Assigned to Committee Authored by Mayes Middleton (R) View at Source
Caption: Relating to a fee charged by a school district for the transportation of a student who lives within two miles of the school the student attends. Initially Referred to Senate Education K-16 Committee, chaired by a Republican Last Referred to House Public Education Committee, chaired by a Republican
SB 2600 eliminates a school district's ability to charge a transportation fee for students who live within two miles of their school. However, school districts that do not receive state transportation funding or participate in a county transportation system may still charge a reasonable fee for student transportation.
Co-authors: A. Hinojosa (R)
Mar 13, 2025
(S) Middleton signed onto the bill as Author (S) Received by the Secretary of the Senate (S) Filed
Apr 3, 2025
(S) Read first time (S) Referred to the Senate Education K-16, chaired by a Republican
Apr 29, 2025
(S) Scheduled for public hearing on . . . (S) Considered in public hearing (S) Testimony taken in committee (S) Left pending in committee
May 1, 2025
(S) A. Hinojosa signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Co-author authorized
May 6, 2025
(S) Considered in public hearing (S) Vote taken in committee
May 7, 2025
(S) Reported favorably w/o amendments (S) Recommended for local & uncontested calendar (S) Committee report printed and distributed
May 12, 2025
(S) Placed on intent calendar
May 13, 2025
(S) Rules suspended-Regular order of business (S) Vote recorded in Journal (S) Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment (S) Vote recorded in Journal (S) Three day rule suspended (S) Record vote
20250513_SB2600_E: Yea 30 (R 19, D 11) - Nay 1 (R 1, D 0)
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(S) Record vote (S) Reported engrossed (H) Received from the Senate
May 14, 2025
(S) Placed on local & uncontested calendar (H) Read first time (H) Referred to the House Public Education, chaired by a Republican
Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill
Against
(Tue 4/29/2025) Registering before S Education K-16 as Bryce Laake-stanfield for self (Tue 4/29/2025) Registering before S Education K-16 as Carrie King for self (Tue 4/29/2025) Registering before S Education K-16 as Crystal White for Texas Association of Community Schools (TACS) (Tue 4/29/2025) Registering before S Education K-16 as Jessica Rutherford for self (with Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE)) (Tue 4/29/2025) Registering before S Education K-16 as Laurie Solis for self (Tue 4/29/2025) Registering before S Education K-16 as Steven Deline for self
For
(Tue 4/29/2025) Registering before S Education K-16 as Bianca Arvin-Eagle for self
