Senate Panel Begins Negotiations with the House over How to Scrap the STAAR Test

Senate, House talking about STAAR's demise

A Senate panel early Friday unveiled its rewrite of the House bill that would scrap STAAR, the state standardized test widely criticized for taking instructional time away from teachers and putting pressure on students.

Senate panel begins negotiations with the House over how to scrap the STAAR test

By Sneha Dey, The Texas Tribune May 23, 2025 “Senate panel begins negotiations with the House over how to scrap the STAAR test” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. …

Senate panel begins negotiations with the House over how to scrap the…

The Senate’s rewrite of House Bill 4 reflects a gap in what the chambers want to see out of the new state assessment and the performance ratings that largely hinge on its results.

AHA Sends Letter Opposing Texas Bill to Eliminate History Education Requirements

The AHA has sent a letter to the Texas Senate Committee on Education K–16 objecting to provisions in the engrossed version of House Bill 4 that would eliminate existing requirements for state assessments in both US history and social studies.