Amend CSHB 588 as follows;
      1)  On page 2, line 16, strike "SELECTED" and substitute
"ALL".
      2)  On page 2, line 18, strike "determine whether to".
      3)  On page 2, between lines 26 and 27, insert the following:
      Sec. 51.805.  THIRD TIER AUTOMATIC ADMISSIONS:  ALL
INSTITUTIONS. For each academic year, the governing board of each
general academic teaching institution shall adopt an admissions
policy under which an applicant to the institution as a first-time
freshman student, other than an applicant eligible for admission
under Section 51.803 or 51.804, shall be admitted to the
institution if the applicant graduated from a public or private
high school in this state accredited by a generally recognized
accrediting organization with a grade point average in the top 50
percent of the applicant's high school graduating class and a
standardized test score in the top 25 percent of the state for the
year in which the applicant took the test.
      Sec. 51.806.  FOURTH TIER AUTOMATIC ADMISSIONS:  ALL
INSTITUTIONS. For each academic year, the governing board of each
general academic teaching institution shall adopt an admissions
policy under which an applicant to the institution as a first-time
freshman student, other than an applicant eligible for admission
under Section 51.803, 51.804, or 51.805, shall be admitted to the
institution if the applicant graduated from a public or private
high school in this state accredited by a generally recognized
accrediting organization with a grade point average in the top 50
percent of the applicant's high school graduating class and a
standardized test score in the top 50 percent of the state for the
year in which the applicant took the test.
      4)  On page 2, line 27, strike "51.805" and substitute
"51.807".
      5)  On page 3, line 1, strike "51.803 or 51.804" and
substitute "51.803, 51.804, 51.805, or 51.806".