TEXAS, USA (KTRK) -- With the new fiscal year starting on Monday, hundreds of new laws are set to take effect in the state of Texas within the coming days.

Rice University Professor of Political Science Mark Jones said that those most affected by these rules are the school system.

"So there's a lot that relates to public education, so the school year just started, but we have legislation that bans pretty much all aspects of DEI in public schools," Jones said.

Another big education plan is Senate Bill 2, also known as the school voucher program, which establishes an education savings account program.

However, while the bill takes effect on Monday, the voucher program is not expected to begin until the next school year.

"At the college level, we've also seen a piece of legislation that

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