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Nov 7, 20202 min read

A Crystal Ball Look at the 2021 Legislative Session

By Chuck Hempstead TACT Executive Director I am hopeful that your favorite candidates survived their campaigns and that you voted for the...

May 13, 20191 min read

School Finance Bill Harbors Special Interests

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

Apr 4, 20191 min read

Texas Legislature Picking Up Steam

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

Feb 27, 20191 min read

Study: Repeal of in-state tuition for Dreamers could cost Texas $400 million annually

Study: Repeal of in-state tuition for undocumented students could cost Texas $400 million annually A research and advocacy organization...

Jan 21, 20191 min read

Tuition Freeze - Bill Filed

Tuition Freeze Looming Rep. Mary González, D- El Paso, filed a bill last week which would cap tuition at current levels until the Texas...

Feb 27, 20181 min read

Special Item Funding

The Joint Interim Committee on Higher Education Formula Funding met today for only the second, but possibly last, time. Their report is...

Feb 22, 20181 min read

Formula Funding Committee Convenes

The Joint Interim Committee on Higher Education Formula Funding met yesterday for the first of two scheduled meetings before its June...

Dec 15, 20171 min read

Higher Education Hates New Tax Bills

• Tuition waivers: House tax bill would make waived tuition taxable for many grad and doctoral students who have their tuition waived in...