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89th Legislative Session in Review: Your Right to Affordable, High-Quality Childcare 

The youngest speaker at our Public Education Advocacy Day this past March. Our members brought copies of the Educator’s Bill of Rights to meet with their legislators.   When we began our work on your 89th legislative agenda, working conditions were top of mind for members. One particular issue began to come to the forefront: the right to high-quality affordable childcare.  ...

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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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