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Governor Abbott Announces Over $4.7 Million In Workforce Development Grants
July 14, 2026 | Austin, Texas | Press Release AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott today announced 15 grants totaling more than $4.7 million to Texas public community colleges and technical schools. The grants, administered by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB), support educational programs that lead to in-demand, high-earning occupations. “Texas students deserve clear pathways…
Governor Abbott Announces $5.5 Million In Grants To Boost Primary Medical Care
AUSTIN — Governor Greg Abbott today announced three Statewide Preceptorship Program (SPP) grants totaling $5.5 million to professional medical societies in Texas. The grants support hands-on training for Texas medical students in family medicine, general internal medicine, and pediatrics, including pediatric subspecialties. “Texas families deserve quality primary care close to home,” said Governor Abbott. “These…
THECB Grant Helps Address Critical Nursing Shortage in Texas
AUSTIN – Sam Houston State University’s School of Nursing School and four Houston-area hospitals have developed and are scaling up a unique and promising teaching model that could help ease the critical nursing shortage facing Texas. The program, Shared Nursing Academic Practice Partnership Initiative (SNAPPI), tackles the statewide nursing shortage by focusing on bottlenecks, specifically…
THECB Issues Cease and Desist Letter to Illegal TexAM Entity
AUSTIN – At the direction of Governor Abbott, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) today sent a letter (see full copy) demanding that an entity calling itself Texas American Muslim University at Dallas (TexAM) cease all operations. The entity claims it is an educational organization offering higher education courses and degrees in Texas but has not complied with Texas laws…
Governor Abbott, THECB Announce $17 Million In Grants To Support Workforce Education And Training Programs
AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott today announced that applications are opening for nearly $17 million in state grants to support new, redesigned, or expanded short-term workforce education and training programs geared toward high-demand occupations. “The success of our state stems from higher education institutions who educate and train the future of our workforce in the…
Three Schools Win Inaugural Awards for Helping Students Plan Career Paths
AUSTIN – The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) has awarded two Texas high schools and one middle school the My Texas Future School of Excellence award for their energetic efforts to help students plan their educational futures by using the state’s My Texas Future website to facilitate their advising. The winners of these awards, presented for the first time, are: Tornillo High School, in Tornillo…