HBA-LJP H.B. 1984 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1984
By: Wilson
Higher Education
3/13/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Under current law, if a student has been promised or granted an athletic
scholarship, grant, or similar financial assistance to a general academic
teaching institution (institution) based on the student's future
participation in a sports organization of the institution, then the student
must have a certain minimum high school or college-level grade point
average for an institution to admit the student.  If a student is admitted
to an institution based on athletic ability, then the student is being
admitted on different standards than other students.  House Bill 1984
establishes the Uniform Student Admission Act to provide for a fair and
uniform standard in undergraduate admissions to institutions. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 1984 amends the Education Code to establish the Uniform Student
Admission Act.  The bill requires a general academic teaching institution
(institution) to treat each applicant for admission to the institution as
an undergraduate student fairly and according to the same standards as
other applicants for undergraduate admission to the institution, including
an applicant who has been promised or granted an athletic scholarship or
any other financial assistance conditioned on the applicant's participation
in an extracurricular activity organized or sponsored by the institution. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.