HB 825

relating to the implementation of certain rules regarding public
school accountability adopted by the commissioner of education or
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Section 39.001, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c)  Notwithstanding any other law, the implementation of a
rule adopted by the commissioner or the agency that affects methods
or procedures for administering provisions of this chapter may be
delayed until the second school year after the school year the rule
is adopted unless the commissioner or the agency is required by law
to adopt and implement the rule in a shorter period.
SECTION 2.  Section 39.001(c), Education Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to a rule adopted on or after the effective
SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2025.