HB 5579

bill cutting the school tax compression growth factor

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review

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 the state compression percentage and a school district's maximum compressed tax rate under the public school finance system.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Growth factor drops from 2.5 percent to 1 percent.

The bill lowers the growth factor in the school tax compression formulas from 2.5 percent to 1 percent. It touches every Texas school district's maximum compressed maintenance and operations tax rate and the state compression percentage. On the ground, district tax rates compress faster when property values rise more than 1 percent, which caps local school tax growth tighter and shifts more of the funding load to the state.

Labels

Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R SB 1704 by Sen. Middleton (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.DO-OVER. Reworked text of a bill filed before that died: 88R SB 1704 by Sen. Middleton (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 Mar 14, 2025 and referred to the House Ways & Means committee. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB5579 · 2025-03-14

SOLD BY

Rep. Ellen TroxclairRHouse 19

ITEM

relating to the state compression percentage and a school district's maximum compressed tax rate under the public school finance system.

WHAT IT DOES

Growth factor drops from 2.5 percent to 1 percent.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

Mar 14, 2025Filed
Apr 7, 2025Read first time
Apr 7, 2025Referred to Ways & Means

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Ellen Troxclair

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$100K Texans for Lawsuit Reform PC$10K Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee$5K

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 29, 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.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$100,000.00

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$100,000.00

Cash: $100,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $100,000.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jul 14, 2025 to Feb 3, 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: 101031227, 101040659.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PC$10,000.00

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PC

$10,000.00

Cash: $10,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $10,000.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · on 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 · on 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: 101072162.

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee$5,083.34

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

$5,083.34

Cash: $5,000.00
Paid by others: $83.34
Total: $5,083.34

advertising $83.34

Also funds 140 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 2, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 12, 2024 to Sep 25, 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: 100982032, 101031227, 101072162.

Money

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

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$100,000.00

Cash: $100,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $100,000.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jul 14, 2025 to Feb 3, 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: 101031227, 101040659.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PC

$10,000.00

Cash: $10,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $10,000.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · on 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 · on 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: 101072162.

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

$5,083.34

Cash: $5,000.00
Paid by others: $83.34
Total: $5,083.34

advertising $83.34

Also funds 140 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 2, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 12, 2024 to Sep 25, 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: 100982032, 101031227, 101072162.

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.

FILED BEFORE

Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.

88R SB 1704

by Sen. Middleton, different lead author · Died in committee · reworked

Introduced text

Last action, Mar 16, 2023: Referred to Education

Relating to the state compression percentage and a school district's maximum compressed tax rate under the public school finance system.

Caption, 88R bill history

Sources

Texas House · Filed Mar 14, 2025

04/07/2025 H Referred to Ways & Means: 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 · Ways & Means · Final status: Died in committee

Subjects

Taxation--Property-Tax Rate

Taxation--School District

Text

The text as introduced · 212 words

By: Troxclair
H.B. No. 5579

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the state compression percentage and a school

district's maximum compressed tax rate under the public school

finance system.

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

SECTION 1. Section 48.255(b), Education Code, is amended to

read as follows:

(b) The state compression percentage is the lower of:

(1) 93 percent, or a lower percentage set by

appropriation for a school year;

(2) the percentage determined by the following

formula:

SCP = PYCP X 1.01 [1.025]/(1 + ECPV); or

(3) the percentage determined under this section for

the preceding school year.

SECTION 2. Section 48.2551(b), Education Code, is amended

to read as follows:

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a district's

maximum compressed rate ("MCR") is the lesser of:

(1) the rate determined by the following applicable

formula:

(A) if "DPV" exceeds "PYDPV" by an amount equal

to or greater than one [ 2.5 ] percent:

MCR = ( 1.01 [1.025]((PYDPV+E) X PYMCR))/DPV; or

(B) if Paragraph (A) does not apply:

MCR = PYMCR; or

(2) the product of the state compression percentage,

as determined under Section 48.255, for the current tax year,

multiplied by $1.00.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.