State News
11:12 PM CST on Friday, December 3, 2004
The Texas Supreme Court today agreed to consider whether degree-awarding
seminaries can be regulated by the state.
The case stems from a $173,000 fine against Tyndale Theological Seminary
in Fort Worth for issuing degrees without state authority to do so.
The fine was imposed in 1998 by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
Board.
Records show the seminary, operated by HEB Ministries, issued 34
diplomas without proper state authority.
Texas bars unaccredited private post-secondary institutions from
awarding degrees without state certification.
The state also prohibits an institution from using "seminary" in its
name if it can't lawfully award degrees.
Tyndale Seminary, the Southern Bible Institute of Dallas and the
Hispanic Bible Institute of San Antonio sued the state.
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