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By:  McClendon                                                    H.B. No. 91 



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the automatic admission of certain undergraduate 
transfer students.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  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 and 
dental unit," "public junior college," "public technical 
institute," and "university system" have the meanings assigned by 
Section 61.003.
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter U, Chapter 51, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 51.8065 to read as follows:
	Sec. 51.8065.  AUTOMATIC ADMISSION:  UNDERGRADUATE TRANSFER 
STUDENTS. (a)  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 30 semester credit hours, including the courses required 
in the core curriculum established under Section 61.822; and
		(2)  completed the program with a cumulative grade 
point average of at least a 3.0 on a four-point scale or the 
equivalent.
	(b)  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.
	(c)  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.
	(d)  Admission to a specific institution is contingent upon 
the institution having space available for admission of additional 
students.
	(e)  An institution may have requirements for admission to a 
particular program or school that exceed a 3.0 average.  Admissions 
to a particular program or school within an institution shall be 
based on the requirements of the institution.
	SECTION 3.  (a)  This Act 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, 
2003.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.