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June 6, 2025: A nightmare for Dreamers

Friday, June 6, 2025 Downloadable poster available with other immigration resources from AFT.  A nightmare for Dreamers On Wednesday, within hours of a federal lawsuit filed against Texas over our state’s decades-old DREAM Act, Attorney General Ken Paxton readily sold out the future of our state and urged the court to side with the Trump Administration.   As a result,...

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May 30, 2025: You Asked. We Answered.

Friday, May 30, 2025 You asked. We answered.  As we careen toward the end of the 89th Legislature (June 2), you’d be forgiven for feeling a bit lost on where major education bills stand. A record 8,607 bills were filed by the filing deadline, hundreds ran the gauntlet of committee...

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Austin Community College Free Tuition Program Takes the National Stage 

Photo Credit: Jay Janner/American-Statesman  Austin Community College Chancellor Russell Lowery-Hart made history this week as the only Texas voice, and the only community college leader, to testify at a U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing on the future of higher education. Invited by Sen. Bernie Sanders,...

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