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HR 532 112th Congress House Education Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Intergovernmental relations State and local finance Teaching, teachers, curricula Texas

Fairness for Texas Schools Act of 2011

Introduced: February 8, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Mar 4, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Feb 8, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Feb 8, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fairness for Texas Schools Act of 2011 - Repeals the requirement that the Secretary of Education deny Texas and its local educational agencies (LEAs) funds from the Education Jobs Fund until the state assures the Secretary that: (1) funds used to support elementary and secondary education shall be distributed based on the LEAs' relative shares of school improvement funds for the most recent fiscal year for which data are available; (2) such funds will not be used to supplant state formula funding that is distributed like school improvement funds; and (3) state funding for elementary and secondary education, as a percentage of the state's total revenue, will not be reduced through FY2013.

What's happening now March 4, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 151 Identical bill Fairness for Texas Schools Act of 2011
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 16
All 16 Republican 3
BARTON, JOE
· Feb 8, 2011
BRADY, KEVIN
· Feb 8, 2011
 R
Carter, John R.
Texas · Feb 8, 2011
Conaway, K.
· Feb 8, 2011
CULBERSON, JOHN
· Feb 8, 2011
Farenthold, Blake
· Feb 8, 2011
Flores, Bill
· Feb 8, 2011
Granger, Kay
· Feb 8, 2011
Hensarling, Jeb
· Feb 8, 2011
JOHNSON, SAM
· Feb 8, 2011
Marchant, Kenny
· Feb 8, 2011
 R
McCaul, Michael T.
Texas · Feb 8, 2011
Poe, Ted
· Feb 8, 2011
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Feb 8, 2011
SMITH, LAMAR
· Feb 8, 2011
THORNBERRY, WILLIAM
· Feb 8, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 532: Fairness for Texas Schools Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-532/
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"H.R. 532: Fairness for Texas Schools Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-532/.
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H.R. 532, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-532/.
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