State-level policies requiring greater transparency and scrutiny of course materials have moved from proposals into enforcement in several systems. New laws and administrative reviews are forcing public colleges to make class syllabi public and to reassess whether course content is ‘‘relevant’’ or ‘‘necessary,’’ prompting faculty pushback and legal challenges. In Texas, faculty at Texas Tech are auditing course content on race and gender after system-level directives; in other states, new requirements to post syllabi aim to increase transparency but have raised concerns about faculty targeting and academic freedom. Campus leaders told reporters they are balancing compliance with protecting pedagogical autonomy, while faculty governance groups call for clearer definitions and due-process safeguards. Higher education attorneys say these measures will produce more disputes over curricular control and may increase litigation and appeals through state courts and oversight bodies.