Texas Tech University

The directive comes after a court rescinded undocumented students' eligibility for in-state tuition. It's unclear what information schools might ask from students and how their immigration data will be protected.

A suspect was killed and two officers were injured in a shooting at a Texas Tech parking lot on Tuesday morning.

Lawmakers also approved direct pay for student athletes and sought better pathways from college to the workforce.

Far from the Capitol, students at Texas Tech spend time examining the quality of beef for meat judging competitions.

Advocates and policy groups argue ending in-state tuition for students without legal status will hurt the state's economy.

Colleges across Texas have been waiting patiently for the dynamics to change when it comes to athlete compensation with the approval of the House v. NCAA settlement.

Shortly after the U.S. Department of Justice sued to block Texas from giving in-state tuition to immigrant students without legal status, state Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the two parties had filed a joint motion asking a court to permanently end the policy.

House Bill 126, which allows student athletes to receive a slice of the billions Texas colleges generate in revenue from their teams, now awaits the governor's signature.

About 500 Texans, mostly young unvaccinated children, have contracted the disease. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited the West Texas town that has been the epicenter of the outbreak.

That raised the number of confirmed cases since January to 309, with 40 patients hospitalized, though the state does not report how many of those have already been released.