As plans proceed to shift the Texas juvenile justice system to a more community-based model, policymakers, juvenile justice officials, and service providers would be wise to consider ways to overcome the barriers to expansion of local residential options for adjudicated youth.
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