Dade Phelan, Texas State Representative of 21st district | www.texansfordade.com
Dade Phelan, Texas State Representative of 21st district | www.texansfordade.com
More specifically, the official text was summarized by the state legislature as ’’Relating to the terms of certain agreements involving minor boundary adjustments between two contiguous school districts’’.
The following is our breakdown, based on the actual bill text, and may include interpretation to clarify its provisions.
This bill amends Section 13.231 of the Education Code by requiring that any minor boundary adjustment agreements between contiguous school districts, executed on or after Jan. 1, 2025, must include details on terms that continue to apply to real property following territory transfer. Additionally, it mandates a brief explanation of privileges, rights, and responsibilities of each school district regarding these terms. For agreements made after Jan. 1, 2025, but before the bill's effective date, those terms become effective either on Jan. 1, 2025, or a later mutually agreed date. The bill is set to take effect on Sept. 1, 2025.
Dade Phelan, chair of the House Committee on Licensing & Administrative Procedures and member of the House Committee on State Affairs, proposed another five bills during the 89(R) legislative session.
Phelan graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1998 with a BA.
Dade Phelan is currently serving in the Texas State House, representing the state's 21st House district. He replaced previous state representative Allan Ritter in 2015.
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 4958 | 04/03/2025 | Relating to required disclosures on political advertising supporting or opposing certain officeholders; authorizing a civil penalty |
| HB 4855 | 04/03/2025 | Relating to a patient's access to health records and access to and exchange of certain health benefit plan information; authorizing a civil penalty; authorizing fees |
| HB 4770 | 04/03/2025 | Relating to educational requirements for licensing as an audiologist |
| HB 4407 | 04/02/2025 | Relating to providing property tax relief through the public school finance system and property tax appraisal and administration |
| HB 4399 | 04/01/2025 | Relating to the authority of an appraisal review board to direct changes in the appraisal roll and related appraisal records if a residence homestead is sold for less than the appraised value |
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