Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said he would like to end tenure for new hires at Texas’s public universities and colleges and revoke tenure for professors who teach critical race theory (CRT). “What we will propose to do is end tenure, all tenure for all new hires,” Patrick, a Republican, said at a Feb. 18 press conference. In Texas, public universities currently review tenured professors on a six-year basis. Patrick said he would like to change that to once per year and that “the law will change to say teaching critical race theory is prima facie evidence of good cause for tenure revocation. “We are not going to allow a handful of professors to teach critical race theory; we aren’t going to allow it to happen,” he said. “We will change the rules and have tenure reviewed annually.” The announcement is a response to a resolution overwhelmingly approved by the …