Texas Law Notes: Updates from the 88th Legislature's 2023 Session (January 10th - May 29th)

• All bills being considered
• Higher Education-specific Bills
• Voting updates

March Topics:

• Student Loan Repayment Revised
• Culture vs. Funding Wars
• Transfer Talks 
• There’s Progress in Pathways!

February Topics:

• The Behavioral Intervention Guidelines Act (BIG Act) becomes law - https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/big-act-to-become-law-301712430.html?tc=eml_cleartime 
• Restrictions against DEI Programming on campus - House Bill
• Texas Governor Warns Against DEI in Hiring Practices: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2023/02/09/texas-latest-state-attack-dei-targeting-hiring 
• Student Loan update -  
• • Supporters and Detractors square up in struggle over Student Loan Forgiveness plan - https://finance.yahoo.com/news/varied-groups-file-briefs-to-the-supreme-court-supporting-bidens-student-loan-forgiveness-171907867.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAH5urFJntGhp6_JGo5A-WpJeh_UzGIMgE8YQ1fWRcuCBODxawxMJkdf6feuvy6dN71Ljc6xB_p77gVdbNROild-_RtGfELCGg8yA2KYln9PC0iALvQJe5oRBijIx1rKaJ-ImzpudW90GI5OzIlts23jIbcqMrMzV6223w1blMWX8 
  • Feds propose “student loan safety net: alongside forgiveness - https://apnews.com/article/biden-politics-united-states-government-miguel-cardona-business-73dcbf54ddb3b53c9c3c5468cfdec3b9 
  • https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texas-dei-schools-bill/ 
• Tik Tok banned from all state computers and phones - https://www.texastribune.org/2022/12/07/greg-abbott-tiktok-ban/  
• Texas seeking to prohibit all DEI related initiatives and funding - https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texas-dei-schools-bill/ 
• Universities began to comment regarding DEI hiring practices - https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2023/02/09/texas-latest-state-attack-dei-targeting-hiring