By: Cook, et al. (Senate Sponsor H.B. No. 2674 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 14, 2025; May 14, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Education K-16; May 22, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 2; May 22, 2025, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to prohibiting the regulation of home school programs. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 1.010 to read as follows: Sec. 1.010. PROHIBITION ON REGULATION OF HOME SCHOOLS. The Texas Education Agency, the State Board of Education, or any other educational institution described by Section 1.001(a) may not adopt a rule or policy that regulates an educational program of a home school. SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 school year. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2025. * * * * *