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78R4325 JSA-D

By:  Wilson                                                       H.B. No. 760



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to requiring uniform admissions standards for 
undergraduate student admissions to an institution of higher 
education.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 51.805(c), Education Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	(c)  A general academic teaching institution may review 
other factors in making an admissions decision.  A general academic 
teaching institution must consider the same factors and apply the 
same standards, criteria, and formulas, including minimum 
standards for high school grade point averages or test scores, to 
all applicants for admission to the institution as entering 
freshmen in ranking those applicants or determining which 
applicants are to be offered admission.
	SECTION 2.  (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                      
	(b)  The change in law made by this Act applies beginning 
with undergraduate admissions to a general academic teaching 
institution of higher education for the 2004-2005 academic year.  
Undergraduate admissions to a term or semester before that academic 
year are covered by the law in effect immediately before the 
effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in 
effect for that purpose.