Texas State Sen. Brandon Creighton
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Recent News About Texas State Sen. Brandon Creighton
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Sen. Creighton: Teachers' unions ‘killed’ the ‘Teacher Bill of Rights’
Texas Sen. Brandon Creighton said the Teacher Bill of Rights addressed teachers' top concerns—safety, validation from administrators, and compensation—but was blocked by unions in the House to prevent a Republican from passing it. Creighton was a guest on a recent episode of the Texas Talks Podcast.
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Sen. Creighton: ‘Rural Texas is conservative and has old-time Texas values’ while ‘metropolitan areas’ may or may not
Texas Sen. Brandon Creighton said rural Texas holds traditional values like hard work, integrity, and faith, while larger metropolitan areas often embrace leftist policies similar to those implemented by leaders like Gavin Newsom, including support for gender reassignment surgeries for minors. Creighton was a guest on a recent episode of the Texas Talks Podcast.
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Senator Creighton on DEI in Texas colleges: 'It was very clear what was happening at the university level'
Texas Sen. Brandon Creighton said that when he took over the Senate Education chairmanship, combining K-12 and higher education revealed a trend at Texas public universities where hiring faculty seemed to require adherence to a leftist, Marxist political stance. Creighton was a guest on a recent episode of the Texas Talks Podcast.
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Senator Brandon Creighton: 'The future of the GOP is bright'
Senator Brandon Creighton spoke at the Youth Summit this week, where many young future conservative leaders gathered to listen to notable GOP speakers who play a key part in today's politics. Senator Creighton expressed his excitement about the future of the GOP, stating, "The future of the GOP is bright, and that was on full display at the Texas Youth Summit this week!" He expressed his gratitude to Christian Collins for inviting him to be part of the largest group of young conservative thought leaders in the nation.
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Abbott makes school choice legislation 'one of his emergency items for the session’
As the debate over education heats up in Austin, Gov. Greg Abbott recently doubled down on his support for school choice legislation as the Texas House considers education saving account bills, offering his endorsement for a Senate proposal he says makes 5.5 million students in the state eligible.
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WSJ Ed. Board: 'Anti-choice logic' in Texas 'fails to consider ESA programs could foster a better supply of schools'
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) Editorial Board recently commented on the school choice debate in Texas where Texas Republicans are advocating for $8,000 education savings accounts (ESAs) for most K-12 students, but face opposition in the House from rural district Republicans.
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Huelskamp: "I applaud the Texas bishops for standing up for the rights of parents to choose where their children are educated'
As Texas considers a bill that would establish education savings accounts, church leaders such as Bishop Michael Olson of Fort Worth, are speaking out in support of the legislation.
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Patrick: 'The Texas Senate has now passed the strongest pushback on woke policies in higher education nationwide'
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R-TX) commended the Texas Senate for passing Senate Bill 17, which eliminates "discriminatory" diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs and hiring practices from all state-funded college and university institutions in Texas.
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Education choice advocate thanks Tennessee lawmakers for 'expanding school choice to thousands of Tennessee families'
Jack Powers, an education choice advocate for ExcelinEd, is celebrating the Tennessee Legislature's passage of Senate Bill 12/House Bill 433, which expands the current education savings account (ESA) program to more counties, giving more families eligibility.
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Texas GOP adds budget rider: 'No funds appropriated by this Act may be expended for diversity, equity and inclusion'
Sen. Brandon Creighton (R-TX) has added a budget rider namely, "Prohibition on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Practices in the Special Provisions Relating Only to State Agencies of Higher Education." The special provision would ban any state funding for DEI offices or practices on public universities and colleges in Texas.
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WSJ opinion columnist: 'Parents should decide where the public funds for educating their children go'
In a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) opinion piece, William McGurn detailed how school choice bills are becoming more popular as four states have already passed legislation embracing the Milton Friedman ideal that public funds should follow the student instead of going straight to public schools. Florida has new school choice legislation that embraces universal education savings accounts. Texas is in the process of attempting to pass an education savings account bill that would grant $8,000 per student for parents to use at their own discretion.
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TPPF's Saving the Heartland of Texas: 'Rural communities in Texas are being decimated by a lack of job opportunities because workers lack the skills employers need'
In the Texas Public Policy Foundation's (TPPF) Saving the Heartland of Texas video series, parents and students living in rural areas speak about witnessing a loss of opportunity and lack of economic resources in their towns. Many rural towns do not have proper training options for young people to enter the workforce, leading many away from their hometowns and creating the "decimation" of small town economies. TPPF suggests a solution for this problem is universal education savings accounts that give parents the freedom to send their children to a workforce training school, trade school or community college and be better prepared to enter the workforce right out of high school.