The B-On-Time Loan Program offers sweet savings if you are a student. But if you are an institution of higher education, the program might be costing you anywhere from a few thousand to millions of dollars.
March 2011
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Demographics
New Day Rising: Hispanics and the Political Landscape
At the Tribune’s New Day Rising symposium on Feb. 28, four political consultants talked about how the emerging Hispanic majority in Texas will impact voter turnout and candidates and campaigns in 2012, 2014 and beyond.
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Public Education
Senators Debate Productivity Center, Class Size
During Tuesday’s Senate Education Committee meeting, senators considered legislation that could dramatically change the way school districts operate — including two bills that target the dreaded “unfunded mandates.”
Posted inState Government
The Brief: Top Texas News for March 8, 2011
Deadlock over two competing bills could block abortion-sonogram legislation’s path to the governor’s desk.
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State Government
Tribune Directory Updated to Include 2011 Lege Staffers
We’ve updated our elected officials directory this week to include the names and e-mail addresses of legislative staffers in the 82nd session now that the House Research Organization has released a complete list.
Posted inState Government
Interactive: What the Comptroller Spends to Lure Events to State
Want to throw a Super Bowl-sized event in Texas? Try asking the state comptroller for funding. Since 2004, the comptroller’s office has provided more than $162 million to help bring sporting events, trade association meetings and other potential economic drivers to Texas.
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Public Education
House Democrats Advertise Against the Budget
Texas Democrats are advertising their displeasure with the budgets being proposed by Gov. Rick Perry and House and Senate leaders. Literally.
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Higher Education
A&M, Assn. of American Universities in Fight Over “Ill-Conceived” Reforms
The Association of American Universities, widely considered the gatekeeper to coveted tier-one status, has strongly criticized the Texas A&M University System’s new policy of tracking the money spent on and generated by each individual professor.
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Public Education
Democrats Attack GOP Budget Plans on Radio
The Texas House Democratic Campaign Committee’s radio ads attacking budget plans in the Republican-dominated Legislature.
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State Government
Supporters Plead for Historical Commission Funds
Texas history supporters came out in force today to tell the Senate Finance Committee why the Texas Historical Commission should be saved from a 77 percent budget cut.