Quote:Texas Lt. Gov. Would Forfeit Billions Over Anti-Trans Discrimination. Here’s What That Means For Schools.
The Lone Star State’s second in command would rather eliminate federal funds for poor students than comply with Title IX regulations.
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said Friday his state would give up all federal education funding in order to avoid complying with the gender equity law Title IX in how trans students are treated.
The result of forfeiting the $10 billion currently flowing from the U.S. government to schools and public universities in Texas could leave thousands of college students without a way to pay tuition, grind to a halt a majority of research taking place on the campuses, and leave low-income children without support for meals.
The University of Texas system gets $1.6 billion from the federal government, much of that supporting research done at its campuses. Another $37 million in federal dollars goes toward the Texas A&M University system.
Half of all research done within the UT system comes from the federal government, as do half of all scholarships and financial aid for students who need help paying for college. State funds in both cases only account for about one-quarter of the revenue.
Public higher education in Texas has increasingly become reliant on federal revenue as the state has trimmed appropriations, according to the Texas comptroller office. Experts widely believe most public colleges could not survive without federal funding.
Linda Scott ·
Metro State College of Denver
Cut them off, they wanted to secede anyway, right? Big ole rebel anti-Fed, rugged individualist Texas, can't survive without handouts. I say turn off the spigot, cut them loose.
Maybe then, they would finally stop electing ignorance loving douchbags. Use that money to pay for college in a blue state or even a more rational red state. Texas doesn't prize education anyway
Carolyn SP
I don't think Obama expects the red states to capitulate, and that is checkmate. Revenge for all the obstructionism from republicans--financially ruining all their universities, research institutes, defunding them back to the Stone Age! It's brilliant.
Michael Derton
1. people aren't in the shower to have sex, so there isn't any "morality" about it.
2. You might want to read the regulation, there are options for different showers.....which many/most schools have already.
3. As for the restroom, unless you look under the stall wall, you wouldn't know who's peeing next to you. I'd bet you money that you've already peed next to a transgendered person and had no idea.
4. stop thinking about peoples equipment
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