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When it comes to higher education and the 2023 Texas legislative session, most of the discussions revolve around money. Several of the state’s four-year university systems are proposing to freeze undergraduate tuition for two years in exchange for nearly $1 billion in additional state funding assistance. And two-year community colleges could see a radical change in how their funding models work.

How will these proposals progress as state lawmakers debate how to support higher education to best help students enroll and earn a degree? Watch a Texas Tribune conversation diving into these questions and more about higher ed and the Legislature. The discussion, moderated by Texas Tribune higher education reporter Kate McGee, took place Thursday at the Tribune’s Studio 919 in Austin.

Panelists included Texas Higher Education Commissioner Harrison Keller and San Jacinto College Chancellor Brenda Hellyer. (Texas Southern University President Lesia Crumpton-Young;, state Rep. Gary VanDeaver, R-New Boston, and state Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, were originally scheduled to be on this panel but had legislative conflicts.)

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