Monitoring the SessionHB 1212
Died in committee
Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade
relating to the means by which schools are compared in the Public School Accountability System.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Live-here-go-here campuses stop being compared with school-choice districts.
The bill stops the education commissioner from comparing the relative performance of a campus in a district where students attend school based only on where they live with a campus in a district that lets parents choose a different campus. It touches the state's school rating system, the commissioner, and every district and campus whose grades depend on those comparisons. On the ground, schools in residence-only districts and schools in choice districts would be rated against separate peer groups, and the rule reaches back to the 2023-2024 school year.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 1051 (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 1051 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Nov 12, 2024 and referred to the House Public Education committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-HB1212 · 2024-11-12
relating to the means by which schools are compared in the Public School Accountability System.
Live-here-go-here campuses stop being compared with school-choice districts.
The bill stops the education commissioner from comparing the relative performance of a campus in a district where students attend school based only on where they live with a campus in a district that lets parents choose a different campus. It touches the state's school rating system, the commissioner, and every district and campus whose grades depend on those comparisons. On the ground, schools in residence-only districts and schools in choice districts would be rated against separate peer groups, and the rule reaches back to the 2023-2024 school year.
[ ] NONE FOUND
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
No verified beat found.
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Not tied to this bill.
The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.
Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
$1,485,555.60
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Oct 2, 2026 to Oct 19, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · Oct 2, 2026 to Oct 19, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 101073400.
$1,000,000.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · on Oct 15, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · on Oct 15, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 101073400.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$1,485,555.60
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Oct 2, 2026 to Oct 19, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · Oct 2, 2026 to Oct 19, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 101073400.
$1,000,000.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · on Oct 15, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · on Oct 15, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 101073400.
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.
by Rep. Hinojosa, same lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, Mar 2, 2023: Referred to Public Education
Relating to the means by which schools are compared in the Public School Accountability System.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas House · Filed Nov 12, 2024
03/10/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 10 2025 2:24PM
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
House committee · Public Education · Final status: Died in committee
Education--Primary & Secondary--Accountability
EDUCATION, COMMISSIONER OF
The text as introduced · 192 words
By: Hinojosa H.B. No. 1212 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the means by which schools are compared in the Public School Accountability System. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 39.053, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c-4) to read as follows: (c-4) For purposes of Subsection (c)(2)(B), the commissioner may not compare the relative performance of a campus in a district in which student enrollment is based only on a student's residence and the relative performance of a campus in a district in which a student's parent or person standing in parental relation to the student is allowed to enroll the student at a campus other than the campus the student would attend based on the student's residence. SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 school year. 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.