Texas education: Looking at Bibles, books and more

The Texas Education Agency's offer to bribe local school districts to use "Bible-infused" curriculum is troubling indeed. And, it is surely unconstitutional. The bribery part makes clear this is the promotion of religion. And, the means by which it was done is one of Strangeabbott's most vile acts in his gubernatorial tenure, using a recess appointment to the State Board of Education.

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That said, the recess appointment vote was unnecessary for the SBOE to say it wants more control over local school district libraries. The hypocrisy of another tenet of modern conservativism is pretty glaring.

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Strangeabbott has said he will keep in place for another two years a tuition freeze at state universities. Places like Texas Woman's University, especially if they're not "flagships" like the Tea-Sippers or the Aggies having faced the state making up a smaller portion of their budget for several years, wonder if Strange is going to get the Lege to offer them more aid, and if not, where do they cut?

That’s because they have smaller budgets and endowments, fewer research grants and fewer deep-pocketed donors to make massive gifts. Faculty and higher education experts say they’re worried the state won’t step up to make up the difference.

There you are.

For details? Austin gets just 18 percent of its budget from the state. UNT, up here, it's 40 percent or more. Satellite schools like UT-Arlington, it's at least that high.

That said, the UT System is expanding the cutoff on its free tuition program to up to $100,000.