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Committee:	Senate Education
Title:	Interim Report
Subjects:	Advanced Placement programs \| American Rescue Plan Act \| Coronavirus \| Dual credit high school programs \| Educational tests \| Federal funds \| Instructional materials \| Math education \| Reading education \| School libraries and librarians \| School safety \| Sex education \| State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness \| University student transfers \|
Library Call Number:	L1836.88 ED83
Session:	88th R.S. (2023)
Online version:	View report [54 pages File size: 1,000 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Reading and Math Readiness: Study current local, state, and national policies and programs that improve student achievement in reading and mathematics, with an emphasis on "early readiness" in grades preK-5. Make recommendations to ensure every student has a strong academic foundation in reading and math.
2.	Testing Reform: Review the state's current development and phase-in of the STAAR test redesign and ongoing innovative assessment reforms, including the Texas Through-Year Assessment Pilot (TTAP). Recommend ways to accelerate current testing improvement efforts and the development of a real-time testing program that meets the educational needs of Texas students.
3.	COVID-19 Funding Oversight: Examine and report on COVID-19 how public schools spent federal funds since the beginning of the pandemic, including funds received under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), with a dual focus on demonstrated improved student outcomes and efficient use of taxpayer funds.
4.	Monitoring: Monitor the implementation of legislation addressed by the Senate Committee on Education passed by the 88th Legislature, as well as relevant agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction. Specifically, make recommendations for any legislation needed to improve, enhance, or complete implementation of the following: measures ensuring public school safety; oversight of public school library procurement and content policies; and high-quality instructional materials and open-educational resources for public schools.
5.	Improving K12-College Pathways: Review the availability of Advanced Placement and dual credit course offerings in high schools and examine the transfer requirements required for students to receive higher education course credit. Identify the current challenges to streamlining the transfer process, including adequate counseling for high school students. Make recommendations to ensure students receive credit for successful completion of these courses.
6.	Monitoring: Monitor the implementation of legislation addressed by the Senate Committee on Education passed by the 88th Legislature, as well as relevant agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction. Specifically, make recommendations for any legislation needed to improve, enhance, or complete implementation of parent-approved health education.
Committee:	Senate Local Government
Title:	Interim Report
Subjects:	Adverse possession \| Affordable housing \| American Rescue Plan Act \| Economic security \| Extraterritorial jurisdiction \| Federal funds \| Harris County \| Municipal management districts \| Property insurance \| Property taxes \| Tax increment reinvestment zones \| Tax relief \| Trespassing \|
Library Call Number:	L1836.88 L811
Session:	88th R.S. (2023)
Online version:	View report [114 pages File size: 4,924 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Additional Property Tax Relief and Reform: Report on the effects of prior property tax relief and reform, including the $18 billion tax cut with the $100,000 homestead exemption authorized by the 88th Legislature. Focus particularly on the interaction between SB 2, 88th 2nd C.S., and SB 2, 86th R.S. Make recommendations for further property tax relief and reform, including methods to improve voter control over tax rate setting and debt authorization, and mechanisms to dissolve taxing entities such as municipal management districts (MMDs) and tax increment reinvestment zones (TIRZs) when they have outlived their purpose.
2.	Extra-Territorial Jurisdictions: Study issues related to the implementation of SB 2038, 88th R.S. and HB 3053, 88th R.S., and make recommendations to secure and enhance the protection of landowners' property rights.
3.	Local Government Spending of Directly Distributed Federal Funds: Examine how local governments spend funds directly distributed to them by the federal government, such as Harris County's use of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to set up a guaranteed-income pilot program. Make recommendations to ensure that the spending of such funds is transparent, accountable, and within the legitimate purposes for local governments under Texas law.
4.	Housing Affordability: Study issues related to housing, including housing supply, homelessness, and methods of providing and financing affordable housing. Make recommendations to reduce regulatory barriers, strengthen property rights, and improve transparency and accountability in public programs for housing.
5.	Secure Texas Against "Squatters": Review current laws relating to "squatters" or those claiming adverse possession of property. Make recommendations to streamline the process for the immediate removal of "squatters" and to strengthen the rights of property owners'.

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