Jaime Puente oversees Every Texan’s work on education, workforce development and job quality. Before joining Every Texan, Jaime served three sessions as Legislative Director for two members of the Texas House of Representatives, Dr. Alma Allen and Rep. Ann Johnson. He also served for one review cycle at the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission where he worked on the reports for the Department of Licensing and Regulation as well as the Commission on Jail Standards. Jaime, a proud Houstonian, earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and History from the University of Houston-Downtown and a Master of Arts degree at the Center for Mexican American Studies at The University of Texas at Austin. His Master’s thesis used the history of Juarez Lincoln University in Austin, Texas, to discuss the contested implementation of War on Poverty programs established by the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964.
Policy areas: K-12 Education, Immigration
Where to find me during session: The benches between E2.030 and E2.036
My surprising hobby: Land management
With the help of Texas’ most powerful elected officials, out-of-state billionaires refuse to take no for an answer and continue to put the screws on public education, despite the strong
View this testimony as a PDF here Over the last two years, Texas libraries and librarians – like their counterparts in other states – have been subject to consistent, targeted
View this as a PDF here. This session, Texas can expand access to economic opportunity and enhance safety across our 683.5 thousand miles of state roads by creating limited driver’s
View this testimony as a PDF here. Continuing Statutory Over-Regulation of Curriculum Last session, despite significant opposition, this body passed SB 3 that upended how social studies is taught in
View this testimony as a PDF here. Texans, no matter their place of birth or families’ history in the state, deserve a budget that ensures funded programs are efficient and
View this testimony as a PDF here. Operation Lone Star is a farce. The stated purpose of Operation Lone Star is to deter people from migrating to Texas through our
Public education is the tie that binds our nation and state together. Despite our history as Americans and Texans brutally divided by class, race, and gender, educators have — since
Over the last decade, Texas spent more than $6 billion on the budget strategy called “border security.” From cries of “anchor” and “terror” babies to “invading hordes,” dehumanizing and fearmongering
Operation Lone Star (OLS) is neither efficient nor effective public policy. Continuing to fund OLS hurts all Texans, white, black, and brown, by wasting $4 billion on failed deterrence policies
Eventually, we will stop having this conversation, but once again, Texas is debating which federal law to disregard. This time, the question raised by Texas’ legislative leadership is whether or
