By Rangel, et al. H.B. No. 2186
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to Texas A&M University--Kingsville and approval of new
1-3 departments, schools, and programs.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 87.302, Education Code, is amended by
1-6 adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows:
1-7 (e) At a minimum, the board, in accordance with Section
1-8 61.055(b) of this code, shall offer:
1-9 (1) baccalaureate programs in anthropology,
1-10 gerontology, restaurant or food service management, agribusiness,
1-11 horticulture, fashion merchandising, fashion design, criminal
1-12 justice, prelaw studies, prepharmacy studies, and preveterinary
1-13 studies;
1-14 (2) master's programs in international business,
1-15 social work, communication disorders, fine arts, English as a
1-16 second language, political science, history, mass communications,
1-17 botany, and regional planning;
1-18 (3) doctoral programs in engineering, wildlife,
1-19 biology, environmental engineering, curriculum and instruction in
1-20 education, and adult and vocational education; and
1-21 (4) doctoral programs in language and literature in
1-22 cooperation with Texas A&M University.
1-23 (f) Beginning with the fall semester in 1995, the board
1-24 shall begin offering at least one-eighth of the courses and degrees
2-1 required by this section. Each academic year after the 1995-1996
2-2 academic year, the board shall offer at least an additional
2-3 one-eighth of the courses and degrees required by this section
2-4 until all of the courses and degrees required by this section are
2-5 being offered. This subsection expires January 1, 2004.
2-6 SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 85, Education Code, is
2-7 amended by adding Section 85.32 to read as follows:
2-8 Sec. 85.32. ENHANCEMENTS FOR TEXAS A&M
2-9 UNIVERSITY--KINGSVILLE. To the extent that funds are available
2-10 for this purpose, the board shall provide to Texas A&M
2-11 University--Kingsville funding that is equal to or greater than the
2-12 funding provided to Texas A&M University for:
2-13 (1) student support services;
2-14 (2) faculty salaries;
2-15 (3) libraries;
2-16 (4) student scholarships;
2-17 (5) student and faculty research;
2-18 (6) instructional and laboratory equipment; and
2-19 (7) community outreach programs.
2-20 SECTION 3. Section 61.055, Education Code, is amended to
2-21 read as follows:
2-22 Sec. 61.055. Initiation of New Departments, Schools, and
2-23 Programs. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this
2-24 section, a <No> new department, school, or degree or certificate
2-25 program approved by the board or its predecessor, the Texas
2-26 Commission on Higher Education, may not be initiated by any
2-27 institution of higher education until the board has made a written
3-1 finding that the department, school, or degree or certificate
3-2 program is adequately financed by legislative appropriation, by
3-3 funds allocated by the board, or by funds from other sources.
3-4 (b) The coordinating board, in accordance with its rules,
3-5 shall make a determination for approval or disapproval of any
3-6 department, school, or program that is required by other law not
3-7 later than the 13th month for doctoral programs and the ninth month
3-8 for departments, schools, and programs other than doctoral programs
3-9 after the date a complete application is submitted to the
3-10 coordinating board seeking approval of the department, school, or
3-11 program.
3-12 SECTION 4. To the extent that funds are available for this
3-13 purpose, the board of regents of The Texas A&M University System
3-14 shall provide the funding required by Section 85.32, Education
3-15 Code, as added by this Act, beginning the fiscal year beginning
3-16 September 1, 1993.
3-17 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
3-18 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-19 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-20 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-21 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
3-22 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
3-23 passage, and it is so enacted.