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On October 15, 2025, the University of Texas at Austin’s Office of the Dean of Students informed Graduate Student Assembly president David Spicer that GSA could not consider two proposed resolutions because they were “political speech that is not permitted to be issued by a sponsored student organization in their official capacity,” citing the university’s institutional neutrality policy. The two proposed resolutions expressed opposition to the implementation of Texas Senate Bill 37 at UT Austin and the resulting elimination of DEI-related offices and programs. 

On October 30, ����ֱ�� and the ACLU of Texas wrote UT Austin, explaining that the use of the neutrality policy to prohibit GSA from debating and voting on important social and political issues related to university governance prevents GSA from serving its role of communicating the views of graduate students to the university. It also undermines the purpose of an institutional neutrality policy adopted to further student expression on campus. 

On November 13, ����ֱ�� and the ACLU of Texas wrote UT Austin again after the university blocked GSA from considering three new proposed resolutions. The letter reiterated that GSA must be able to comment on matters of campus policy that affect graduate students.