Amend SB 86 by adding the following SECTIONS to read as 
follows:           
	SECTION _____. Section 51.801, Education Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	Sec. 51.801. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter, "general 
academic teaching institution," "governing board," "medical dental 
unit," "public junior college," "public technical institute," and 
"university system" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003.
	SECTION _____. Subchapter U, Chapter 51, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 51.8065 to read as follows:
	Sec. 51.8065. AUTOMATIC ADMISSION TRACK - HIGH SCHOOL TO 
JUNIOR COLLEGE TO GENERAL ACADEMIC TEACHING INSTITUTION: (a) In 
this section, "public upper-level institution of higher education" 
means an institution of higher education that offers only 
junior-level and senior-level courses or only junior-level, 
senior-level, and graduate-level courses.
	(b) Except as provided by Subsection (g), each general 
academic teaching institution shall admit an applicant for 
admission to the institution as an undergraduate transfer student 
if in the year preceding the academic year for which the applicant 
is applying for admission under this section the applicant:
		(1) received a degree or certificate from a public 
junior college or public technical institute in a program requiring 
at least 42 semester credit hours of core curriculum; and
		(2) completed the program with a cumulative grade point 
average of at least 3.0 on a four-point scale or the equivalent.
	(c) To qualify for admission under this section, an applicant 
must submit an application before the expiration of any application 
filing deadline established by the institution.
	(d) After admitting an applicant under this section, the 
institution may review the applicant's record and any other factor 
the institution considers appropriate to determine whether the 
applicant may require additional preparation for college-level 
work or would benefit from inclusion in a retention program.  The 
institution may require a student so identified to enroll during 
the summer immediately after the student is admitted under this 
section to participate in appropriate enrichment courses and 
orientation programs.  This section does not prohibit a student who 
is not determined to need additional preparation for college-level 
work from enrolling, if the student chooses, during the summer 
immediately after the student is admitted under this section.
	(e) Admission to a specific general academic teaching 
institution is contingent on the availability of space within the 
institution for the admission of additional students.
	(f) Admissions to a particular program or school within a 
general academic teaching institution are based solely on the 
requirements of the institution.
	(g) This section does not apply to:                                     
		(1) a public upper-level institution of higher 
education; or         
		(2) any other general academic teaching institution if, 
with respect to the academic year for which an undergraduate 
transfer student has applied for admission under this section, the 
institution has filled through automatic admission as required by 
the other provisions of this subchapter at least 50 percent of the 
spaces available for entering undergraduate students at the 
institution.
	SECTION _____. (a) Section 51.8065, Education Code, takes 
effect immediately and applies beginning with admissions for the 
2004 fall semester.
	(b) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and each 
general academic teaching institution shall adopt rules or policies 
relating to the admission of students under Section 51.8065, 
Education Code, as added by this Act, not later than January 1, 
2004.