By Garcia                                             H.B. No. 1946
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to undergraduate and postgraduate admissions criteria to
 1-3     enroll at a state-supported college or university.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Texas Educational
 1-6     Opportunity Act" of 2001.
 1-7           SECTION 2.  Subchapter U, Education Code, is amended by
 1-8     adding a new Section 51.804a to read as follows:
 1-9           Sec. 51.804a.  RESTRICTION ON USE OF STANDARDIZED TESTING. A
1-10     general academic teaching institution may not, for the
1-11     undergraduate or postgraduate admission of an applicant, require an
1-12     applicant to undertake a standardized test as a sole determinant in
1-13     deciding whether to admit or reject the applicant.  An institution
1-14     may utilize an applicant's performance on a standardized test as
1-15     one of multiple factors in such a decision, and may only accord the
1-16     applicant's performance on a standardized test a weight of twenty
1-17     percent (20%) or less in the overall decision-making process.
1-18           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect beginning with the Fall of
1-19     2002.