Media interest in higher education frequently shifted throughout the Texas Legislature’s 84th regular session, from reforms concerning campus carry to those on funding veterans’ education and reintroducing tuition limits. Yet in the end, almost none of the many reforms proposed for improving higher-education quality, affordability, or transparency lived to reach the governor’s desk. By far the most significant piece of higher-education legislation passed was HB 100, which would authorize $3.1 billion in tuition revenue bonds for campus construction projects.
K-12 Education
Houston’s Fat Cat Superintendents: The Hidden Benefits How Some of Texas’s Highest-Paid Public Employees Are Systematically Underreporting Their Compensation
Exorbitant and hidden superintendent pay reflects a culture of self-enrichment that has no place in Texas public schools, diverts taxpayer dollars from students, and betrays the public trust. Key points: The Texas Education Agency (TEA) understates the total compensation for some of Texas’s highest-paid superintendents. Though they oversee fewer people, many superintendents have drawn a...
October 29, 2026