https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/sneha-dey/The latest news by Sneha Dey.enTue, 18 Mar 2025 19:40:20 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/03/18/texas-schools-student-discipline-teacher-rights/The proposal aims to make working conditions safer for teachers but critics worry it could push the state’s most vulnerable students out of the classroom.By Sneha DeyTue, 18 Mar 2025 19:40:20 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/03/18/texas-schools-student-discipline-teacher-rights/The Texas House's Public Education Committee held a hearing Tuesday on House Bill 6, which would make it easier for schools to suspend students.Texas Rep. Jeff Leach delivers opening remarks and answers questions before the Public Education Committee regarding House Bill 6 relating to discipline in public schools in Austin on March 18, 2025.Kaylee Greenlee for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2025/03/15/texas-school-funding-uncertified-teachers-shortage/Underprepared teachers have been tied to student learning losses. But amid a teacher shortage crisis, school leaders fear the restrictions will lead to fewer instructors in their classrooms.By Sneha DeySat, 15 Mar 2025 08:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2025/03/15/texas-school-funding-uncertified-teachers-shortage/The Texas House's sweeping school funding bill would include limits on which classes uncertified instructors can teach and create pathways for them to get credentialed.A classroom in Texas.Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2025/02/17/texas-health-nursing-apprenticeship-rio-grande-valley/South Texas College in McAllen launched one of the first registered nursing apprenticeships in the country as area hospitals expect the need for nurses to increase.By Sneha DeyMon, 17 Feb 2025 05:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2025/02/17/texas-health-nursing-apprenticeship-rio-grande-valley/From left: students Victoria Zamora, Michael Hunter Maldonado and Emily Luna practice their skills on a mannequin during class at South Texas College in McAllen on Dec. 6, 2024.Students from left, Victoria Zamora, Michael Hunter Maldonado, and Emily Luna, practice their knowledge and skills on a manikin during class at a simulating hospital at South Texas College in McAllen, Texas on Dec. 6, 2024. Gabriel V. Cárdenas for The Texas TribuneGabriel V. Cárdenas for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2025/02/06/texas-higher-education-legislation/Legislators are expected to take up a $360 million proposal that would change the landscape of financial aid in the state.By Jessica Priest and Sneha DeyThu, 06 Feb 2025 05:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2025/02/06/texas-higher-education-legislation/Students walked across the Texas State University campus in this file photo from 2018. Texas lawmakers may expand a ban on diversity, equity and inclusion programs at public universities during the 2025 legislative session.Students walk through Texas State University campus Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018, in San Marcos, Texas.Laura Skelding for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2025/02/04/texas-parenting-students/One in four Texas students is raising a child while getting a college degree. For Isabella Mapes, it has meant little sleep and, at times, a lonely journey.By Sneha DeyTue, 04 Feb 2025 05:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2025/02/04/texas-parenting-students/Isabella Mapes, right, plays with her daughter Lila Smith, 1, at their home in San Antonio on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. A quarter of Texas students are raising a child while working towards a degree.Isabella Marie Mapes, right, spends time with her daughter Lila Smith, 1, at home on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025 in San Antonio. Isabella Marie Mapes is a 22-year-old parent attending San Antonio College.Salgu Wissmath for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2025/01/29/hb8-texas-community-colleges-funding/Lawmakers will get a chance to revisit the funding system for community colleges — and maybe approve more money — this session.By Sneha DeyMon, 03 Feb 2025 12:13:56 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2025/01/29/hb8-texas-community-colleges-funding/https://www.texastribune.org/2024/12/17/alex-fairly-texas-republican-political-group/Alex Fairly is an Amarillo businessman and father of a state House member who has previously given millions to West Texas A&M University, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Attorney General Ken Paxton.By Sneha DeyTue, 17 Dec 2024 18:05:21 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2024/12/17/alex-fairly-texas-republican-political-group/https://www.texastribune.org/2024/12/13/wynn-rosser-texas-higher-education/In his new role, Rosser will be responsible for helping Texas meet its goal to increase the number of Texans ages 25 to 34 with a postsecondary credential to 60% by 2030.By Sneha DeyFri, 13 Dec 2024 17:00:47 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2024/12/13/wynn-rosser-texas-higher-education/Wynn Rosser, photographed in 2015, introduced himself as the next public higher education chief Friday.Wynn Rosser, then CEO of the Greater Texas Foundation, during a symposium on higher education at Baylor University in 2015.Marjorie Kamys Cotera for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/12/05/texas-adult-charter-high-schools/The Texas Legislature has prioritized getting high school dropouts the skills they need to enter the workforce.By Sneha DeyThu, 05 Dec 2024 05:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2024/12/05/texas-adult-charter-high-schools/Tiphainne Wright reads Margaret Atwood's novel “The Handmaid's Tale” in English class at New Heights High School on Nov. 6, in Fort Worth.Tiphainne Wright makes an expression while reading “The Handmaid's Tale” in class on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024 in Fort Worth, Texas. Wright is one of 5 students in Schnique Dory’s period four English class at New Heights High School.Maria Crane for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/27/texas-community-college-deserts/Black and Hispanic high schoolers who have to drive more than 30 minutes to a community college are less likely to pursue a degree, the report found.By Sneha DeyWed, 27 Nov 2024 05:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/27/texas-community-college-deserts/The Austin Community College Riverside campus on Feb. 27, 2019. High school students are more likely to leave their hometowns for college or not pursue a degree at all when they live in community college "deserts," or places where students would have to drive about 30 minutes to get to the nearest community college, a recent study found.ACC Riverside campus on Feb. 27, 2019.Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/26/texas-prison-reentry-classes-lee-college-huntsville/More than 250 Texas prisoners are on the waitlist to join the Lee College reentry class. Programs like these prepare students to find jobs and help lower recidivism.By Sneha DeyTue, 26 Nov 2024 05:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/26/texas-prison-reentry-classes-lee-college-huntsville/Women who are incarcerated participate in a Lee College course that focuses on preparing them for life after prison at Lucile Plane State Jail in Dayton on Oct. 28, 2024.Women who are incarcerated participate in a Lee College course that focuses on reentry at Lucile Plane State Jail in Dayton, Texas, US, on Monday October 28, 2024.Callaghan O'Hare for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/07/2025-legislative-session-preview/Lawmakers discussed public education, gun laws and health care policy at a daylong Texas Tribune event.By Juan Salinas II, Pooja Salhotra and Sneha DeyFri, 08 Nov 2024 13:52:55 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/07/2025-legislative-session-preview/https://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/25/dual-credit-texas-kilgore-college/High school students that are getting a jump on college through dual credit now make up the majority of students at one East Texas community college.By Sneha DeyFri, 25 Oct 2024 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/25/dual-credit-texas-kilgore-college/Sabine High School students meet during a federal government class, on Oct. 15. The dual enrollment students will get both high school and college credit for passing this class.Sabine High School students during a Kilgore College dual credit federal government class, on Thursday October 15, 2024, at Sabine High School in Liberty City.Michael Cavazos for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/16/texas-dual-enrollment-high-school-community-college/Despite the group’s strong participation, Hispanic students graduate college at a lower rate than peers in the program, according to a report.By Sneha DeyWed, 16 Oct 2024 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/16/texas-dual-enrollment-high-school-community-college/Students pass through the halls at United South High School in Laredo in the fall of 2018.Passing period at United South High School in Laredo on Oct. 23, 2018.Rachel Zein for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/07/fafsa-immigrant-students-texas-grant/The glitch kept the students from submitting the form on time, which put them last in line to receive aid this year.By Sneha DeyMon, 07 Oct 2024 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/07/fafsa-immigrant-students-texas-grant/Students walk nearby the Albert B. Allen Library on Texas State University in San Marcos on Jan. 31, 2018.Students walk nearby the Albert B. Allen Library on Texas State University in San Marcos on Jan. 31, 2018.Laura Skelding for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/09/23/texas-schools-accountability-ratings-lawsuit-split/Dozens of districts sued Texas saying the ratings painted an unfair picture of their schools. Others voluntarily have released their own.By Sneha DeyMon, 23 Sep 2024 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/09/23/texas-schools-accountability-ratings-lawsuit-split/Students leave the classroom to work in the computer lab at Mata Intermediate School.Students leave the classroom to work in the computer lab at Mata Intermediate School.Pu Ying Huang for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/09/16/ut-austin-top-five-percent-threshold/The current threshold is 6%. The change comes after the university received a record-breaking 73,000 undergraduate applications for this fall.By Sneha DeyMon, 16 Sep 2024 18:09:34 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/09/16/ut-austin-top-five-percent-threshold/The University of Texas at Austin tower on July 16, 2020.The University of Texas at Austin tower on July 16, 2020.Allie Goulding/The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/08/22/fafsa-delays-texas-college-enrollment/Delays in the new FAFSA led students to take out debt, enroll in community college over their top-choice universities or opt out of going to college.By Sneha DeyThu, 22 Aug 2024 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/08/22/fafsa-delays-texas-college-enrollment/Tina-Rose Chipeta, a sophomore at Texas A&M University in College Station, in her dorm room on Aug. 19. Chipeta is one of many students around the nation affected by FAFSA delays.Tina-Rose Chipeta looks out her dorm window on Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, in College Station.Ishika Samant for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/08/12/texas-school-accountability-ratings-lawsuit/The ruling marks the fifth consecutive year Texas families have not received a full picture of their schools’ ratings, which are used to determine how they are performing.By Sneha DeyMon, 12 Aug 2024 17:06:50 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/08/12/texas-school-accountability-ratings-lawsuit/A Travis County judge temporarily blocked the Texas Education Agency from releasing this year's ratings of the state's school districts and campuses.Lorenzo G Alarcon Elementary School received Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds to create a calming and quiet room with the school counselor in San Elizario, Texas on July 23, 2024.Justin Hamel for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/07/26/dallas-north-texas-transfer-college-students/Thousands of Texas transfer students each year don’t get credit for some community college courses. The partnership seeks to address that.By Sneha DeyFri, 26 Jul 2024 13:00:45 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/07/26/dallas-north-texas-transfer-college-students/Students walk the Texas Woman’s University campus in Denton on Feb. 24, 2022.Students walk the Texas Women’s University campus in Denton, Texas, on February 24, 2022.Shelby Tauber for The Texas Tribune