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Amend HB 2 in Part D, Article I, by inserting the following 

appropriately-numbered SECTION to read as follows:

	"Section 28.026, Education Code, is amended to read as 

follows:              

	"Sec. 28.026, NOTICE OF AUTOMATIC COLLEGE ADMISSION.  (a) The 

board of trustees of a school district shall require each high 

school in the district to post appropriate signs in each 

counselor's office, in each principal's office, and in each 

administrative building indicating the substance of Section 51.803 

regarding automatic college admission.  To assist in the 

dissemination of this information, the school district shall:

		(1) require that each high school counselor and class 

advisor be provided a detailed explanation of the substance of 

Section 51.803;

		(2) require that each high school counselor and senior 

class advisor explain to eligible students the substance of Section 

51.803; and

		(3) not later than the 14th day after the last day of 

classes for the fall semester or an equivalent date in the case of a 

school operated on a year-round system under Section 25.084, 

provide each eligible senior student Section 51.8093 and the 

student's parent or guardian [, at the commencement of a class's 

senior year,] with a written notification of the student's 

eligibility with a detailed explanation in plain language of the 

substance of Section 51.803.

	(b) The agency shall adopt a form to use in providing notice 

under Subsection (a) (3).  The notice to a student and the student's 

parent or guardian must be on a single form.  The form may contain 

one or more signature lines to indicate receipt of notice by the 

student or the student's parent or guardian.  In providing notice 

under Subsection (a) (3), a school district shall use the form 

adopted by the agency.