The senators' letter to Texas boards of regents comes after requests to restore $400 million in universities funds that are absent in budget drafts.

A majority of registered voters polled, 63%, support a proposal to create Texas’ first Education Savings Account program, according to a Texas Southern University’s Barbara Jordan Public Policy Research & Survey Center poll.

Doctor Aquasia Shaw is not usually at a loss for words, but she found herself speechless after a last-minute meeting with University of Texas at Austin official

Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, above, and Sen. Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, sent a letter this week to public university leaders telling them university funds would not be increased this year because some of them have not fully complied with the state's DEI ban.

Despite a state legislative ban, Texas public universities are still implementing so-called diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies, state lawmakers have found. Several institutions renamed or relaunched new units under a different name to continue implementing DEI policies,

The Texas Senate unanimously passed a bill Wednesday that would invest $4.3 billion over two years in teacher pay increases and secure state-funded salary boosts to educators when they reach early-career milestones.

Neither of the Legislature’s voucher bills require private schools to accept certain students, which some warn could block the neediest children from access.

Smaller raises would go to teachers with less time in the classroom. Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, the author of SB 26, said it’s not enough to recognize a teacher’s dedication to the profession with words. “It’s time for us to match their ...

Under Senate Bill 26, public school teachers would be guaranteed raises in their third and fifth years in the classroom. Educators in smaller school districts would receive the largest pay bumps.

Bills before a Senate education committee would eliminate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs in public K-12 schools and establish a procedure to file grievances against districts that violate the ban.

Texas Republicans aim to remove diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in all areas of public education from kindergarten all through high school after already removing it from public colleges and universities in the state.

Conroe Republican Sen. Brandon Creighton, who chairs the Senate Committee on Education K-16, has introduced two more measures targeting diversity, inclusion and equity in the state’s schools, The Texas Tribune reports.