State Board Blocks Bid by Texas A&M; U. to Add Law Program

Texas A&M University's hopes of adding a law program suffered a major setback last month, when a panel of the state's Higher Education Coordinating Board said Texas doesn't need a fifth public law school.

The university's push for a law school has raised a controversy over the state's role in regulating the expansion plans of public colleges.

The coordinating board's decision struck a major blow to a fledgling partnership between Texas A&M and South Texas College of