Bill on fixed tuition rates aims to increase affordability of education By Alexa Ura - Updated on December 4, 2012 at 1:12 am In an effort to reduce the cost of college degrees in Texas, four-year fixed tuition rates could become a reality at public Texas universities.
Outcome-based funding may increase from 10 percent to 25 percent By Alexa Ura - Updated on December 3, 2012 at 12:36 am More state funding for UT will be tied to measures of student success if a bill filed for the upcoming legislative session passes.
Proposed Texas Senate bill would exempt textbook purchases from sales tax By Joshua Fechter - Updated on November 29, 2012 at 10:05 pm A bill in the Texas Senate would allow students to purchase textbooks without paying sales tax during two 10-day periods every year.
Bills aim to increase financial benefits for retired Texas teachers By David Maly - Updated on November 29, 2012 at 12:39 am Retired Texas teachers may soon be seeing a boost in their financial benefits if two bills filed for the 2013 legislative session pass.
Bills aim to exclude undocumented students from in-state tuition By David Loewenberg - Updated on November 28, 2012 at 11:32 pm A pair of bills filed in the Texas House of Representatives seeks to strip undocumented students of eligibility for in-state tuition.
State representative files bill to prohibit human cloning in universities By Alexa Ura - Updated on November 28, 2012 at 12:43 am More than 10 years after the Human Cloning Prohibition Act failed to pass at the federal level.
Education bills seek to increase student volunteers By Bobby Blanchard - Updated on November 27, 2012 at 12:04 am Two bills filed in the Texas House of Representatives will encourage more student volunteers if they make it through the upcoming legislative session.