Guns on Campus Bill Update
Guns on Campus Bill Update As reported previously, HB 1236 allows public universities to opt out of the guns on campus legislation passed...
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Apr 4, 20191 min read
Texas Legislature Picking Up Steam
Texas Legislature Picking Up Steam Big Day at the Texas Legislature Wednesday…….The House adopted its version of public school finance...
Mar 21, 20191 min read
A Win for Free Speech on Campus
A Win for Free Speech on Campus With a unanimous vote from the Texas Senate, SB 18 prohibits Texas universities and colleges from banning...
Mar 11, 20191 min read
Guns on Campus - New Bill Filed
Guns on Campus - New Bill Filed Rep. Vikki Goodwin, D-Austin, filed HB 1236 which would permit public institutions to opt out of the...
Mar 11, 20191 min read
Free Speech Defended on Campuses
Free Speech Defended on Campuses State Senators Joan Huffman, R-Houston, and Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, authored Senate Bill 18 that...
Feb 27, 20191 min read
Study: Repeal of in-state tuition for Dreamers could cost Texas $400 million annually
Study: Repeal of in-state tuition for undocumented students could cost Texas $400 million annually A research and advocacy organization...
Feb 20, 20192 min read
Executive Director's Column: Legislature Focusing on 60X30TX
Executive Director's Column: Legislature Focusing on 60X30TX by Chuck Hempstead, Executive Director, TACT Here We Go Again! When the...
Feb 20, 20192 min read
President's Column: Final letter
President's Column: Final Letter by Donna Cox, Professor Emeritus, Sam Houston State University As I contemplate my last “Message from...
Jan 28, 20191 min read
New Faces This Session
New Chairs in Both the House and the Senate For the first time in memory, the Senate House and Senate Higher Education Committees both...
Jan 21, 20191 min read
Tuition Freeze - Bill Filed
Tuition Freeze Looming Rep. Mary González, D- El Paso, filed a bill last week which would cap tuition at current levels until the Texas...
Dec 4, 20181 min read
In-state Tuition in Jeopardy for Unauthorized Immigrants
House Bill 413 was filed last week, which would prevent Texas college students living in the U.S. illegally from paying in-state tuition...
Nov 14, 20181 min read
What is the TACT Government Relations Fund?
With elections behind us, the Texas Legislature is gearing up for January. Jockeying for House Speaker, moving offices according to...
Sep 18, 20181 min read
TACT Legislative Day - October 26
You're Invited! Join your colleagues and be the voice of higher education by attending the TACT Legislative Day October 26 at the Texas...
Jul 23, 20181 min read
Academic Freedom
Are you following the UT-Austin professors’ case in the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals as it relates to academic freedom and guns on...
Jun 18, 20181 min read
TACT Legislative Successes During the Past Three Years
1. Led movement to defeat Guns on Campus legislation for six years until it passed in 2015 with the TACT amendments permitting opt-out...
Jun 14, 20181 min read
Find Your Elected Officials
Want to contact the elected officials who represent you? Click here and enter your address to obtain your current representatives'...
Feb 22, 20181 min read
Formula Funding Committee Convenes
The Joint Interim Committee on Higher Education Formula Funding met yesterday for the first of two scheduled meetings before its June...
Oct 2, 20171 min read
Lt. Governor appoints members of Higher Ed Funding Committee
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced the appointments of Sen. Kelly Hancock, R-North Richland Hills; Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, R-Brenham; Sen. Juan...
Jul 26, 20173 min read
Legislative Special Session Opinion
The following was recently published by State Representative Helen Giddings AUSTIN — Last month, Gov. Greg Abbott called a special...
Jun 27, 20172 min read
2017 Legislative Session in Review Highlights
Adequate funding was the number one issue for the Texas Association of College Teachers (TACT). The initial legislative appropriations...
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