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AN ACT
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relating to a study by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating |
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Board on the feasibility of establishing a religious studies |
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program at Texas Southern University. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 61.06695 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 61.06695. STUDY ON RELIGIOUS STUDIES PROGRAM AT TEXAS |
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SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY. (a) The board shall conduct a study on the |
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feasibility of establishing a religious studies program that offers |
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bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees at Texas Southern |
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University. |
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(b) Not later than December 1, 2022, the board shall submit |
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to each legislative standing committee with primary jurisdiction |
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over higher education and the board of regents of Texas Southern |
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University a report on the results of the study. |
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(c) This section expires September 1, 2023. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 981 was passed by the House on May 8, |
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2021, by the following vote: Yeas 110, Nays 29, 2 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 981 on May 28, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 107, Nays 34, |
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1 present, not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 981 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 24, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |