December 2025-January 2026 Community College Legal Update Newsletter
Read the December 2025-January 2026 Community College Legal Update newsletter for summaries of important court and attorney general opinions, regulatory changes, policy advice, and news that affect Texas community colleges.
Notable decisions and actions in this issue include:
- A university was not required to disclose certain student discipline records under the PIA or seek a Texas Attorney General decision before withholding the records.
- Congress amended the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA), through the Stop Campus Hazing Act, to require community colleges to disclose hazing incidents in a campus hazing transparency report
- Congress amended the Affordable Care Act (ACA) through the Employer Reporting Improvement Act and the Paperwork Burden Reduction Act.
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