2025 bills / H.B. 395

H.B. 395 LEA Reporting Requirements (2025)

Did not passWritten by Rep. Doug Welton · carried in the Senate by Sen. David P. Hinkins

  1. Introduced
  2. House committee
  3. House vote
  4. Senate committee (stopped here)
  5. Senate vote
  6. Signed into law

What this bill does

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The bill directs the State Board of Education to study ways local education agencies could report the costs of carrying out new laws, and to consult with those agencies while doing so. The board would then report its findings and recommendations to the Education Interim Committee, which legislative committees would review.

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Official description
  • requires the state board to study methods for LEAs to report on the costs of implementing new legislation
  • outlines the required elements of the report
  • requires the state board consult with LEAs
  • requires the state board to report findings and recommendations to the Education Interim Committee
  • requires legislative committees to review and consider the recommendations
  • makes technical changes
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