Bill Text: TX HB138 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a distance learning program at The University of Texas at Austin School of Law.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-13 - Referred to Higher Education [HB138 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB138-Introduced.html
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| By: Canales | H.B. No. 138 | |
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| relating to a distance learning program at The University of Texas | ||
| at Austin School of Law. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 67, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 67.28 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 67.28. DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAM AT LAW SCHOOL. (a) | ||
| The board shall establish a program that allows a student admitted | ||
| to The University of Texas School of Law to participate in the | ||
| student's first year of classes remotely from a facility at The | ||
| University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. | ||
| (b) The program must be administered in a manner that is | ||
| consistent with the accreditation requirements for the law school. | ||
| (c) The board shall ensure that at least five students are | ||
| allowed to participate in the program during each academic year. | ||
| The law school may allow more than five students to participate in | ||
| the program during each academic year. | ||
| SECTION 2. The board of regents of The University of Texas | ||
| System shall ensure that the distance learning program under | ||
| Section 67.28, Education Code, as added by this Act, begins not | ||
| later than the 2020 fall semester. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
