$1.19 Billion For Texas A&M University System Was Approved By The State Officials

Gov. Greg Abbott approved a record $1.19 billion on Monday with new spending for the Texas A&M University System, it also allows Undergraduate tuition and academic fees for Texas residents frozen for the next two years.

$1.19 Billion For Texas A&M University System Was Approved By The State Officials (PHOTO: Twitter)

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The Texas A&M University System will allow the money to freeze undergraduate tuition and fees for Texas residents for the next two years. It is also the first time that Texas A&M has surpassed $1 billion in new funding from the state.

Included in the funding increase was a state match bump for Prairie View A&M to qualify for federal funding among other things.

KAGS reported that the funding that allowed the modifications to be made “was tied to tenure reform as well as legislation addressing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts in higher education.

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Here Are Some Of The New Pending Overall For The Texas A&M System

• $180.9 million for the Texas A&M System institutions’ share of the affordability contingency
• $43.1 million in formula and research performance allowance for the A&M Health Science Center
• $159 million for the Texas A&M System Agencies for “Keeping Texas Prepared” and 5% pay increases for agency employees in each of the next two years
• $775 million in new initiatives.
• Texas Division for Emergency Management, $14.6 million for Workforce Development Program
• Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and $24.2 million for the Extension Agent Network
• Texas A&M Forest Service, $34.7 million for Emergency Response Capacity and Local Firefighting Capacity
• Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, for Rapid Detection of Animal and Human Disease Threats worth $3.7 million.
• Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service, $19.5 million for Recruitment and Retention

Lastly, you can visit here to know more about the original release by Texas A&M.

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