School ratings discussed as Senate suspends deadline, meets past midnight

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The state senate went into the early morning hours by suspending their midnight deadline rule so they could work until nearly 2:30 a.m. to pass any final bills.
House Bill 22 was the final bill discussed. The bill is an overhaul of what lawmakers passed last session that requires school districts to be graded on an A through F scale. The goal is to give parents a better idea of where their school ranks instead of the existing pass fail system.
The House’s original ver