BILL ANALYSIS


                                                         S.B. 446
                                                         By: Luna
                                                        Education
                                                          2-27-95
                                     Committee Report (Unamended)
BACKGROUND

The UT Health Science Center at San Antonio has contracted with the
U.S. Army to grant degrees for the Physician Assistant Program at
the Academy of Health Sciences at Fort Sam Houston.

PURPOSE

As proposed, S.B. 446 provides that the requirement that a
government or political science course include emphasis on the
Texas Constitution does not apply to certain degree programs
operated by a higher education medical or dental unit under
contract with the U.S. Army.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not grant any
additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or
agency.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 51.301, Education Code, to provide that
the requirement that a government or political science course
include emphasis on the Texas Constitution does not apply to a
degree granted by an academic program offered by a medical and
dental unit to a student in the U.S. armed forces if the program is
operated under contract with the U.S. Army, requires less than two
years of residency in this state, and the participants in the
program are military personnel stationed outside of this state.

SECTION 2. Emergency clause.
           Effective date: upon passage.