Tuition

This is an extension of UT's Promise Plus program, which aims to remove barriers for economically challenged students enrolling in university.

The governor’s directive extends a tuition freeze for Texas’ public universities that was approved in the last legislative session.

The leaders of the state’s six biggest university systems are seeking the money to fund instruction, university operations and employee health insurance and to cover a free tuition program for veterans and their children.

In 2003, state lawmakers voted to cut the budgets for state colleges and universities by 11 percent per student. In return, lawmakers gave up their right…

The Legislature had given that authority to schools in 2003. But now, higher tuition costs are making colleges unaffordable for many Texas students and…

Tomorrow, when the Texas House of Representatives gavels in for its 140-day session, members are expected to elect Rep. Joe Straus III of San Antonio to a…