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      By: Talarico H.B. No. 5423       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to an annual report published by the Texas Education   Agency regarding public school campus closures.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 7, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 7.042 to read as follows:           Sec.   7.042.     ANNUAL REPORT REGARDING PUBLIC SCHOOL CAMPUS   CLOSURES. (a) Not later than January 31 of each year, the agency   shall prepare and publish on the agency's publicly available   Internet website an annual report regarding school district and   open-enrollment charter school campus closures. The report must   include, for the preceding calendar year, the number of campuses   that have closed, disaggregated by the grade levels served by the   campus, including elementary, middle, junior high, or high school.           (b)     The agency shall submit the report described by   Subsection (a) to:                 (1)  the governor;                 (2)  the lieutenant governor;                 (3)  the speaker of the house of representatives; and                 (4)  each member of the legislature.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.