Topic: Policy

SBOE Recap: Charters Schools, TEA Complaints, & Social Studies TEKS

Publish Date: April 18, 2025

Eagle-eyed Hotline readers will wonder why we are jumping straight to a recap of the State Board of Education (SBOE) meeting without ever previewing the agenda. This is because without notice, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) ended a decades-long practice of hosting an in-person meeting with stakeholders to preview the agenda and ask questions about the items the board is...

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This Week in Higher Education: Senate Passes SB 37

Publish Date: April 18, 2025

This week, the House Higher Education Committee heard more bills aimed at addressing health care workforce shortages by incentivizing students and funding health institutions. While the House committee continues its important work to support our higher education institutions, the Senate continues its rampage against academic freedom.   Senate Bill 37, the full force attack on academic freedom and shared governance, was...

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ICYMI: Educator argues vouchers won’t help her most vulnerable students

Publish Date: April 15, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 15, 2025 CONTACT: Nicole Hill, press@texasaft.org ICYMI: Educator argues vouchers won’t help her most vulnerable students Parents and educators joined State Rep. James Talarico for a statewide TV interview. AUSTIN, Texas –  Yesterday, Nexstar television stations across the state aired a special broadcast, “Texas Education: Funding the Future,” focused on proposed private school voucher scam legislation...

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