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Bill:  SB 1477 
Legislative Session: 86(R) Council Document: 86R 12581 SOS-D
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Last Action:03/14/2019 S Referred to Higher Education
Caption Version:Introduced
Caption Text:Relating to eliminating the requirement that certain top high school graduates be granted automatic admission to certain universities and eliminating the scholarship program for those graduates to attend certain institutions.
Author:Bettencourt
Subjects:Education--Higher--Admission & Attendance (I0257)
Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs (I0223)
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY (U0030)
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN (U0397)
HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD, TEXAS (V4280)
Senate Committee:Higher Education
Status:In committee
Actions: (ascending date order)
Description Comment Date       Time       Journal Page
S   Received by the Secretary of the Senate      03/05/2019    
S   Filed      03/05/2019    
S   Read first time      03/14/2019     448
S   Referred to Higher Education      03/14/2019     448