• Senate Bill 2 (Creighton, et al. | SP: Buckley, et al.) will enact school choice in Texas with the largest program launch in the nation’s history. The bill establishes an education savings account (ESA) program, which would begin in the 2026-2027 school year and enable parents to utilize associated funding to choose the educational setting that most benefits their child, including public school, private school, and homeschooling.  The ESA program will provide roughly 100,000 program participants with up to $10,000, or $30,000 if the participant has a disability. These funds can be used on a variety of approved expenses, including, but not limited to, tuition and fees, textbooks and instructional materials, and private tutors and teaching services.

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• Senate Bill 12 (Creighton | SP: Leach) ensures that school districts are prohibited from infringing upon parental rights. The bill also increases public school transparency and accountability while creating an appeals process for parental grievances. Additionally, SB 12 prohibits Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) practices in public schools, instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity, and socially transitioning students away from their biological sex.

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• Senate Bill 13 (Paxton, et al. | SP: Buckley, et al.) improves parental rights and protects children from exposure to sexually explicit library materials. It ensures that parents have access to the library catalog of their child’s school, along with records of the books their child has checked out. Additionally, the bill improves the standards and processes for the acquisition of school library materials, holding public school libraries to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) standards that are designed to protect children.

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• House Bill 1586 (Hull, et al. | SP: Kolkhorst) improves the process for obtaining an immunization exemption from required immunizations for public schools due to reasons of conscience, including religious beliefs, by requiring the Department of State Health Services to provide a printable exemption form on the department’s website.

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• Senate Bill 401 (Paxton | SP: Frank, et al.) permits homeschooled students to participate in University Interscholastic League-sponsored (UIL) activities within the boundaries of their public school district, unless the board of trustees of their district opts to exclude homeschooled students through a majority record vote. Previously, school districts were required to opt into permitting homeschooled students to participate in UIL activities.