The governor said undergraduate tuition and fees should stay frozen after some public university systems weighed increases.
An association dedicated to empowering Hispanics in Houston for more than 50 years by offering much needed programs and free school is expanding its tuition-free public charter school services in Pasadena.
Any senior who already paid will receive a refund, the school says.
The rising cost of college can be a major barrier, and a certain percentage of students finish their degree in six or eight years. The program aims to help with what's needed to get through the last semesters.
Texas community colleges know many high schoolers are skeptical of higher education because of the price tag. Some want to change that conversation by using new state dollars to waive tuition for some of their youngest students.
The estimated tuition and fees come out to about $11,550 for resident undergraduate students. Here is what the promise includes.