Alan Schoolcraft, Texas State Representative of 44th District | https://www.texastribune.org/directory/alan-schoolcraft/
Alan Schoolcraft, Texas State Representative of 44th District | https://www.texastribune.org/directory/alan-schoolcraft/
More specifically, the official text was summarized by the state legislature as ’’Relating to authorizing the attorney general to petition the chief justice of the supreme court to convene a special three-judge district court in certain circumstances’’.
The following is our breakdown, based on the actual bill text, and may include interpretation to clarify its provisions.
The bill authorizes the attorney general to petition the chief justice of the supreme court to establish a special three-judge district court for lawsuits involving the state or its officers that challenge the finances or operations of the public school system or involve district apportionment for legislative, educational, or congressional purposes. Upon receiving such a petition, the chief justice must issue an order to assemble the court, pausing all proceedings in the original district court until action is taken. The act takes effect immediately with a two-thirds vote in both legislative houses; otherwise, it becomes effective Sept. 1, 2025.
Alan Schoolcraft, member of the House Committee on S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education, proposed another 10 bills during the 89(R) legislative session.
Alan Schoolcraft is currently serving in the Texas State House, representing the state's 44th House district. He replaced previous state representative John Kuempel in 2025.
Bills in Texas go through a multi-step legislative process, including committee review, debates, and votes in both chambers before reaching a final decision. Each session, there are typically thousands of bills introduced, but only a portion successfully navigate the process to become law.
You can read more about the bills and other measures here.
| Bill Number | Date Introduced | Short Description |
|---|---|---|
| HB 4094 | 03/27/2025 | Relating to the provision of health care services by a freestanding emergency medical care facility and the collection of fees for providing those services |
| HB 3998 | 03/27/2025 | Relating to the capacity and usage of school district facilities and the transfer of students between school districts |
| HB 3802 | 03/26/2025 | Relating to the establishment of the governor's task force on the governance of early childhood education and care |
| HB 1771 | 03/14/2025 | Relating to the practice of pharmacy and the refusal to dispense prescriptions |
| HB 122 | 03/14/2025 | Relating to the capacity and usage of school district facilities and the transfer of students between school districts |
| HB 1698 | 03/12/2025 | Relating to the amendment of restrictive covenants applicable to certain subdivisions |
| HB 1319 | 03/10/2025 | Relating to wholesale importation of prescription drugs in this state |
| HB 1280 | 03/10/2025 | Relating to prohibiting governmental discriminatory practices as well as submissions and trainings that could lead to discriminatory treatment of individuals because of personal identity characteristics including an individual's race, color, ethnicity, sex, national origin or religion and the establishment of remedies and penalties for discriminatory treatment |
| HB 1279 | 03/10/2025 | Relating to prohibiting teaching in Texas public elementary and secondary schools of hateful, divisive and discriminatory practices and beliefs that could lead to discriminatory treatment of individuals because of such individual's race, color, ethnicity, sex, national origin or religion and the establishment of remedies and penalties for discriminatory treatment |
| HB 1278 | 03/10/2025 | Relating to creation and funding of professional charter academies which are owned and operated by highly qualified teaching professionals in Texas and authorizing the commissioner of education to adopt rules to administer and fund the professional charter academy program |
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