Texas agencies have spent millions on tuition payment programs for state workers in a program with lax rules and oversight.
The state has spent at least $30 million during the past two decades for employee tuition. The Texas Department of Transportation has paid out at least $13 million since 1993, the most of any state agency.
TxDOT makes all of its tuition payments before classes begin.
Two bills in the Texas state legislature are looking to rein in the spending by banning up-front payments and requiring agency directors approve and make public any tuition payments.
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