By Delisi H.B. No. 1942
77R6601 KSD-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to permitting certain military dependents to qualify for
1-3 automatic admission to general academic teaching institutions.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 51.803, Education Code, is amended by
1-6 adding a new Subsection (b) and redesignating existing Subsection
1-7 (b) as Subsection (c) to read as follows:
1-8 (b) A spouse or dependent child of a member of the armed
1-9 forces of the United States who is not assigned to duty in Texas
1-10 but who has previously resided in Texas for a 12-month period is
1-11 entitled to automatic admission in the manner provided by
1-12 Subsection (a) for Texas residents if the person:
1-13 (1) graduated with a grade point average in the top 10
1-14 percent of the person's high school graduating class in one of the
1-15 two school years preceding the academic year for which the person
1-16 is applying for admission and graduated from a public or private
1-17 high school in this state or in any other place that is accredited
1-18 by a generally recognized accrediting organization operated in the
1-19 state or other jurisdiction where the high school is located; and
1-20 (2) is entitled to pay tuition and fees at the rate
1-21 provided for Texas residents under Section 54.058(d) for the
1-22 academic year for which the person is applying for admission.
1-23 (c) [(b)] After admitting an applicant under this section,
1-24 the institution shall review the applicant's record and any other
2-1 factor the institution considers appropriate to determine whether
2-2 the applicant may require additional preparation for college-level
2-3 work or would benefit from inclusion in a retention program. The
2-4 institution may require a student so identified to enroll during
2-5 the summer immediately after the student is admitted under this
2-6 section to participate in appropriate enrichment courses and
2-7 orientation programs. This section does not prohibit a student who
2-8 is not determined to need additional preparation for college-level
2-9 work from enrolling, if the student chooses, during the summer
2-10 immediately after the student is admitted under this section.
2-11 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies
2-12 beginning with admissions for the 2002 fall semester.
2-13 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-14 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-15 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-16 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-17 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.