State Board-requested bills heard in House higher education committee

March 21, 2025 | By SBCTC Communications

House and Senate policy committees spent their first full week after the House of Origin cutoff with a mix of hearing testimony on bills and learning more about issues facing higher education in the state. The House Postsecondary Education and Workforce Committee heard all of the State Board's-re...

State Board-requested high school diploma tuition waiver bills pass House and Senate

March 7, 2025 | By SBCTC Communications

Members of the House and Senate spent the week on the floor debating and voting on bills to pass to the opposite chamber for its consideration. Both versions of State Board-requested legislation to remove the age limit for a tuition waiver for students pursuing a high school diploma at a communit...

State Board-requested bills on College Bound Scholarship, high school completion tuition waivers heard in committee

February 7, 2025 | By SBCTC Communications

Hearings continued into their fourth week, with House and Senate higher education committees hearing State Board-requested bills on expanding eligibility for the College Bound Scholarship and waiving tuition for students in high school completion courses. In the Senate, members of the Senate High...