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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a distance learning program at The University of Texas |
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at Austin School of Law. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 67, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 67.28 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 67.28. DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAM AT LAW SCHOOL. (a) |
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The board shall establish a program that allows a student admitted |
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to The University of Texas School of Law to participate in the |
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student's first year of classes remotely from a facility at The |
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University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. |
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(b) The program must be administered in a manner that is |
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consistent with the accreditation requirements for the law school. |
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(c) The board shall ensure that at least five students are |
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allowed to participate in the program during each academic year. |
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The law school may allow more than five students to participate in |
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the program during each academic year. |
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SECTION 2. The board of regents of The University of Texas |
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System shall ensure that the distance learning program under |
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Section 67.28, Education Code, as added by this Act, begins not |
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later than the 2018 fall semester. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2017. |