SRC-JXG H.B. 1804 76(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   H.B. 1804
76R8556 KEL-DBy: Morrison (Armbrister)
Veterans Affairs & Military Installation
5/5/1999
Engrossed


DIGEST 

Currently, a student attending a public or private high school within Texas
is granted automatic acceptance to a general academic teaching institution,
provided the student graduated in the top 10 percent of the student's
graduating class within the two years immediately preceding the academic
year for which the applicant is applying. H.B. 1804 would include that a
student who graduated from a high school operated by the U.S. Department of
Defense under the same conditions to the group of students who are eligible
for automatic admission to these institutions under Section 51.803,
Education Code. 

PURPOSE

As proposed, H.B. 1804 adds students from high schools operated by the U.S.
Department of Defense to be included for automatic admission to certain
public institutions of higher education under Section 51.803, Education
Code. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 51.803(a), Education Code, to require each
general academic teaching institution to admit an applicant for admission
to the institution as an undergraduate student if the applicant graduated
with a grade point average in the top 10 percent of the student's high
school graduating class in one of the two school years preceding the
academic year for which the applicant is applying for admission and the
applicant graduated from a public or private high school in this state
accredited by a generally recognized accrediting organization, or from a
high school operated by the United States Department of Defense. Requires
an applicant to submit an application before the expiration of any
application with a filing deadline established by the institution and, if
the applicant graduated from a high school operated by the United States
Department of Defense, to be a Texas resident under Section 54.052, or be
entitled to pay tuition fees at the rate provided for Texas residents under
Section 54.058(d) for the term or semester to which admitted. Deletes text
regarding a grade point average in the top 10 percent of the student's high
school graduating class. 

SECTION 2. Provides that the change in law made by this Act applies
beginning with admissions for the 2000 fall semester. 

SECTION 3. Emergency clause.
           Effective date: 90 days after adjournment.