Due Soon: New Parental Rights Training for School Board Trustees 

Texas trustees have a new training requirement on the way. Under Senate Bill 204, passed by the 89th Texas Legislature, the State Board of Education (SBOE) — with assistance from the Texas Education Agency (TEA) — must develop a training for school board members on the rights of parents regarding their child's education. Completing the training is a statutory requirement, and trustees who took office before Jan. 1, 2026 are directed to complete it by Sept. 1, 2026. 

Under a rule the SBOE has proposed, the training will run five hours in its first year, and three hours each year thereafter. The law called for the course to be made available by April 1, 2026, but as of now it has not yet been released to trustees.  

TASB has written to the SBOE asking it to provide a firm availability date and to extend the completion timeline for this first year, given the delay.  Because the Sept. 1, 2026 completion deadline is set by statute rather than by the SBOE, any change may ultimately rest with the Legislature—but we have asked the Board to use whatever discretion it has to avoid penalizing trustees for a delay outside their control. 

TASB is tracking this closely and will notify members as soon as the training becomes available. The training is expected to be accessible online via the TEA website.