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 ...
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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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 ...
Will Texas schools be equipped to teach special needs students in voucher era?
Critics warn that vouchers would leave behind students with special needs in a public system that is already ...
Vouchers promise a lifeline for students with special needs. Will they benefit — or be left behind?
About 70 private schools in Texas have identified themselves in self-reported data as having specialized programs for ...
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Republican senators threaten not to boost Texas public universities’ funding over DEI ban
Republican state senators are threatening not to increase state funding for public universities over accusations they have ...
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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 ...
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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Voucher bills want to prioritize low-income families and be open to all students. Those goals might be at odds.
Neither of the Legislature’s voucher bills require private schools to accept certain students, which some warn could block ...
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Texas senators threaten no new university funding until schools fully comply with DEI ban
Brandon Creighton and Paul Bettencourt put university governing boards on notice that any requests for state funding above levels from the previous biennium will be denied until the systems prove ...