HB 4359 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to the review of school districts by the Sunset Advisory Commission.

HB 4359 requires Texas' Sunset Advisory Commission to annually review two school districts per cycle - specifically the district with the lowest and highest instructional spending per student in a randomly selected education service center region. The commission must examine district operations for inefficient fund use that reduces instructional spending and provide recommendations on governance, management, and compliance by January 1 of each odd-numbered year. This review applies to school districts as if they were state agencies, but the bill explicitly prohibits the commission from abolishing any district. The law takes effect September 1, 2025, and directly affects school districts selected through this spending-based process.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 1, 2025 Last action May 28, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced Engrossed · 2 edits · May 15, 2025
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted and corrected from an introduced version to an engrossed version. The substantive policy content regarding school district reviews by the Sunset Advisory Commission remains unchanged, with only minor formatting adjustments and one date modification in the reporting timeline.
Scope change
No change to the bill's scope or applicability; the policy provisions remain the same.
TIMELINE

The deadline for preparing the commission's report was changed from October 31 to January 1 of each odd-numbered year.

TECHNICAL

Minor formatting corrections and spacing adjustments were made throughout the document text.

Floor votes · House May 14, 2025

How they voted

11717
Passed · 8 other
Total votes 142
May 14, 2025
D Democratic59
41 Yea 16 Nay 2
69% Yea
R Republican83
76 Yea 1 Nay 6
91% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
34
Key actions
11
Committee
10
Amendments
2
May 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
May 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendments
upper
May 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Vote taken in committee
upper
May 21, 2025
Committee
Referred to Education K-16
upper
May 21, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
upper
May 16, 2025
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
May 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed as amended
lower
May 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Amended
lower
May 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment
lower
Apr 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
Apr 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably as substituted
lower
Apr 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Apr 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Committee
Referred to Delivery of Government Efficiency
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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