Thomas Lindsay, PhD, is the distinguished senior fellow of higher education & constitutional studies at the Foundation. Lindsay is the former director of the National Endowment for the Humanities’ (NEH) signature initia- tive, We the People, which supports teaching and scholarship in American history and culture.

My name is Tom Lindsay. I represent the Texas Public Policy Foundation, which I serve as senior distinguished fellow in higher education and constitutional studies. I am testifying in favor of the bill.

In my view, this is a worthy bill. It simply seeks to provide full transparency regarding fixed-rate tuition costs. This is the same sort of honest disclosure of all costs that we have come to expect when we buy cell phones, cars, and homes.

Testimony in Support Before the Texas House Higher Education Committee