79R2681 JSA-D
By: Staples, Deuell, Eltife S.B. No. 275
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authorizing The University of Texas at Tyler to offer
doctoral degree programs in nursing and human resource development.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 76.02, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (d), (e), and (f) to read as follows:
(d) The institution may offer doctoral degree programs in
nursing and may prescribe the courses and other training required
for those degrees.
(e) The institution may offer doctoral degree programs in
human resource development and may prescribe the courses and other
training necessary for those degrees.
(f) The institution may conduct a doctoral degree program
under this section jointly or in collaboration with any other
appropriate educational entity or institution.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.