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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas HB 92 Eliminates Certain State-Required Student Assessments and End-of-Course Exams
Last action · July 14, 2025: FiledSponsors: Brooks Landgraf and 7 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Texas HB 92 eliminates state-required social studies assessments in grade eight, removes several high school end-of-course exams not strictly required by federal law, and restricts school districts from requiring supplemental instruction in more than two subject areas per school year, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year.
Students face fewer mandatory state tests and graduation exam requirements, while public school districts have reduced obligations to provide mandatory supplemental instruction across multiple subjects.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
students
Students face fewer mandatory state-required assessments and end-of-course exams, and limits are placed on mandatory supplemental instruction subjects.
school districts
School districts are restricted from requiring student supplemental instruction in more than two subject areas per school year and must comply with revised assessment administration rules.
Key Facts
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.
Procedural history
1 action- Jul 14, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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Alignment with Federal Testing Minimums
The bill shifts state testing policy to explicitly restrict end-of-course exams to only those required by the federal Every Student Says Act.
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy45Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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