Guns on Campus Bill Update As reported previously, HB 1236 allows public universities to opt out of the guns on campus legislation passed...

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

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

Guns on Campus - New Bill Filed Rep. Vikki Goodwin, D-Austin, filed HB 1236 which would permit public institutions to opt out of the...

Free Speech Defended on Campuses State Senators Joan Huffman, R-Houston, and Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, authored Senate Bill 18 that...

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

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

President's Column: Final Letter by Donna Cox, Professor Emeritus, Sam Houston State University As I contemplate my last “Message from...

New Chairs in Both the House and the Senate For the first time in memory, the Senate House and Senate Higher Education Committees both...

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

House Bill 413 was filed last week, which would prevent Texas college students living in the U.S. illegally from paying in-state tuition...

With elections behind us, the Texas Legislature is gearing up for January.  Jockeying for House Speaker, moving offices according to...

You're Invited! Join your colleagues and be the voice of higher education by attending the TACT Legislative Day October 26 at the Texas...

Are you following the UT-Austin professors’ case in the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals as it relates to academic freedom and guns on...

1. Led movement to defeat Guns on Campus legislation for six years until it passed in 2015 with the TACT amendments permitting opt-out...

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

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced the appointments of Sen. Kelly Hancock, R-North Richland Hills; Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, R-Brenham; Sen. Juan...

The following was recently published by State Representative Helen Giddings AUSTIN — Last month, Gov. Greg Abbott called a special...

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