2025 bills / H.B. 344
H.B. 344 School Fees Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
The bill would require school districts and charter schools, starting in the 2026-2027 school year, to offer each student at least one way to complete all required courses and credits at no fee or waiver, and to clearly list any course or activity fee in registration materials. It would bar certain fees, including general fees, while still allowing fees for things like extracurricular activities, fee courses, instructional supplies, and discretionary projects.
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Official description
- defines terms
- requires a local education agency (LEA) to, beginning for the 2026-2027 school year:
- ensure that a student has at least one option at the student's school to complete all required courses and credits without paying a fee or a waiver
- clearly disclose any fee related to a course or activity in the description of the course or activity in the LEA's registration materials
- prohibits an LEA from:
- charging a student a fee for certain non-fee courses; or
- charging a general fee or charging or increasing a fee to a student to supplement or supplant a fee the LEA is prohibited from charging
- allows an LEA to charge a student a fee for certain expenses, under certain circumstances, including for:
- expenses beyond the common delivery of instruction
- fee courses
- instructional supplies
- extracurricular activities
- a discretionary project
- other additional expenses
- repeals duplicative language regarding fees for textbooks
- makes technical and conforming changes
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Every vote
- 10 yes, 0 no, 6 absentHouse Education Committee: vote to change the bill · Feb 5, 2025Who voted how
- 10 yes, 0 no, 6 absentHouse Education Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 5, 2025Who voted how
- 72 yes, 1 no, 2 absentFinal House vote · Feb 7, 2025Who voted how
- 6 yes, 0 no, 1 absentSenate Education Committee: Amendment Recommendation · Feb 14, 2025Who voted how
- 5 yes, 0 no, 2 absentSenate Education Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 14, 2025Who voted how
- 23 yes, 0 no, 6 absentFirst of two Senate votes · Feb 20, 2025Who voted how
- 23 yes, 0 no, 6 absentFinal Senate vote · Feb 27, 2025Who voted how
- 61 yes, 0 no, 14 absentHouse vote to accept the other chamber's changes · Feb 28, 2025Who voted how