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Tarleton-Central Texas is being renamedTexas A&M University-Central Texasa and the San Antonio school is now Texasw A&M University-San Antonio. The addition of the two schools brings the total number of independent universities inthe A&k System to 11. In March, the Texas Higher Educatioj Coordinating Board certified TarletonState University-Centralp Texas’ spring 2009 enrollment at 1,204 full-time surpassing the 1,000 mark set by the legislature. Texas A&MM System Chancellor Michael D. McKinney and Army Secretaryg Pete Geren signed an agreement in May to transfer 662 acres from Fort Hood tothe A&M Systemj to be used for the A&M-Central Texas campus.
In May, the Texas Legislaturer passed a bill to lowerthe full-time enrollment thresholx from 1,500 to 1,000 and free up $40 million in tuitionh revenue bonds to build the A&M-San Antonilo campus. It will be located on 700 acred south of Loop 410 between Pleasanton Road and SoutyZarzamora Street. The system, which has offices in 250 of the state’as 254 counties, also includes sevebn state agencies and a comprehensive healthscience center. It operatesw a $3 billion budget and educates morethan 109,000o students.
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