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By: Middleton |
S.B. No. 2533 |
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(In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2025; April 3, 2025, read |
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first time and referred to Committee on Education K-16; |
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April 7, 2025, rereferred to Committee on State Affairs; |
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April 15, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 1; April 15, 2025, |
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sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2533 |
By: Hall |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the accreditation of law schools in this state. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 51.984 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.984. LAW SCHOOL ACCREDITATION. (a) In this |
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section, "institution of higher education" and "private or |
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independent institution of higher education" have the meanings |
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assigned by Section 61.003. |
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(b) A law school at an institution of higher education or |
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private or independent institution of higher education must be |
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accredited by an accreditor recognized by the United States |
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Department of Education or its successor of interest for the |
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purposes of institutional accreditation of law schools. |
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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, 2025. |
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