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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, For more than 90 years, Texas Southern University |
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has played an important role in higher education in the Lone Star |
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State, and while the school currently offers baccalaureate, |
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master's, and doctoral degree programs in numerous schools, it does |
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not have a divinity program or a school of religion; now, therefore, |
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be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 86th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby direct the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to |
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conduct a study on the creation of a divinity program, from |
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undergraduate to doctoral degrees, at Texas Southern University |
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with a goal to establish a program before the start of the 87th |
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regular legislative session; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the secretary of state forward an official |
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copy of this resolution to the chair of the Texas Higher Education |
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Coordinating Board. |
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Dutton |
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Sherman, Sr. |
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Coleman |
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Talarico |
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Bernal |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.C.R. No. 133 was adopted by the House on May |
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10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 5, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.C.R. No. 133 was adopted by the Senate on May |
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22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |