Enrolled Bill Summary

            Senate Bill 1651 provides for the establishment of the Texas Chiropractic College, currently an independent institution governed by a Texas nonprofit corporation, as a public institution of higher education under the governance of a public college or university governing board. The act requires the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, if there is sufficient interest between a public college or university and the chiropractic college in establishing the chiropractic college as a component of the public institution, to review and, if it approves the transfer, to assist in the transition process. If the governing boards of both institutions affected by the transfer agree to the transfer, it becomes effective on the September 1 following coordinating board approval, and the receiving institution's governing board assumes complete responsibility for the chiropractic college's governance, management, and operation.

            Senate Bill 1651 provides for the continuity of certain practices and procedures in the operation of Texas Chiropractic College and obligations of its former board. The act includes a statement of legislative intent that it does not create an institution entitled to money from the permanent university fund through the available university fund, or from either the higher education fund or the higher education assistance fund. The act also adds a conforming chapter to the Education Code to reflect the chiropractic college's establishment as a public institution.