Bill Text: TX SB1490 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the authority of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to authorize certain degree programs offered by private postsecondary educational institutions.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-08 - Effective on 9/1/21 [SB1490 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1490-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to authorize certain degree programs offered by private postsecondary educational institutions.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-08 - Effective on 9/1/21 [SB1490 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1490-Introduced.html
By: Creighton | S.B. No. 1490 | |
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relating to the authority of the Texas Higher Education | ||
Coordinating Board to issue a certificate of authority or | ||
certificate of authorization regarding professional degrees. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 61.303(c), Education Code, is amended as | ||
follows: | ||
(c) The board may |
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certificate of authorization to grant degrees to an exempt | ||
institution or person |
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exempt institution or person to apply |
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certificate of authorization under this section. The board shall | ||
not issue a certificate of authorization to any institution | ||
offering a professional degree or representing its credits earned | ||
in this state are applicable toward a professional degree except to | ||
the extent allowed for an authorized institution operating under a | ||
State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA). In this | ||
subsection, "professional degree" includes Doctor of Medicine | ||
(M.D.), Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.), Doctor of Dental Surgery | ||
(D.D.S.), Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.), Juris Doctor | ||
(J.D.), and Bachelor of Laws (LL.B). | ||
SECTION 2. Section 61.306, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
(d) The board may not issue a certificate of authority for a | ||
private postsecondary institution to grant a professional degree as | ||
defined in Sec. 61.306(c), or to represent that credits earned in | ||
this state are applicable toward a professional degree unless the | ||
Board determines that all of the following conditions have been | ||
met: | ||
(1) the capacity and ability of similar professional | ||
degree programs at institutions of higher education and private or | ||
independent institutions of higher education, as those terms are | ||
defined in Sec. 61.003, are insufficient to meet the current market | ||
needs for the state; | ||
(2) the institution seeking the certificate of | ||
authority has the necessary faculty and other resources to ensure | ||
student success; | ||
(3) sufficient placements are available to students | ||
for required field-based experience, such as clinicals or | ||
clerkships, in the proposed professional degree; and | ||
(4) the institution seeking the certificate of | ||
authority is subject to, and will meet, the same standard for | ||
approval and all academic criteria applicable to similar | ||
professional degree programs at institutions of higher education | ||
and private or independent institutions of higher education, as | ||
those terms are defined in Sec. 61.003. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |