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| 2 | 2 | | By: Creighton S.B. No. 2030 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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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 the establishment of The University of Texas at Austin |
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| 8 | 8 | | Civitas School of Civic and International Leadership. |
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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. Chapter 67, Education Code, is amended by adding |
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| 11 | 11 | | Subchapter F to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SUBCHAPTER F. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS CIVITAS SCHOOL OF CIVIC AND |
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| 13 | 13 | | INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 67.81. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "school" means |
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| 15 | 15 | | The University of Texas Civitas School of Civic and International |
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| 16 | 16 | | Leadership. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Sec. 67.82. ACADEMIC UNIT OF UNIVERSITY. The University of |
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| 18 | 18 | | Texas Civitas School of Civic and International Leadership is an |
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| 19 | 19 | | academic unit of The University of Texas at Austin with the |
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| 20 | 20 | | authority to house tenured or tenure-track faculty. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Sec. 67.83. ORGANIZATION; FACULTY ALLOTMENT; APPOINTMENTS. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (a) The school shall be led by a dean, who shall: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (1) report to the university's president and provost; |
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| 24 | 24 | | and |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2) serve as the school's executive director. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (b) The school must be allotted at least fifteen tenured or |
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| 27 | 27 | | tenure-track faculty positions. |
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| 28 | 28 | | (c) A faculty member of the school may hold or obtain joint |
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| 29 | 29 | | appointment in another unit of the university. |
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| 30 | 30 | | Sec. 67.84. BOARD OF ADVISORS. (a) The inaugural dean of |
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| 31 | 31 | | the school, in consultation with the board and the university's |
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| 32 | 32 | | president, shall appoint a board of advisors to serve staggered |
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| 33 | 33 | | terms. |
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| 34 | 34 | | (b) The board of advisors shall participate in any future |
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| 35 | 35 | | processes to select successor deans of the school. |
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| 36 | 36 | | Sec. 67.85. PURPOSES. The purposes of the school are to: |
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| 37 | 37 | | (1) educate future civic leaders through the study of |
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| 38 | 38 | | the ideas, institutions, and practices that sustain free societies; |
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| 39 | 39 | | (2) educate future global leaders in strategy and |
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| 40 | 40 | | statecraft by integrating the wisdom of history with current |
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| 41 | 41 | | challenges; |
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| 42 | 42 | | (3) assist in ensuring that The University of Texas at |
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| 43 | 43 | | Austin promotes independent thought, civil discourse, and free |
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| 44 | 44 | | speech among students enrolled at the university; and |
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| 45 | 45 | | (4) provide United States civics education training |
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| 46 | 46 | | and resources to teachers in public schools in this state. |
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| 47 | 47 | | Sec. 67.86. COURSES, PROGRAMS, AND EVENTS. The school may |
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| 48 | 48 | | offer general education courses, honors courses, undergraduate or |
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| 49 | 49 | | graduate degree programs, nondegree programs, and public events |
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| 50 | 50 | | that further the school's purposes described by Section 67.85. |
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| 51 | 51 | | Sec. 67.87. PHILANTHROPIC NAME CHANGE. The board may |
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| 52 | 52 | | change the first word of school's name consistent with the board's |
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| 53 | 53 | | philanthropic naming governance procedures. |
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| 54 | 54 | | Sec. 67.88. ANNUAL REPORT. Not later than February 1 of |
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| 55 | 55 | | each year, the dean of the school shall submit to the chair of each |
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| 56 | 56 | | standing committee of the legislature with primary jurisdiction |
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| 57 | 57 | | over higher education a report that includes: |
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| 58 | 58 | | (1) the total amount of funding received by the school |
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| 59 | 59 | | during the preceding calendar year; |
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| 60 | 60 | | (2) a description of the current faculty positions, |
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| 61 | 61 | | courses, and degree programs offered by the school; and |
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| 62 | 62 | | (3) a description of significant special events or |
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| 63 | 63 | | initiatives offered by the school during the preceding calendar |
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| 64 | 64 | | year. |
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| 65 | 65 | | SECTION 2. Not later than January 15, 2024, The University |
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| 66 | 66 | | of Texas at Austin shall establish The University of Texas Civitas |
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| 67 | 67 | | School of Civic and International Leadership as provided by |
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| 68 | 68 | | Subchapter F, Chapter 67, Education Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 69 | 69 | | SECTION 3. Not later than February 1, 2025, the dean of The |
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| 70 | 70 | | University of Texas Civitas School of Civic and International |
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| 71 | 71 | | Leadership shall submit the initial report required by Section |
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| 72 | 72 | | 67.88, Education Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 73 | 73 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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