Bill Text: TX SB2030 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of The University of Texas at Austin Civitas School of Civic and International Leadership.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-21 - Referred to s/c on Higher Education by Pres [SB2030 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB2030-Introduced.html
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By: Creighton | S.B. No. 2030 |
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relating to the establishment of The University of Texas at Austin | ||
Civitas School of Civic and International Leadership. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 67, Education Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subchapter F to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER F. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS CIVITAS SCHOOL OF CIVIC AND | ||
INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP | ||
Sec. 67.81. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "school" means | ||
The University of Texas Civitas School of Civic and International | ||
Leadership. | ||
Sec. 67.82. ACADEMIC UNIT OF UNIVERSITY. The University of | ||
Texas Civitas School of Civic and International Leadership is an | ||
academic unit of The University of Texas at Austin with the | ||
authority to house tenured or tenure-track faculty. | ||
Sec. 67.83. ORGANIZATION; FACULTY ALLOTMENT; APPOINTMENTS. | ||
(a) The school shall be led by a dean, who shall: | ||
(1) report to the university's president and provost; | ||
and | ||
(2) serve as the school's executive director. | ||
(b) The school must be allotted at least fifteen tenured or | ||
tenure-track faculty positions. | ||
(c) A faculty member of the school may hold or obtain joint | ||
appointment in another unit of the university. | ||
Sec. 67.84. BOARD OF ADVISORS. (a) The inaugural dean of | ||
the school, in consultation with the board and the university's | ||
president, shall appoint a board of advisors to serve staggered | ||
terms. | ||
(b) The board of advisors shall participate in any future | ||
processes to select successor deans of the school. | ||
Sec. 67.85. PURPOSES. The purposes of the school are to: | ||
(1) educate future civic leaders through the study of | ||
the ideas, institutions, and practices that sustain free societies; | ||
(2) educate future global leaders in strategy and | ||
statecraft by integrating the wisdom of history with current | ||
challenges; | ||
(3) assist in ensuring that The University of Texas at | ||
Austin promotes independent thought, civil discourse, and free | ||
speech among students enrolled at the university; and | ||
(4) provide United States civics education training | ||
and resources to teachers in public schools in this state. | ||
Sec. 67.86. COURSES, PROGRAMS, AND EVENTS. The school may | ||
offer general education courses, honors courses, undergraduate or | ||
graduate degree programs, nondegree programs, and public events | ||
that further the school's purposes described by Section 67.85. | ||
Sec. 67.87. PHILANTHROPIC NAME CHANGE. The board may | ||
change the first word of school's name consistent with the board's | ||
philanthropic naming governance procedures. | ||
Sec. 67.88. ANNUAL REPORT. Not later than February 1 of | ||
each year, the dean of the school shall submit to the chair of each | ||
standing committee of the legislature with primary jurisdiction | ||
over higher education a report that includes: | ||
(1) the total amount of funding received by the school | ||
during the preceding calendar year; | ||
(2) a description of the current faculty positions, | ||
courses, and degree programs offered by the school; and | ||
(3) a description of significant special events or | ||
initiatives offered by the school during the preceding calendar | ||
year. | ||
SECTION 2. Not later than January 15, 2024, The University | ||
of Texas at Austin shall establish The University of Texas Civitas | ||
School of Civic and International Leadership as provided by | ||
Subchapter F, Chapter 67, Education Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. Not later than February 1, 2025, the dean of The | ||
University of Texas Civitas School of Civic and International | ||
Leadership shall submit the initial report required by Section | ||
67.88, Education Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |