Enrolled Bill Summary

Enrolled Bill Summary

Legislative Session: 79(R)

Senate Bill 302

Senate Author:  Ellis et al.

Effective:  6-17-05

House Sponsor:  Coleman


            Senate Bill 302 amends the Education Code to require each public college or university and each medical and dental school to provide to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board an annual report describing the demographic composition of the institution's entering class of students, including a breakdown of the overall class by race, ethnicity, and economic status as well as a separate demographic breakdown of those students granted automatic admission on the basis of having graduated in the top 10 percent of their high school graduating classes and those students admitted under an optional automatic admission policy for students graduating in the top 25 percent of their high school graduating classes.