TITLE: Directing the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to conduct a study on the creation of a divinity program at Texas Southern University.

SUMMARY: Directing the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to conduct a study on the creation of a divinity program at Texas Southern University.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, For more than 90 years, Texas Southern University has played an important role in higher education in the Lone Star State, and while the school currently offers baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral degree programs in numerous schools, it does not have a divinity program or a school of religion; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the 86th Legislature of the State of Texas hereby direct the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to conduct a study on the creation of a divinity program, from undergraduate to doctoral degrees, at Texas Southern University with a goal to establish a program before the start of the 87th regular legislative session; and, be it further RESOLVED, That the secretary of state forward an official copy of this resolution to the chair of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Dutton Sherman, Sr. Coleman Talarico Bernal President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.C.R. No. 133 was adopted by the House on May 10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 5, 2 present, not voting. Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.C.R. No. 133 was adopted by the Senate on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: Date Governor