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Dr. Sarah Lock, Weatherford College’s associate dean of dual credit, eLearning and education, provided the board of trustees with an in-depth look at the impact of House Bill 8 on

On Friday, a new law went into effect tying Texas community college funding to outcomes. G. Brent Wallace, the chancellor of North Central Texas College, said the shift is a

Texas’ Community Colleges Have New State Funding Model Driven By Performance-Based Outcomes

Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill Friday that will provide $683 million in additional funds for public junior colleges, including Austin Community College.

The Texas legislative regular session ended Monday. Heres a look at the higher education bills that they passed.

Texas community college leaders and advocates eagerly await a new outcomes-based funding model for their institutions. Texas is on the brink of instituting a new funding model for community colleges that would base most state funding on student outcomes. State lawmakers sent the bipartisan legislation, House Bill 8, to Governor Greg Abbott’s desk last week, where it awaits his signature. Advocates of the new model expect him to approve it in the coming weeks.

The Texas Senate unanimously approved a bill to allocate nearly $430 million in additional funding over two years for community colleges.

The Texas Senate unanimously approved a bill to allocate nearly $430 million in additional funding over two years for community colleges.

The way community colleges are funded in Texas could soon be transformed as legislation seeks to tie state dollars to student outcomes.