU: Two very important bills involving Chapter 313 ISD property tax limitation Agreements will be...

Legislative Update: HB 1556

28th Apr
2021

TSED ALERT! First and foremost, a heartfelt thank you to all who mobilized in order to defeat previous versions of...

Immediate Action Needed HB 1556

13th Apr
2021

TSED ALERT! Yesterday afternoon, Representative Jim Murphy filed a revised version ofHB 1556.  While the new version has addressed concerns...

Immediate Action Required: House Ways and Means Action

29th Mar
2021

Good morning, Superintendents. Today the House Ways and Means Committee will hear two different bills regarding 313s.  You received a...

Immediate Action Required HB 1502 and HB 1556

26th Mar
2021

Legislative Update Immediate Action Required Monday morning at 10:00am, the House Ways and Means Committee will take up two very...

Legislative Update: The Senate Committee for Natural Resources and Economic Development will hear testimony on Senator Birdwell’s SB 1255

24th Mar
2021

The Senate Committee for Natural Resources and Economic Development will hear testimony on Senator Birdwell’s SB 1255 tomorrow morning at...

Legislative Update: Texas Schools for Economic Development – February 11, 2021

11th Feb
2021

Action Required:  Contact your State Representatives There are currently four bills under consideration regarding 313 Agreements.  HB 1502 (Deshotel), HB...

Legislative Update – Texas Schools for Economic Development – January 25, 2021

26th Jan
2021

A CALL TO ACTION for ALL DISTRICTS WITH 313 AGREEMENTS… With a little help from your friends at TSED Welcome...