By: Middleton S.B. No. 2533
(In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2025; April 3, 2025, read
first time and referred to Committee on Education K-16;
April 7, 2025, rereferred to Committee on State Affairs;
April 15, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 1; April 15, 2025,
sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2533 By: Hall
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the accreditation of law schools in this state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 51.984 to read as follows:
Sec. 51.984. LAW SCHOOL ACCREDITATION. (a) In this
section, "institution of higher education" and "private or
independent institution of higher education" have the meanings
assigned by Section 61.003.
(b) A law school at an institution of higher education or
private or independent institution of higher education must be
accredited by an accreditor recognized by the United States
Department of Education or its successor of interest for the
purposes of institutional accreditation of law schools.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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