By Wilson H.B. No. 1029 77R3056 KEL-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the implementation of an on-campus provisional 1-3 admission program at The University of Texas at Austin. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 67, Education Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 67.28 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 67.28. PROVISIONAL ADMISSION PROGRAM. (a) The board 1-8 shall implement an on-campus provisional admission program that is 1-9 substantially similar to the on-campus provisional admission 1-10 program that existed at the university during the 1998-1999 1-11 academic year and 1999 summer session. 1-12 (b) The board shall admit as a fully enrolled student of the 1-13 university a student who is admitted under the provisional 1-14 admission program required by this section and who: 1-15 (1) successfully completes, during the summer session 1-16 or spring semester, whichever begins earlier, immediately following 1-17 the student's high school graduation, not less than 12 semester 1-18 credit hours in courses prescribed by the board and offered at the 1-19 university with a grade point average of at least 2.25 on a 1-20 four-point scale or the equivalent; and 1-21 (2) does not receive a failing grade or an incomplete 1-22 grade in any course for which the student registers while enrolled 1-23 under the provisional admission program. 1-24 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.