| 1 | 1 | | 84R3344 JSL-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Canales H.B. No. 791 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to a distance learning program at The University of Texas |
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| 8 | 8 | | at Austin School of Law. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 67, Education Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 67.28 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 67.28. DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAM AT LAW SCHOOL. (a) |
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| 13 | 13 | | The board shall establish a program that allows a student admitted |
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| 14 | 14 | | to The University of Texas School of Law to participate in the |
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| 15 | 15 | | student's first year of classes remotely from a facility at The |
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| 16 | 16 | | University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (b) The program must be administered in a manner that is |
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| 18 | 18 | | consistent with the accreditation requirements for the law school. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (c) The board shall ensure that at least five students are |
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| 20 | 20 | | allowed to participate in the program during each academic year. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The law school may allow more than five students to participate in |
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| 22 | 22 | | the program during each academic year. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. The board of regents of The University of Texas |
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| 24 | 24 | | System shall ensure that the distance learning program under |
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| 25 | 25 | | Section 67.28, Education Code, as added by this Act, begins not |
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| 26 | 26 | | later than the 2016 fall semester. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 28 | 28 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 29 | 29 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 30 | 30 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 31 | 31 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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