By Wilson                                             H.B. No. 1984
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to enacting the Uniform Student Admission Act to ensure
 1-3     the fair and uniform treatment of all applicants for undergraduate
 1-4     admission to a general academic teaching institution.
 1-5           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-6           SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is
 1-7     amended by adding Section 51.9246 to read as follows:
 1-8           Sec. 51.9246.  UNIFORM STUDENT ADMISSION ACT. (a)  In this
 1-9     section, "general academic teaching institution" has the meaning
1-10     assigned by Section 61.003.
1-11           (b)  A general academic teaching institution shall treat each
1-12     applicant for admission to the institution as an undergraduate
1-13     student fairly and according to the same standards as other
1-14     applicants for undergraduate admission to the institution,
1-15     including an applicant who has been promised or granted financial
1-16     assistance described by Section 51.9245 or any other financial
1-17     assistance conditioned on the applicant's participation in an
1-18     extracurricular activity organized or sponsored by the institution.
1-19           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
1-20     applies only to the admission of a student to a term or semester
1-21     that begins on or after that date.