Monitoring the Session

HB 2107

bill letting educators do annual training every other year

Did not pass

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Caroline FairlyRHouse 87

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

Caption

relating to training requirements for public school educators.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Annual training, every other year. Boards can adopt it.

The bill lets school district boards and charter school governing bodies adopt a policy allowing educators to complete statute-required annual training every other year instead of every year. It touches public school teachers and other educators in districts and open-enrollment charter schools, plus the boards that set training policy. Starting with the 2025-2026 school year, local policy can cut the frequency of annual state-mandated trainings in half, overriding the statutory yearly schedule.

Labels

Labels: STALLED AFTER COMMITTEE. Voted out of the House Public Education committee 14-0 on Apr 22, 2025. Never placed on a calendar. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB2107 · 2025-01-27

SOLD BY

Rep. Caroline FairlyRHouse 87 Rep. Terri Leo WilsonRHouse 23

ITEM

relating to training requirements for public school educators.

WHAT IT DOES

Annual training, every other year. Boards can adopt it.

The bill lets school district boards and charter school governing bodies adopt a policy allowing educators to complete statute-required annual training every other year instead of every year. It touches public school teachers and other educators in districts and open-enrollment charter schools, plus the boards that set training policy. Starting with the 2025-2026 school year, local policy can cut the frequency of annual state-mandated trainings in half, overriding the statutory yearly schedule.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · April 13, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

HISTORY

  1. Filed
  2. Read first time
  3. Referred to Public Education
  4. Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  5. Considered in public hearing
  6. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  7. Left pending in committee
  8. Considered in public hearing
  9. Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
  10. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  11. Committee report distributed
  12. Committee report sent to Calendars
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Caroline Fairly

Donors

OccuNet LLC$30KRepublican Party of Texas$16KDixon Gillis$15,626

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Oct 27, 2024 to Oct 21, 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.

OccuNet LLC$30,280.32

OccuNet LLC

$30,280.32

Cash
$0.00
Paid by others
$30,280.32
Total
$30,280.32
fundraiser $28,327.40Other filed descriptions $1,952.92

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Nov 18, 2025 to Oct 2, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Nov 18, 2025 to Oct 2, 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: 101032922, 101061983, 101070115, 101072872.

Republican Party of Texas$16,250.00

Republican Party of Texas

$16,250.00

Cash
$0.00
Paid by others
$16,250.00
Total
$16,250.00
media $16,250.00

Also funds 12 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 31, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Oct 21, 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: 101072872.

Dixon Gillis$15,625.63
Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

×

OccuNet LLC

$30,280.32

Cash
$0.00
Paid by others
$30,280.32
Total
$30,280.32
fundraiser $28,327.40Other filed descriptions $1,952.92

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Nov 18, 2025 to Oct 2, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Nov 18, 2025 to Oct 2, 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: 101032922, 101061983, 101070115, 101072872.

×

Republican Party of Texas

$16,250.00

Cash
$0.00
Paid by others
$16,250.00
Total
$16,250.00
media $16,250.00

Also funds 12 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 31, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Oct 21, 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: 101072872.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Witnesses11
For
10
Against
0
On
1
Names

For

  • Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE)1 registration
  • Self1 registration
  • TASB1 registration
  • Texas Association of Community Schools1 registration
  • Texas Association of School Administrators1 registration
  • Texas Association of School Boards1 registration
  • Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (TCASE)1 registration
  • Texas PTA1 registration
  • Texas School Alliance1 registration
  • Texas State Teachers Association1 registration

On

  • Texas education agency1 registration
Sources

11 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.

Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.

House witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Fiscal

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · April 13, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas House · Filed Jan 27, 2025

04/30/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · House Committee Report

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

House committee · Public Education · Committee vote 14 aye, 0 nay, 1 absent · Out of committee

Subjects

Education--Primary & Secondary--Other School Personnel

Education--Primary & Secondary--Teachers

STAFF DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING

Text

The text as introduced · 234 words

89R8451 MEW-D

By: Fairly
H.B. No. 2107

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to training requirements for public school educators.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 21.4515, Education Code, is amended by

amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as

follows:

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), to [ To ] the

extent of any conflict, a frequency requirement for the completion

of training provided by statute prevails over a frequency

requirement for that training included in the policy adopted by the

board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of an

open-enrollment charter school under Subsection (a).

(b-1) Notwithstanding any other law, the policy adopted by

the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of

an open-enrollment charter school under Subsection (a) may provide

for an educator employed by the district or school who would

otherwise be required by statute to complete a training annually to

complete that training every other year.

SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026

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.