Texas state lawmakers have kicked off the 89th legislative session on January 14, 2025. For the following 140 legislative days, they will take up issues that affect every corner of the state, and the top among them is education.
IDRA’s weekly email alert will include legislative updates, opportunities for action to make your voice heard, bills to watch and other information through the session until it closes in early June.
Make sure you keep receiving these notices by subscribing to IDRA’s Texas Education Policy Alert!
And please tell your friends! Our alerts are available in Spanish too.
IDRA Policy Priorities
IDRA’s policy priorities include issues from prior legislative sessions that will come up again and new recommendations that will advance students’ educational opportunities for success.
These include fair school funding for public schools, protecting and expanding excellent educational opportunities for emergent bilingual students, promoting culturally-sustaining schools that support all students, creating safer schools without harmful discipline and policing practices, and preparing all students to succeed in college.
Learn more about key education issues during this session.
IDRA Policy Digests 2025 (bilingual PDFs)
- Texas Must Secure Fair School Funding for All Students
- Texas Must Expand Excellent Education for Emergent Bilingual Students
- Texas Must Have Culturally-Sustaining Schools that Support All Students
- Texas Must Create Safe and Supportive Schools Without Harmful Discipline or Policing
- Texas Must Prepare All Students to Succeed in College
