This paper presents an analysis of pending legislation and budget strategies that will successfully divert offenders from prison while protecting public safety and demonstrates how these initiatives will eliminate the need for building new prisons.
Higher Education
Safe Schools and Fair Standards
Safe Schools and Fair Standards Key points: Texas’s higher education code is not aligned with Supreme Court precedent on the correct standards for defining harassment. Texas statute does not define what makes conduct “severe,” “persistent,” or “pervasive.” The existing legal framework should remain intact but needs updated definitions that protect both free speech and students...
September 28, 2026