By Barrientos S.B. No. 752 77R7143 JSA-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the application of the higher education uniform 1-3 admission policy to graduates of certain special high school 1-4 programs. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Subchapter U, Chapter 51, Education Code, is 1-7 amended by adding Section 51.8045 to read as follows: 1-8 Sec. 51.8045. APPLICATION OF SUBCHAPTER TO GRADUATES OF 1-9 CERTAIN SPECIAL HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS. For purposes of Sections 1-10 51.803 and 51.804, a high school magnet program, academy, or other 1-11 special program conducted by a school district at a high school 1-12 attended by high school students who are not students of the 1-13 special program is treated as an independent high school with its 1-14 own graduating class separate from the graduating class of other 1-15 students attending the high school if: 1-16 (1) the students of the special program are: 1-17 (A) selected or admitted on an equal basis from 1-18 among students of or applicants from the entire school district; 1-19 and 1-20 (B) admitted independently of and identified as 1-21 a student body separate from the other students of the high school; 1-22 (2) the students of the special program have a 1-23 curriculum different from that of the other students of the high 1-24 school, even if students of the special program and other students 2-1 of the high school attend some of the same classes; and 2-2 (3) a student graduating from the special program 2-3 receives a high school diploma that includes a reference to the 2-4 special program in describing the high school from which the 2-5 student graduated. 2-6 SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies 2-7 only to the admission of undergraduate students of a general 2-8 academic teaching institution to an academic term or semester for 2-9 which the general admission application deadline occurs on or after 2-10 the effective date of this Act. 2-11 (b) The change in law made by this Act applies to the 2-12 treatment of a person who graduated from a special high school 2-13 program described by Section 51.8045, Education Code, as added by 2-14 this Act, as an applicant for admission as an undergraduate student 2-15 of a general academic teaching institution without regard to 2-16 whether the person graduated from the special high school program 2-17 before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. 2-18 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 2-19 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 2-20 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 2-21 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 2-22 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.