School Cellphone Ban, Freedom of Speech Policies, and Other New State Education Laws
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It’s Education Week on City Cast Houston! All week long we’ll be focusing on how the future of our city is being shaped through education-related developments like early child care, the rise of workforce training, and more. But today, we’re looking at how new state education laws are changing Houston’s public schools and colleges. Host Raheel Ramzanali is talking to Samantha Ketterer, higher education reporter at the Houston Chronicle, and Jaden Edison, K-12 reporter for the Texas Tribune, about these new state laws and what you need to know for this school year and beyond.
Stories we talked about on today’s show:
- 14 new Texas laws that will transform public colleges and universities this school year
- From a cell phone ban to Ten Commandments posters, new state laws bring big changes to Texas schools
- Providing basic care to students does not violate Texas’ parental consent law, state guidance to schools says
- Texas educators praise new school cellphone ban
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