Monitoring the Session

HB 5179

bill making charter schools name their management company

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Aicha DavisDHouse 109

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 disclosure of information regarding an open-enrollment charter school's management company.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Name and location on the home page, or a link to ask.

The bill requires an open-enrollment charter school that hires a management company to post that company's name and main business location on its website home page, or to post a link where people can ask for it. If someone asks through the link, the school must promptly give them the company's name and location. Parents and the public get a simple way to learn which private company runs a charter school, starting September 1, 2025.

Labels

Labels: NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Mar 14, 2025 and referred to the House Public Education committee. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB5179 · 2025-03-14

SOLD BY

Rep. Aicha DavisDHouse 109

ITEM

relating to disclosure of information regarding an open-enrollment charter school's management company.

WHAT IT DOES

Name and location on the home page, or a link to ask.

The bill requires an open-enrollment charter school that hires a management company to post that company's name and main business location on its website home page, or to post a link where people can ask for it. If someone asks through the link, the school must promptly give them the company's name and location. Parents and the public get a simple way to learn which private company runs a charter school, starting September 1, 2025.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

  1. Filed
  2. Read first time
  3. Referred to Public Education
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Aicha Davis

Donors

TOP PAC$30KTexas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$15KTexas Sands PAC$12K

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 · Jul 12, 2024 to Oct 18, 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.

TOP PAC$29,502.00

TOP PAC

$29,502.00

Cash
$0.00
Paid by others
$29,502.00
Total
$29,502.00
printing $29,502.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 30, 2024 to Oct 27, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 30, 2024 to Oct 27, 2024. 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: 100989271.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$15,000.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$15,000.00

Cash
$15,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$15,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 4, 2024 to Oct 5, 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: 100989271, 101016836, 101062769, 101072968.

Texas Sands PAC$12,000.00

Texas Sands PAC

$12,000.00

Cash
$12,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$12,000.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 11, 2024 to Sep 29, 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: 100989271, 101062769, 101072968.

Money

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

×

TOP PAC

$29,502.00

Cash
$0.00
Paid by others
$29,502.00
Total
$29,502.00
printing $29,502.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 30, 2024 to Oct 27, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 30, 2024 to Oct 27, 2024. 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: 100989271.

×

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$15,000.00

Cash
$15,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$15,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 4, 2024 to Oct 5, 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: 100989271, 101016836, 101062769, 101072968.

×

Texas Sands PAC

$12,000.00

Cash
$12,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$12,000.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 11, 2024 to Sep 29, 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: 100989271, 101062769, 101072968.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Fiscal

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

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 Mar 14, 2025

04/07/2025 H Referred to Public Education: Apr 7 2025 5:28PM

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

Subjects

Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools

Education--Primary & Secondary--Finance

Text

The text as introduced · 168 words

89R13824 RDR-D

By: A. Davis of Dallas
H.B. No. 5179

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to disclosure of information regarding an open-enrollment

charter school's management company.

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

SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 12, Education Code, is

amended by adding Section 12.1212 to read as follows:

Sec. 12.1212. DISCLOSURE OF MANAGEMENT COMPANY

INFORMATION. (a) An open-enrollment charter school that contracts

with a management company to provide management services for the

school must post in a prominent location on the school's Internet

website home page:

(1) the management company's name and principal place

of business; or

(2) a link through which a person may request the

management company's name and principal place of business.

(b) An open-enrollment charter school described by

Subsection (a) shall promptly provide to a person who submits a

request under Subsection (a)(2) the name and principal place of

business of the school's management company.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.