 Under the provisions of SB 724, signed into law September 22, 2005, the campuses of the California State University were then able to directly offer a Doctor of Education degree (Ed.D) "focused on preparing administrative leaders".It was argued that this fulfilled the original purpose of many of the CSUs, which were set up as normal schools to train teachers.In 2010, the CSU was also given the authority to exclusively offer two more Doctoral degrees - Doctorate in Nursing (DNP) and Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT).