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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, For more than 90 years, Texas Southern University |
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has played an important role in higher education in the Lone Star |
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State, and while the school currently offers baccalaureate, |
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master's, and doctoral degree programs in numerous schools, it does |
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not have a divinity program or a school of religion; now, therefore, |
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be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 87th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby direct the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to |
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conduct a study on the creation of a divinity program, from |
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undergraduate to doctoral degrees, at Texas Southern University |
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with a goal to establish a program before the start of the 88th |
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regular legislative session; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the secretary of state forward an official |
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copy of this resolution to the chair of the Texas Higher Education |
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Coordinating Board. |