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State "Higher Ed Reform" Roundup: Texas

Legislative showdown looming on tenure and academic freedom

Reason

Texas Senate approves bill barring professors from “compelling” students to adopt certain political beliefs

Critics say Senate Bill 16 is overly vague and will create a chilling effect that will prevent important conversations about race and gender. But Republican supporters say the legislation is necessary to protect conservative students who are self-censoring in the classroom.

The Texas Tribune

Texas House budgets $545 million for prison air conditioning. The Senate hasn’t offered anything.

Sweltering heat has killed inmates, driven away prison workers and cost taxpayers millions in lawsuits. The House budget would provide air conditioning for 46 prisons, but it’s unclear if the Senate will sign on.

The Texas Tribune

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‘School Choice’ Is Just a Ploy to Defund Public Ed

The latest front in Christian nationalists’ battle to undermine separation of church and state.

Texas Observer

Texas Senate passes expanded bills to restrict drag, sexual conduct in front of minors

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Senate on Tuesday gave preliminary approval to two bills that would restrict, and at times criminalize, drag shows and anything else deemed a “sexually oriented performance.”

Tribune News Service

Texas Senate votes to defund libraries where drag queens read to kids as it tries to limit the performances kids can attend

The Senate expanded the bill targeting drag queen story hours to target all public funding for libraries. The upper chamber also approved a bill limiting other drag performances kids can see.

The Texas Tribune

Quran taken from Texas Capitol chapel recovered by state police. They aren’t saying who removed it.

Days after it went missing, DPS identified the person who removed a family Quran Rep. Salman Bhojani had placed in the chapel. The state has since provided its own copy.

The Texas Tribune

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Bill intended to force Texas prosecutors to pursue abortion, election cases passes Senate

The bill, a priority for Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, is part of a larger effort to limit the power of elected prosecutors, especially in Texas’ largest, left-leaning counties.

The Texas Tribune

Gov. Greg Abbott is turning up the pressure on passing school choice. Will it pay off?

Passage of a school choice measure is anything but a sure bet, as there is little evidence that the governor has been able to convince rural Republicans in the Texas House — who have for years been a reliable firewall — to drop their opposition.

The Texas Tribune

Rift grows between Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dade Phelan over how to cut property taxes

The Senate wants to raise the homestead exemption. The House wants to tighten the appraisal cap. Both chambers’ leaders are skeptical of each other’s proposal.

The Texas Tribune

Donald Trump trying to lock down Texas before Ron DeSantis joins GOP race for president

WACO, Texas — In front of 20,000 supporters jammed into the Waco Regional Airport, Donald Trump slowly recited the names of 15 Texas elected officials who are endorsing his third campaign for the White House.

Tribune News Service

Transgender college sports bill gets initial OK by Texas Senate

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Senate on Tuesday gave its initial approval to a bill that would restrict competition in collegiate sports by transgender athletes.

Tribune News Service

Texas Senate approves bill restricting which college sports teams transgender athletes can join

The bill will now head to the Texas House where enough lawmakers have already expressed support to approve a similar bill. Gov. Greg Abbott has also said he supports the measure.

The Texas Tribune

Bill eliminating tampon, diaper sales taxes OK’d by Texas House

The proposal would remove sales tax on diapers, baby wipes and bottles; feminine hygiene products including tampons, sanitary pads and menstrual cups; maternity clothing; and products for pumping breast milk.

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State troopers will help Austin with police patrols as the city struggles with an officer shortage

Austin officials view the partnership as a stopgap measure as they try to fill the city’s more than 200 police vacancies.

Tribune News Service

Renewable energy saves money, creates jobs and cuts emissions. Why is Texas targeting it?

Texas easily leads the nation in oil and gas production, and the Lone Star State is also a top player in renewable energy.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Trump, Facing Potential Indictment, Holds Defiant Waco Rally

Facing a potential indictment, Donald Trump took a defiant stance at a rally Saturday in Waco, disparaging the prosecutors investigating him and predicting his vindication as he rallied supporters in a city made famous by deadly resistance against law enforcement. With a hand over his heart, Trump stood at attention…

Daily Mirror

Donald Trump provokes riots at rally - and dangerously played videos of Jan 6 insurrection

Trump began the rally by playing a song, 'Justice for All', that features a choir of men imprisoned for their role in the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol

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Trump kicks off campaign in Waco, calling 2024 race ‘the final battle’

WACO, Texas — With mounting legal troubles and challengers within his own party, former President Donald Trump formally kicked off his third campaign for the White House on Saturday, telling thousands of supporters in Waco that he would win the presidency and return America to greatness.

Tribune News Service

Who would Texas’ education savings accounts benefit? Tension emerges over who would get money for private school

AUSTIN, Texas – Shinara Morrison drove four hours to stand in the rain outside the Texas Capitol and rally for public money to help homeschool her third-grade son.

Tribune News Service

Donald Trump seeks to remain dominant in Texas as Ron DeSantis erodes his base

DALLAS — Texas is Donald Trump’s second home.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Senate passes $16.5 billion package to lower property taxes

The proposals target the taxes homeowners pay and require school districts to lower their tax rates.

The Texas Tribune

Gov. Greg Abbott organizes “school choice” rally at the Capitol

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has embraced Senate Bill 8, which will get its first committee hearing Wednesday. But House Speaker Dade Phelan hasn’t made school choice legislation a priority.

Tribune News Service

Supporters of school choice in Texas seek to sway rural Republicans

DALLAS — Republicans behind an aggressive push for school choice this session are angling to break the bond that previously thwarted voucherlike efforts in Texas: an unlikely coalition of rural Republicans and Democrats.

The Texas Tribune

The Texas House and Senate differ on how to cut property taxes. Here’s what their proposals say.

Cuts to school property tax bills. Bigger tax benefits for homeowners. A controversial idea to limit property tax growth. Here’s what you need to know about the brewing property tax debate at the Texas Legislature.

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