Texas state lawmakers ended the 89th legislative session on June 2, 2025. During the past 140 legislative days, certain lawmakers spent those 140 days doing what we call the “Texas Three Step:” defunding public schools; demonizing them by attacking educators and what students can learn; and privatizing public education through private school vouchers.
IDRA’s policy priorities 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.
See IDRA’s legislative recap of the 2025 Texas Legislative Session: English – Spanish
Currently, lawmakers are back in Austin for a special session. The Texas legislature normally meets every other year between January and May. The governor has the power to call “special sessions” that require legislators to meet outside the regular legislative session. The governor selects the topics to be addressed, which can include unfinished business from the regular session, emergencies or other important issues. The Governor announced 18 agenda items for this special session. IDRA will be monitoring some of the topics related to education and democratic representation. The session started July 21.
June 3, 2025 –The Legislature’s Texas Three-Step: Defund, Demonize and Privatize Public Schools • English • Spanish
May 27, 2025 – IDRA Texas Education Policy Alert #20 • English • Spanish
May 20, 2025 – IDRA Texas Education Policy Alert #19 • English • Spanish
May 12, 2025 – IDRA Texas Education Policy Alert #18 • English • Spanish
May 7, 2025 – IDRA Texas Education Policy Alert #17 – Help Stop Harmful School Discipline Bill! • English • Spanish
May 6, 2025 – IDRA Texas Education Policy Alert #16 • English • Spanish
April 28, 2025 – IDRA Texas Education Policy Alert #15 • English • Spanish
April 21, 2025 – IDRA Texas Education Policy Alert #14 • English • Spanish
April 15, 2025 – Texas House Approves Multi-Billion-Dollar Discriminatory Voucher Scam – IDRA Statement on the Passage of Senate Bill 2 • English • Spanish
April 15, 2025 – IDRA Texas Education Policy Alert #13 • English • Spanish
April 8, 2025 – IDRA Texas Education Policy Alert #12 • English • Spanish
March 31, 2025 – IDRA Texas Education Policy Alert #11 • English • Spanish
March 25, 2025 – IDRA Texas Education Policy Alert #10 • English • Spanish
March 18, 2025 – IDRA Texas Education Policy Alert #9 • English • Spanish
March 10, 2025 – IDRA Texas Education Policy Alert #8 • English
March 4, 2025 – IDRA Texas Education Policy Alert #7 • English • Spanish
February 25, 2025 – IDRA Texas Education Policy Alert #6 • English • Spanish
February 20, 2025 – IDRA Texas Education Policy Alert #5 • English • Spanish
February 11, 2025 – IDRA Texas Education Policy Alert #4 • English • Spanish
February 3, 2025 – IDRA Texas Education Policy Alert #3 • English • Spanish
January 27, 2025 – IDRA Texas Education Policy Alert #2 • English • Spanish
January 17, 2025 – IDRA Texas Education Policy Alert #1 • English • Spanish
Parking at the Texas Capitol
If you’re headed to the Texas Capitol this legislative session, here are some tips on where to park!
Register to Testify at the Texas Capitol
IDRA’s Deputy Director of Policy, Chloe, is teaching us how to register to testify in the Texas House & Senate!
Before any bill becomes a law, it must first be heard in both a Senate and House committee. In these public meetings, people are given an opportunity to provide testimony on, for, or against a bill. Here are some tips to help you prepare to testify before the Texas Legislature.
This one-pager will help guide you through the different levels of government and how they affect education in Texas. There are many moving parts and several opportunities to advocate education policy leaders on the important of equity within our education system.
Meeting with your elected officials gives you the opportunity to share information, data and policy ideas about the issues that impact your community. Here are some tips to help you prepare.
New Rules Leave Students in Limbo On June 4, a federal judge ruled the Texas Dream Act unconstitutional, halting in-state tuition for undocumented students just as many
