John Hryhorchuk, Senior Vice President of Policy and Advocacy

John Hryhorchuk, Senior Vice President of Policy and Advocacy

John Hryhorchuk, Senior Vice President of Policy and Advocacy

Posts

workforce readiness SB 1786 blog featured image

Texas Legislature passes landmark workforce readiness bill

May 14, 2025

This week, the Texas Legislature passed one of the session’s most important workforce readiness bills: Senate Bill 1786 by Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, and Rep. Gary VanDeaver, R-New Boston. This bill builds on last session’s landmark community college reforms — which are already a national model — and sets Texas up for years of continued…

featured image JH's Gov workforce task force presentation

Addressing Texas’ workforce crisis through education policy

September 9, 2024

Texas’ health care workforce, essential for the well-being of our rapidly growing population, is facing significant shortages. The future prosperity of Texas depends on our ability to equip the next generation with the skills and credentials required to meet the demands of tomorrow’s jobs, particularly in the health care sector. As noted in the Governor’s…

Strategic Framework: The Texas economy did well in 2021, but peer states did better

November 30, 2022

This is part of our blog series for Texas 2036’s Strategic Framework, which provides in-depth, cross-cutting data to inform key decisions about the most significant issues facing the state. While the Texas economy has shown remarkable resilience, with jobs increasing and state revenues hitting record highs, it may surprise many that the state’s 2021 annual…

Support for Comprehensive Community College Finance Reform

April 8, 2022
With the pandemic impacting the education-to-workforce pipeline, community colleges can help offset these losses by offering post-secondary skilled opportunities Texas 2036 supports efforts by the Texas Commission on Community College Finance to align the state’s 50 community colleges to meet workforce demands through state-level strategies that pay careful attention to local and regional needs. Such...
pension reform

Pension Reform – A Key to Modernizing Government

May 10, 2021
With the clock ticking on the legislative session, lawmakers have the chance to approve a state employee pension reform plan that would accomplish three primary goals: It would put the state on a path to eliminate the $14.7 billion unfunded liability in the Employees Retirement System (ERS) of Texas; establish a new system with low...

What’s Holding Up $18 Billion For Texas Schools?

April 20, 2021
Across the state’s op-ed pages, education leaders and advocates have expressed significant frustration with the fact that the state has not released $18 billion in federal stimulus dollars to school districts. They’re not wrong: the pandemic has had a disproportionately negative impact on many low-income Texas students, and the smart use of federal resources will...
keyboard_arrow_up