= Voted with TCTA position  = Voted against TCTA position  = Absent  = Present Not Voting (typically the Speaker or Speaker designee)

KEY HOUSE VOTES IN 2017

Vote No. 1 — Amendment to the budget bill (SB 1) to prohibit spending public funds on private schools. A vote for the amendment was a vote for the TCTA position. (The amendment was successfully added to the budget bill.)

Vote No. 2 — Final House passage of HB 21, which would have increased funding for public education by more than $1.5 billion. A vote for the bill was a vote for the TCTA position. (HB 21 ultimately did not pass.)

Vote No. 3 — Final House passage of HB 20 (special session), which would have appropriated money from the Rainy Day Fund to increase funding for TRS-Care. A vote for the bill was a vote for the TCTA position. (A different bill passed that increased funding for TRS-Care.)

Vote No. 4 — Amendment to SB 16, which created a school finance commission, to require the commission to study the effect on school districts of deducting or withholding association dues from teacher paychecks. The vote was generally seen as a referendum on the issue of banning payroll deduction. A vote for the amendment is a vote against the TCTA position. (The amendment failed.)