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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the provision of virtual education in public schools and to certain waivers and modifications by the commissioner of education to the method of calculating average daily attendance in an emergency or crisis for purposes of preserving school district funding entitlements under the Foundation School Program during that emergency or crisis; authorizing a fee."
description: "Relating to the provision of virtual education in public schools and to certain waivers and modifications by the commissioner of education to the method of calculating average daily attendance in an emergency or crisis for purposes of preserving school district funding entitlements under the Foundation School Program during that emergency or crisis; authorizing a fee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 569"
citation: "Texas SB 569 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "EDUCATION", "COMMISSIONER OF (V9954)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Accountability (I0007)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Admission & Attendance (I0227)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools (I0245)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Curriculum (I0228)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Extracurricular Activities (I0247)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Testing (I0229)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--Virtual Education (IT7R2)", "Education--School Districts (I0220)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM (S0541)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ashby", "Bell, Keith", "Bettencourt", "Buckley", "Flores", "Middleton", "Morales, Eddie", "Parker", "Paxton", "Shaheen", "West", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-12-12"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae584ea7-9c86-4b6b-9510-a5c8c9caa706"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 569.xml"
source_hash: "80245a4832268da3a2a9e1486e2484767b8c370838a449aee28ad16691814ae5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---
# Texas SB 569 (89R) — Relating to the provision of virtual education in public schools and to certain waivers and modifications by the commissioner of education to the method of calculating average daily attendance in an emergency or crisis for purposes of preserving school district funding entitlements under the Foundation School Program during that emergency or crisis; authorizing a fee.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00569I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00569E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00569H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00569S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00569F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **282** (pass) · upper
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 569 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **282** (pass) · upper
- passage — **11333** (pass) · lower
- passage — **10932** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Ashby — primary (person)
- Bell, Keith — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Buckley — primary (person)
- Flores — primary (person)
- Middleton — primary (person)
- Morales, Eddie — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Shaheen — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Barry — cosponsor (person)
- Hagenbuch — cosponsor (person)
- Pierson — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-12-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2024-12-12** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Education K-16 `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-04** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-04** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-10** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-03-12** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-03-13** Co-author authorized
- **2025-03-13** Rules suspended-Constitutional 60-Day
- **2025-03-13** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-03-13** Record vote
- **2025-03-13** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-03-13** Record vote
- **2025-03-13** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-03-13** Record vote
- **2025-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-13** Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Record vote
- **2025-03-13** Reported engrossed
- **2025-03-18** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-15** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-15** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-17** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-04-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-17** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-04-17** Record vote
- **2025-04-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-17** Rules suspended
- **2025-04-17** Additional sponsor(s) authorized
- **2025-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-17** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-17** Record vote
- **2025-04-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-22** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-04-23** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-06** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-06** Effective immediately `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae584ea7-9c86-4b6b-9510-a5c8c9caa706`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).