88R2112 KSD-D     By: Canales H.B. No. 116       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a distance learning program at The University of Texas   at Austin School of Law.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 67, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 67.28 to read as follows:          Sec. 67.28.  DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAM AT LAW SCHOOL. (a)   The board shall establish a program that allows a student admitted   to The University of Texas School of Law to participate in the   student's first year of classes remotely from a facility at The   University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.          (b)  The program must be administered in a manner that is   consistent with the accreditation requirements for the law school.          (c)  The board shall ensure that at least five students are   allowed to participate in the program during each academic year.   The law school may allow more than five students to participate in   the program during each academic year.           SECTION 2.  The board of regents of The University of Texas   System shall ensure that the distance learning program under   Section 67.28, Education Code, as added by this Act, begins not   later than the 2024 fall semester.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.