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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas House Bill 136 exempts local and school officials from continuing education requirements and revises training provider rules
Last action · August 15, 2025: FiledSponsors: Leo Wilson and 2 others
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What This Bill Proposed
House Bill 136 exempts municipal governing body members, school board members, and elected county officers from required continuing education training. The measure also modifies training provider and course rules for school trustees, judges, emergency management personnel, and records officers, state cybersecurity trainees, and tax officials.
Local elected officials and school board members are relieved of mandatory continuing education hours, while state agencies and educational institutions face restructured requirements for providing and certifying training for public officials, judges, and employees.
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.
Members of municipal governing bodies
School board members
They are exempt from continuing education requirements for their office, and their training provider rules are modified.
Elected county officers
They are exempt from continuing education training required for their office.
State Board of Education
The board must modify all rules that are inconsistent with the changes in law made by the Act as soon as practicable.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which local officials are excused from continuing education requirements under this bill?
Does this bill eliminate training requirements for occupational licenses?
Who must provide and certify training for school district trustees and candidates?
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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- Aug 15, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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Broad Exemption for Local Officials from Continuing Education
The bill establishes a blanket override for continuing education requirements across municipal, school, and county offices while preserving occupational license rules.
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Sources
capitol.texas.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy45Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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