control by the LCMS. This change in governance was reaffirmed by the Board of Regents in April 2023. In September 2023, the LCMS filed a complaint in federal court seeking to overturn this action.
== New campus ==
In 2005, the Board of Regents approved the relocation of the Concordia University Texas campus. Since its founding the school had occupied a 23-acre (9.3 ha) campus near downtown Austin. The new campus is located in northwest Austin on 384 acres (155 ha) of land. Construction began in the spring of 2007. The new campus opened in July 2008. Classes began there in September of that year, with its formal dedication on October 26, 2008.
The city of Austin allowed the demolition of the former campus. A developer bought the space with plans to construct a mixed-use development; however, the developer filed for bankruptcy in 2011.
The site for Concordia's new campus is the former Schlumberger Austin Systems Center. The site, formerly a research and development facility, had six buildings connected by …
