Texas 2036 Policy Advisor Renzo Soto testified Tuesday before the Senate Committee on Finance in favor of exceptional items for the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board related to data modernization and further innovation and collaboration to help the state’s rural, small and mid-sized community colleges. “There is an opportunity,” Soto said, “for transformational reform for…
The introduced versions of House Bill 1 and Senate Bill 1 (88-R), each chamber’s respective proposal for the state’s biennial budget for 2024-2025, have been filed, and they both include an estimated $650 million to fully implement the legislation that would enact community college finance reforms. Over the past two years, Texas 2036 has worked…
Texas 2036 is proud to play an important role in improving the transparency and availability of privately-issued credentials, which hold the promise of opening new career paths to millions of Texans in the coming decades. Texas 2036’s credentialing project has three key goals: Identify gaps in state credentials data; Publish credentials data from private issuers;…
The hot jobs market, understaffed employees report 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. The Texas jobs market continues its hot streak of setting state employment records for a 12th consecutive month, adding 49,500…
