| 1 | 1 | | By: Gutierrez S.B. No. 1913 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to the accreditation of private or independent |
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| 7 | 7 | | institutions of higher education. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 61.003(15), Education Code, is amended |
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| 10 | 10 | | to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (15) "Private or independent institution of higher |
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| 12 | 12 | | education" includes only a private or independent college or |
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| 13 | 13 | | university that is: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (A) organized under the Texas Non-Profit |
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| 15 | 15 | | Corporation Act (Article 1396-1.01 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil |
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| 16 | 16 | | Statutes); |
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| 17 | 17 | | (B) exempt from taxation under Article VIII, |
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| 18 | 18 | | Section 2, of the Texas Constitution and Section 501(c)(3) of the |
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| 19 | 19 | | Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. Section 501); and |
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| 20 | 20 | | (C) accredited by: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (i) the Commission on Colleges of the |
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| 22 | 22 | | Southern Association of Colleges and Schools; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (ii) the Liaison Committee on Medical |
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| 24 | 24 | | Education; [or] |
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| 25 | 25 | | (iii) the American Bar Association; or |
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| 26 | 26 | | (iv) a recognized accrediting agency. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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