With a full plate of controversial bills to go, Texas House committee OKs funding for virtual learning – By Brian Lopez (Texas Tribune) / Aug 24 2021
Public hearing on bill about teaching race and history draws a crowd.
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With a quorum restored and legislation moving in the Texas House again, GOP lawmakers are hoping to push through a wide array of education-related bills in the next two weeks, covering issues from priorities of the socially conservative wing of the party to restoring funding so schools can offer online learning during the pandemic.
A slew of bills were sent to the Texas House Public Education Committee ahead of Tuesday’s hearing, covering funds for virtual learning funding, a decision on “critical race theory” in schools, treatment of transgender athletes, pro- and anti-masking rules, notifications to parents of positive COVID-19 cases in their children’s schools, and requiring schools to teach and adopt policies regarding child abuse.
The Senate has already tackled most items on the governor’s special session agenda and now it’s the House that must work before the session ends in about two weeks.
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