AUSTIN (KXAN) — Counsel for several UT Dallas and UT Austin student groups filed a reply Thursday to the Texas Office of the Attorney General's (OAG) defense of the University of Texas System, claiming that legal precedent is on the students' side.

On Sept. 18, the OAG filed its response to the students' lawsuit against the university system, which was brought after the UT System created policies to comply with Senate Bill 2972, which passed earlier this year. That filing claims that because SB 2972 isn't directly enforceable against students, the students can't challenge the law's legality.

“SB 2972 does not directly regulate students; it directs institutions of higher education to adopt certain policies,” the OAG's response reads. “Rather than challenge those policies, Plaintiffs have

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