Senate adopts major accountability overhaul, votes to replace STAAR with three‑part testing system
House Bill 8 passed the Texas Senate on Aug. 27 after a floor amendment restored social studies and history testing and the body approved a plan to replace STAAR with three shorter assessments tied to Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS).
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The Texas Senate on Aug. 27 passed House Bill 8, a wide‑ranging education accountability and testing bill that replaces the current STAAR test with a three‑assessment model and restores social studies and history testing to the state accountability system. The Senate adopted a floor amendment restoring social studies and history tests and then approved final passage; roll calls on the amendment and on final passage were recorded in the transcript.
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