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78R2166 JRJ-F

By:  Delisi                                                       H.B. No. 682



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to permitting certain military dependents to qualify for 
automatic admission to general academic teaching institutions.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 51.803, Education Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
	(a-1)  A spouse or dependent child of a member of the armed 
forces of the United States who is not assigned to duty in Texas but 
who has previously resided in Texas for a 12-month period is 
entitled to automatic admission in the manner provided by 
Subsection (a) for Texas residents if the person:
		(1)  graduated with a grade point average in the top 10 
percent of the person's high school graduating class in one of the 
two school years preceding the academic year for which the person is 
applying for admission and graduated from a public or private high 
school in this state or in any other place that is accredited by a 
generally recognized accrediting organization operated in the 
state or other jurisdiction where the high school is located; and
		(2)  is a Texas resident under Section 54.052 or is 
entitled to pay tuition and fees at the rate provided for Texas 
residents under Section 54.058(d) for the academic year for which 
the person is applying for admission.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies 
beginning with admissions for the 2004 fall semester.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.