Texas recently hit the cap on open-enrollment charter schools preventing the opening of many new charter schools to serve the nearly 17,000 students on a waiting list. This brief examines the charter school cap policies of 40 states and the District of Columbia, and recommends that Texas eliminate or raise the cap.
Modernizing Texas’ Water Infrastructure Cybersecurity
Despite the cybersecurity vulnerabilities that exist throughout Texas’ water infrastructure, the state can streamline operations and adopt policies to be a national leader in cybersecurity for critical infrastructure. Key points: Recent cyber attacks on water infrastructure systems throughout the nation demonstrate the frailty and inadequacy of existing defenses. As state water systems become more digitalized,...