Legislative Update: May 15, 2025

Legislative Update: May 15, 2025

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Introduction

The Legislature has passed the crossover deadline. Crossover is when all the House and Senate bills must be passed into the other chamber. Any legislation that did not make crossover is either dead in its respective chamber or must be placed in the budget. These policies will be debated between the House and the Senate during conference negotiations.

Bill Summaries:

Bill	Name	Crossover (Y/N)	Current Location
HB 4	Sam’s Law	Y	Ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate
HB 87	Cell Phone Free Education	Y	Ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate
HB 106	Revive High-Need Retired Teachers Program	N	Ref Com on Appropriations of the House
HB 149	School Financial Flexibility Pilot Program	Y	Ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate
HB 414	1 to 1 Credit for Career and College Promise	Y	Ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate
HB 415	Split Math Courses and Change Math Graduation Requests	Y	Ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate
HB 420	Sound Basic Education for Every Child	N	Ref to Rules and Operations of the House
HB 445	Fairness and Transparency in Education Salaries	N	Ref to Com on Appropriations
HB 796	The Student Mental Health Line Awareness Act	N	Ref to Com on Education
HB 815/816	Voucher School Accountability Act	N	Ref to Rules and Operations of the House
HB 846	Teacher Retention and Recruitment	N	Ref to Education K-12
HB 943	Turning High-Achieving Students into Teachers	N	Ref to Appropriations
HB 959	Social Media Literacy in Schools	Y	Ref to Rules and Operations of the House
HB 986	Support Our Teachers	N	Ref to Com on Education K-12
SB 227	Eliminating “DEI” in Public Education	Y	Ref to Rules and Operations of the House

Legislative Priorities

Many of your legislative priorities have appeared throughout the bills filed, showing legislators' support for your cause. We will continue to fight for your legislative priorities, including funding pay increases, better benefits, and policy advocacy for all educators.

PENC Advocacy Team:

Tammy Beach

Bryan Holloway

Trevor Fulcher

Megan Miller 

Robert Mitchell

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