Monitoring the SessionSB 145
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Initial review · graded Nov 9, 2026 · How we grade
relating to requiring public schools to designate certain uniform election dates as staff development days.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Voters get the gym, teachers get training. Starts 2027-2028.
This bill makes a public school close to students and hold a staff training day when its campus is used as a polling place on a presidential general election day. It touches school districts, charter schools, teachers, students and families at campuses used for voting. The education commissioner must waive the lost instructional minutes, and the rule starts with the 2027-2028 school year.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R SB 2534 (Died in committee) and 89R SB 143 (Died in committee). Checked against 88R and 89R only.DO-OVER. Reworked text of a bill filed before that died: 88R SB 2534 (Died in committee) and 89R SB 143 (Died in committee). Filed in 3 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R and 89R only.TRY NO. 3. Filed in 3 sessions: 88R, 89R and 90R. Checked against 88R and 89R only.
90R-SB145 · 2026-11-09
relating to requiring public schools to designate certain uniform election dates as staff development days.
Voters get the gym, teachers get training. Starts 2027-2028.
This bill makes a public school close to students and hold a staff training day when its campus is used as a polling place on a presidential general election day. It touches school districts, charter schools, teachers, students and families at campuses used for voting. The education commissioner must waive the lost instructional minutes, and the rule starts with the 2027-2028 school year.
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No fiscal note in the loaded record.
No verified beat found.
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The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.
Derived itemized flow · Jul 2, 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.
$25,000.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · on Jan 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · on Jan 22, 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: 101065471.
$20,000.00
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.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Dec 12, 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: 101012370, 101032316, 101072614.
$10,000.00
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.
TeamDerived itemized flow · on Dec 2, 2025. 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: 101032316.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$25,000.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · on Jan 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · on Jan 22, 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: 101065471.
$20,000.00
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.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Dec 12, 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: 101012370, 101032316, 101072614.
$10,000.00
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.
TeamDerived itemized flow · on Dec 2, 2025. 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: 101032316.
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
Analysis of text version I by a super-expensive superintelligence, Nov 9, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 3 times: 88R, 89R and now. Checked against 88R and 89R only.
by Sen. Menéndez, same lead author · Died in committee · reworked
Introduced textLast action, Mar 23, 2023: Referred to Education
Relating to requiring public schools to designate certain uniform election dates as staff development days.
Caption, 88R bill history
by Sen. Menéndez, same lead author · Died in committee · reworked
Introduced textLast action, Feb 3, 2025: Referred to Education K-16
Relating to requiring public schools to designate certain uniform election dates as staff development days.
Caption, 89R bill history
Texas Senate · Filed Nov 9, 2026
11/09/2026 S Filed
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Nov 10, 2026 at 2:40 AM CST. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
Education--Primary & Secondary--Teachers
Education--School Districts
Elections--General
EDUCATION, COMMISSIONER OF
The text as introduced · 292 words
90R2906 JDK-D By: Menéndez S.B. No. 145 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to requiring public schools to designate certain uniform election dates as staff development days. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 25.081(a), Education Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) Except as authorized under Subsection (b) of this section, Section 25.0813, Section 25.0815, Section 25.084, or Section 29.0821, for each school year each school district must operate for at least 75,600 minutes, including time allocated for instruction, intermissions, and recesses for students. SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 25, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 25.0813 to read as follows: Sec. 25.0813. SCHOOL CAMPUS SELECTED AS POLLING PLACE. (a) If a public school campus is selected for use as a polling place under Section 43.031, Election Code, on the date of a presidential general election, the school district or open-enrollment charter school shall designate the day as a staff development day. (b) The commissioner shall provide a waiver allowing the minutes of instructional time required under Section 25.081(a) for a school district or open-enrollment charter school campus to be reduced by the number of minutes the district or school is required to suspend instruction in compliance with this section. A waiver under this subsection may not result in an inadequate number of minutes of instructional time for students. SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2027-2028 school year. SECTION 4. 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, 2027.