Becky Fogel
Education ReporterBecky Fogel is the education reporter for KUT. Previously, she was a statewide newscaster based at KUT and then the editor and producer of newscasts for The Texas Newsroom, a partnership between KUT, KERA, HPM, TPR, and NPR.
She's also been a production assistant for "Science Friday." She got her start in radio as a reporter at KWBU in Waco.
You can email her at rfogel@kut.org.
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The UT Austin chapter of the American Association of University Professors is circulating a letter to gauge interest in a possible vote to censure President Hartzell. Faculty said they lost faith in him after he called in law enforcement to shut down a peaceful pro-Palestinian protest.
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Si el distrito quiere poder ofrecer aumentos salariales, tendrá que reducir el gasto en más de $30 millones. Una opción que el ISD de Austin está considerando es celebrar una elección de tasas impositivas en noviembre para generar ingresos adicionales.
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If the district wants to be able to offer pay raises, it will need to reduce spending by more than $30 million. One option Austin ISD is looking at is holding a tax rate election in November to generate additional revenue.
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El CISD de Hays comprará 30 autobuses escolares con cinturones de seguridad tras el accidente mortalLos síndicos votaron el lunes gastar más de $4 millones para comprar los nuevos autobuses. También aprobaron un plan para gastar casi $400,000 para adaptar los autobuses del distrito que actualmente no tienen cinturones de seguridad.
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The protest, organized by the Palestine Solidarity Committee in Austin, is the latest in a wave of demonstrations sweeping college campuses. UT Austin administration had warned the group Tuesday not to hold the event.
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Trustees voted Monday to spend over $4 million to buy the new buses. They also approved a plan to spend nearly $400,000 to retrofit district buses that do not currently have seat belts.
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A Travis County resident filed a petition to remove District Attorney José Garza from office. The effort comes a little over a month after Garza's landslide victory in March's Democratic primary.
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UT Austin says it laid off nearly 60 people on April 2. Most came in response to Texas' anti-DEI lawJay Hartzell first announced the layoffs in an April 2 email that did not include the number of positions being eliminated.
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Los estudiantes han pedido al presidente Jay Hartzell y al senador estatal republicano Brandon Creighton que participen en una reunión dirigida por estudiantes el 19 de abril en respuesta a la aplicación de la nueva ley estatal antiDEI.
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Students have asked President Jay Hartzell and Republican state Sen. Brandon Creighton to participate in a student-led town hall on April 19 in response to the implementation of the state's new anti-DEI law.