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Senate Education hearings: the fast and the furious

Interim Senate hearings on the state of education and the voucher rollout leave a lot to be desired as we careen towards the start of bill filing.

THECB meeting moved to after election day, postponing critical reports

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) was slated to meet next week but moved their quarterly meeting from Oct. 21 to Nov. 16, after the midterm elections. It’s no coincidence that highly anticipated reports on the SB 37-mandated General Education Curriculum (GEC) changes and the SB 17 implementation impact study were set to be published and presented during the now-postponed meeting. SB 37 charged the THECB with creating the General Education Advisory Commit

8 hours ago

People’s Hearing hosts faculty & students, and upcoming higher ed hearings to show what’s in store

This week's news on higher education happenings and what's at stake during next week's House hearings.

Aug 13

Senate hearings, THECB meetings show what’s to come for higher education

SB 37's fallout and funding and curriculum changes forecast the higher education fight to come in 2027.

Jul 31