By: Gutierrez S.B. No. 1913
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the accreditation of private or independent
  institutions of higher education.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 61.003(15), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
               (15)  "Private or independent institution of higher
  education" includes only a private or independent college or
  university that is:
                     (A)  organized under the Texas Non-Profit
  Corporation Act (Article 1396-1.01 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil
  Statutes);
                     (B)  exempt from taxation under Article VIII,
  Section 2, of the Texas Constitution and Section 501(c)(3) of the
  Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. Section 501); and
                     (C)  accredited by:
                           (i)  the Commission on Colleges of the
  Southern Association of Colleges and Schools;
                           (ii)  the Liaison Committee on Medical
  Education; [or]
                           (iii)  the American Bar Association; or
                           (iv)  a recognized accrediting agency.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.