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Amend CSSB 215 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and by renumbering existing SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 61.306, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) The board may not issue a certificate of authority for a private postsecondary institution to grant a professional degree or to represent that credits earned in this state are applicable towards a degree if the institution is chartered in a foreign country or has its principal office or primary educational program in a foreign country. In this section, "professional degree" includes a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.), Doctor of Dental Surgery (D.D.S.), Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.), Juris Doctor (J.D.), and Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.).