Imagine how differently they might behave if they heard from even half of those families. On average, each Texas Representative has approximately 4,000 children with disabilities in their district. Texas is home to more than 28 Million people (and counting), but the Texas legislature is a small, insulated world where elected officials are accustomed to seeing and hearing from the same people. A handful of families visiting the governor’s staff and legislators to tell their stories resulted in the passage of legislation allowing medicinal cannabis during one of the most conservative legislative sessions in Texas history. A great example is medical marijuana for people with seizure disorders. Even just a few people can make an enormous difference. We strongly believe that using our collective voices to both champion bills that will benefit our children and decry those that would result in real and lasting damage to Texas children with disabilities, their families, their schools and their communities can make a difference.ĭenis Borel at the Coalition of Texans with Disabilities has been advocating in the Texas legislature for a long time, and he will tell you that despite all the high-paid lobbyists and consultants working behind the scenes, legislators pay attention to constituents. We will need to work together to ensure our legislators do what must be done.Īs we move forward through the legislative session, TxSER will be using our Facebook page and other social media outlets to provide updates on bills affecting our children including filing, upcoming hearings and votes and calls for action. Whether such measures will ultimately be funded and/or passed is much less certain. Despite the fact that only 8 of the 884 bills currently filed directly relate to special education, we at TxSER fully anticipate a record number of bills will be filed this session aimed at improving outcomes for students with disabilities. During this legislative session, we as parents, advocates and citizens of Texas have the opportunity to say, “No more!” and demand meaningful change. DOE Monitoring Report and TX Underfunding SPED). Relating to virtual and off-campus electronic instruction at a public school and the allotment for certain special-purpose school districts under the Foundation School Program.For quite a while now, the State of Texas has shirked both its state constitutional responsibility to fund the public schools and its federal responsibilities to comply with the IDEA and other civil rights laws for children with disabilities (For information on how, see U.S. Relating to informed consent before provision of certain medical treatments and exemptions from COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Relating to the limitation on increases in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation. Relating to regulating certain firearm transfers, possession of certain firearms, and protective orders prohibiting possession of a firearm creating criminal offenses increasing criminal penalties. Relating to prohibiting the transfer of certain semiautomatic rifles to certain recipients creating a criminal offense increasing a criminal penalty. Relating to a cost-of-living adjustment applicable to certain benefits paid by the Employees Retirement System of Texas and a biennial study on providing additional adjustments based on the effects of increased inflation. Relating to measures to address public safety threats in this state presented by transnational criminal activity, including by establishing a Texas Border Force and making funds available to certain governmental entities. Proposing a constitutional amendment excepting certain appropriations to pay for school district ad valorem tax relief from the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations. Proposing a constitutional amendment to increase the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district applicable to residence homesteads, to adjust the amount of the limitation on school district ad valorem taxes imposed on the r. Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of improper entry from a foreign nation. Relating to the punishment for certain criminal conduct involving the smuggling of persons or the operation of a stash house increasing criminal penalties. Relating to a reduction in the maximum compressed tax rate of a school district and additional state aid for certain school districts impacted by compression, an increase in the amount of certain exemptions from ad valorem taxation by a school distri. Relating to a reduction in the maximum compressed tax rate of a school district and additional state aid for certain school districts impacted by compression.
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