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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the establishment of a school of pharmacy in the city of |
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Dallas by the University of North Texas System. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter J, Chapter 105, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 105.503 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 105.503. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS SYSTEM SCHOOL OF |
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PHARMACY. (a) The board may establish and operate a school of |
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pharmacy in the city of Dallas as a professional school of the |
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University of North Texas System. |
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(b) In administering the pharmacy school, the board may |
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prescribe courses leading to customary degrees offered at other |
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leading American schools of pharmacy and may award those degrees. |
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(c) Until the University of North Texas at Dallas has been |
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administered as a general academic teaching institution for five |
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years, the board shall administer the school of pharmacy as a |
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professional school of the system. After that period, the school of |
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pharmacy shall become a professional school of the University of |
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North Texas at Dallas. Until the school of pharmacy becomes a |
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professional school of the University of North Texas at Dallas, the |
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school of pharmacy is entitled to formula funding as if the school |
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of pharmacy were a professional school of a general academic |
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teaching institution. |
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(d) Before the board establishes a school of pharmacy under |
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this section, but not later than June 1, 2010, the Texas Higher |
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Education Coordinating Board shall conduct a study of the initial |
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implementation of this section and of the actions the system has |
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taken or must take to obtain accreditation of the school of |
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pharmacy. The coordinating board shall deliver a copy of the study |
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to the board of regents and to the chair of each legislative |
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standing committee or subcommittee with primary jurisdiction over |
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higher education. This subsection expires December 31, 2010. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |