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A new report by the National Juvenile Justice Network and the Texas Public Policy Foundation details the progress made in Illinois and eight other states which have seen drastic reductions in youth incarceration.

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Safe Schools, Fair Standards

In the latest report from FIRE, President and CEO Greg Lukianoff sketches a dire situation: “[T]he overall state of free speech on campus is grim.” Who is responsible for this bleak reality? Lukianoff blames everyone; college administrators, the government, and students who advocate for “censorship, and limit academic freedom.” Some of the statistics are shocking, yet unsurprising...

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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...

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Veritas August 2018

This issue of Veritas, the quarterly publication of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, features the Foundation's efforts to inform the public of the human cost of subsidizing wind energy, abolishing the "Robin Hood" school property tax, combating our growing civic illiteracy, and our part in the ACA lawsuit.

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