Texas is poised to become the latest GOP state to exert control over university curriculum
DAVID A. LIEB, JULIE CARR SMYTH and NADIA LATHAN
Associated Press
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Students walk through the University of Texas at Austin campus near the school's iconic tower on Sept. 27, 2012, in Austin, Texas.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at the National Rifle Association-Institute for Legislative Action Leadership Forum on May 4, 2018, in Dallas.
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Pedestrians walk up to Ohio State University's student union on May 18, 2019, in Columbus, Ohio.
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, seated, and other government officials pose with a group of education-related bills after DeSantis signed them into law at a press conference May 9, 2023, in Miami.
DAVID A. LIEB, JULIE CARR SMYTH and NADIA LATHAN
Associated Press
The gubernatorially appointed boards that oversee Texas universities soon could have new powers to control the curriculum required of students and eliminate degree programs.
Lathan is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, seated, and other government officials pose with a group of education-related bills after DeSantis signed them into law at a press conference May 9, 2023, in Miami.
