University of North Texas System

While other universities move to preserve the advisory bodies, Texas State will abolish them under a new state law that curtails faculty's influence on campuses.

The directive comes after a court rescinded undocumented students' eligibility for in-state tuition.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.

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

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

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.

The bill comes after an NBC investigation found that the UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth obtained hundreds of unclaimed bodies for medical research without explicit consent.

The Texas State Board of Education recently changed graduation requirements, curriculum, and testing requirements under the guidelines from lawmakers. As…