Texas Legislature proposes $400M cut to higher ed as Dan Patrick threatens university budgets over DEI

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Days before the start of the legislative session, Texas A&M University administrators were already bracing for a hit to their budget. “The rumor is the [lieutenant] governor will cut everyone’s institutional enhancement money to try to get higher ed’s attention,” Julie Kopycinski, a top government relations staffer, wrote to her boss Texas A&M President Mark Welsh.
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