Rewriting Higher Education: How lawmakers want to take university oversight further
Doctor Aquasia Shaw is not usually at a loss for words, but she found herself speechless after a last-minute meeting with ...
Texas senators threaten no new university funding until schools fully comply with DEI ban
The senators' letter to Texas boards of regents comes after requests to restore $400 million in universities funds that are ...
Despite legislative ban, Texas public universities still implementing DEI policies
Despite a state legislative ban, Texas public universities are still implementing so-called diversity, equity and inclusion ...
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Republican senators threaten not to boost Texas public universities’ funding over DEI ban
Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, above, and Sen. Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, sent a letter this week to public university ...
Survey: Majority polled, including Black Texans, support ESA becoming reality
A majority of registered voters polled, 63%, support a proposal to create Texas’ first Education Savings Account program, ...
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Texas school voucher bills want to prioritize low-income families but also be open to all students
Neither of the Legislature’s voucher bills require private schools to accept certain students, which some warn could block ...
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Texas Senate passes bill that would give experienced teachers up to $10K raises
Under Senate Bill 26, public school teachers would be guaranteed raises in their third and fifth years in the classroom.
Texas Senate unanimously passes $4.3 billion teacher pay boost bill
The Texas Senate unanimously passed a bill Wednesday that would invest $4.3 billion over two years in teacher pay increases ...
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Texas Senate approves across-the-board pay raises for teachers
Smaller raises would go to teachers with less time in the classroom. Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, the author of SB 26, ...
Texas lawmakers hear hours of testimony on DEI ban in K-12 public schools, library bill
The Senate Education committee left all 11 bills it considered on Thursday pending in committee and did not vote to advance any to the Senate floor.
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Texas senators consider ‘parental rights’ bills to end DEI in schools
Bills before a Senate education committee would eliminate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs in public K-12 schools and ...
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Texas Senate debates proposals to purge DEI from public education
Texas Republicans aim to remove diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in all areas of public education from ...