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| 1 | 1 | 86R1087 KSD-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Canales H.B. No. 138 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to a distance learning program at The University of Texas | |
| 8 | 8 | at Austin School of Law. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 67, Education Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Section 67.28 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 67.28. DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAM AT LAW SCHOOL. (a) | |
| 13 | 13 | The board shall establish a program that allows a student admitted | |
| 14 | 14 | to The University of Texas School of Law to participate in the | |
| 15 | 15 | student's first year of classes remotely from a facility at The | |
| 16 | 16 | University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. | |
| 17 | 17 | (b) The program must be administered in a manner that is | |
| 18 | 18 | consistent with the accreditation requirements for the law school. | |
| 19 | 19 | (c) The board shall ensure that at least five students are | |
| 20 | 20 | allowed to participate in the program during each academic year. | |
| 21 | 21 | The law school may allow more than five students to participate in | |
| 22 | 22 | the program during each academic year. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. The board of regents of The University of Texas | |
| 24 | 24 | System shall ensure that the distance learning program under | |
| 25 | 25 | Section 67.28, Education Code, as added by this Act, begins not | |
| 26 | 26 | later than the 2020 fall semester. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |