University of Texas at El Paso in Line for Campus Construction Funding

A plan to build a new learning center at the University of Texas at El Paso is taking a big step forward with the promise of significant funding from the Texas State Legislature.

Lawmakers in Austin have now given their approval to a bill that will provide around $52 million to build the long-planned Advanced Teaching and Learning Complex.

The legislation, SB 52, is currently on its way to Governor George Abbott for his signature.

The complex will be a part of the larger College of Liberal Arts and set to replace the current Liberal Arts Building, which was built in the early 1960, as well as the 42-year-old Academic Advising Building. 

The $52 million appropriation will be funded through tuition revenue bonds. Those bonds are issued by institutions of higher learning in Texas and supported through tuition revenue.

Altogether, it is expected that it will cost around $113 million to build the new UTEP building. According to state documents, the complex will be designed to be a “21st century collaborative learning environment.”

A timeline for when construction on the new complex will begin has not yet been announced.

​By Garry Boulard

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