The Texas House Speaker has released his list of issues to be reviewed by committees before the next regular session beginning in January 2021. Click here f...

by Gaines West, Attorney-at-Law, West, Webb, Allbritton & Gentry TO REPORT OR NOT REPORT? DOING ONE OR THE OTHER MAY KEEP YOU OUT OF JAIL! The 2019 Session o...

by Chuck Hempstead, Executive Director, TACT Overview With another session behind us, it’s time to review how Texas higher education fared from the perspecti...

SB 25, the 'transfer credit' bill doesn't solve all the issues with students transferring credit between higher education institutions. On the bright side, ...

Two weeks are left in the Texas Legislative Session.  School finance – a.k.a., paying for it – has become the defacto “blocker bill” where other legislation ...

Texas Legislature Picking Up Steam Big Day at the Texas Legislature Wednesday…….The House adopted its version of public school finance reform while the Senat...

A Win for Free Speech on Campus With a unanimous vote from the Texas Senate, SB 18 prohibits Texas universities and colleges from banning any controversial s...

Executive Director's Column: Legislature Focusing on 60X30TX by Chuck Hempstead, Executive Director, TACT Here We Go Again! When the draft Senate and House ...

Adequate funding was the number one issue for the Texas Association of College Teachers (TACT). The initial legislative appropriations bill introduced in Jan...