By Madla S.B. No. 832
75R5061 CAG-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to authority of certain institutions of higher education
1-3 to establish and maintain podiatry schools.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 87, Education Code, is amended by adding
1-6 Subchapter J to read as follows:
1-7 SUBCHAPTER J. PODIATRY SCHOOL
1-8 Sec. 87.851. ESTABLISHMENT OF SCHOOL. (a) Subject to
1-9 Section 61.051(e), the board of regents of The Texas A&M University
1-10 System may establish and maintain a school of podiatry at any
1-11 location in the state.
1-12 (b) The board shall designate the name of the school.
1-13 (c) The board may provide for the teaching and training of
1-14 podiatry students, podiatry technicians, and other technicians in
1-15 the practice of podiatry.
1-16 Sec. 87.852. COURSES AND DEGREES. The board may:
1-17 (1) prescribe courses leading to customary degrees
1-18 offered in other leading American podiatry schools; and
1-19 (2) award those degrees.
1-20 Sec. 87.853. RULES. The board may adopt rules for the
1-21 conduct of the school that are necessary for the conduct of a
1-22 professional school of the first class, including a rule
1-23 prescribing the number of students to be admitted to a
1-24 degree-granting program.
2-1 Sec. 87.854. AFFILIATION AGREEMENTS; JOINT APPOINTMENTS.
2-2 (a) The board may enter into an affiliation or coordination
2-3 agreement with another entity or institution if the agreement is
2-4 reasonably necessary or desirable for the conduct of a professional
2-5 school of the first class.
2-6 (b) The board may make joint appointments in other
2-7 institutions under its governance.
2-8 (c) The salary of a person who receives a joint appointment
2-9 shall be apportioned to the appointing institutions on the basis of
2-10 services rendered.
2-11 Sec. 87.855. GIFTS AND GRANTS. The governing board may
2-12 accept and administer on terms it considers satisfactory a gift or
2-13 grant of money or property for the benefit of the school.
2-14 SECTION 2. Chapter 105, Education Code, is amended by adding
2-15 Subchapter I to read as follows:
2-16 SUBCHAPTER I. PODIATRY SCHOOL
2-17 Sec. 105.201. ESTABLISHMENT OF SCHOOL. (a) Subject to
2-18 Section 61.051(e), the board of regents of the University of North
2-19 Texas may establish and maintain a school of podiatry at any
2-20 location in the state.
2-21 (b) The board shall designate the name of the school.
2-22 (c) The board may provide for the teaching and training of
2-23 podiatry students, podiatry technicians, and other technicians in
2-24 the practice of podiatry.
2-25 Sec. 105.202. COURSES AND DEGREES. The board may:
2-26 (1) prescribe courses leading to customary degrees
2-27 offered in other leading American podiatry schools; and
3-1 (2) award those degrees.
3-2 Sec. 105.203. RULES. The board may adopt rules for the
3-3 conduct of the school that are necessary for the conduct of a
3-4 professional school of the first class, including a rule
3-5 prescribing the number of students to be admitted to a
3-6 degree-granting program.
3-7 Sec. 105.204. AFFILIATION AGREEMENTS; JOINT APPOINTMENTS.
3-8 (a) The board may enter into an affiliation or coordination
3-9 agreement with another entity or institution if the agreement is
3-10 reasonably necessary or desirable for the conduct of a professional
3-11 school of the first class.
3-12 (b) The board may make joint appointments in other
3-13 institutions under its governance.
3-14 (c) The salary of a person who receives a joint appointment
3-15 shall be apportioned to the appointing institutions on the basis of
3-16 services rendered.
3-17 Sec. 105.205. GIFTS AND GRANTS. The board may accept and
3-18 administer on terms it considers satisfactory a gift or grant of
3-19 money or property for the benefit of the school.
3-20 SECTION 3. Chapter 109, Education Code, is amended by adding
3-21 Subchapter E to read as follows:
3-22 SUBCHAPTER E. PODIATRY SCHOOL
3-23 Sec. 109.851. ESTABLISHMENT OF SCHOOL. (a) Subject to
3-24 Section 61.051(e), the board of regents of Texas Tech University
3-25 may establish and maintain a school of podiatry at any location in
3-26 the state.
3-27 (b) The board shall designate the name of the school.
4-1 (c) The board may provide for the teaching and training of
4-2 podiatry students, podiatry technicians, and other technicians in
4-3 the practice of podiatry.
4-4 Sec. 109.852. COURSES AND DEGREES. The board may:
4-5 (1) prescribe courses leading to customary degrees
4-6 offered in other leading American podiatry schools; and
4-7 (2) award those degrees.
4-8 Sec. 109.853. RULES. The board may adopt rules for the
4-9 conduct of the school that are necessary for the conduct of a
4-10 professional school of the first class, including a rule
4-11 prescribing the number of students to be admitted to a
4-12 degree-granting program.
4-13 Sec. 109.854. AFFILIATION AGREEMENTS; JOINT APPOINTMENTS.
4-14 (a) The board may enter into an affiliation or coordination
4-15 agreement with another entity or institution if the agreement is
4-16 reasonably necessary or desirable for the conduct of a professional
4-17 school of the first class.
4-18 (b) The board may make joint appointments in other
4-19 institutions under its governance.
4-20 (c) The salary of a person who receives a joint appointment
4-21 shall be apportioned to the appointing institutions on the basis of
4-22 services rendered.
4-23 Sec. 109.855. GIFTS AND GRANTS. The board may accept and
4-24 administer on terms it considers satisfactory a gift or grant of
4-25 money or property for the benefit of the school.
4-26 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
4-27 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
5-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
5-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
5-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
5-4 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
5-5 passage, and it is so enacted.