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Amend CSHB 2330 by adding the following appropriately
numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS
of the bill appropriately:
SECTION___. Subchapter U, Chapter 51, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 51.8035 to read as follows:
Sec. 51.8035. AUTOMATIC ADMISSION OF APPLICANTS COMPLETING
CORE CURRICULUM AT ANOTHER INSTITUTION. (a) In this section:
(1) "Core curriculum" means the core curriculum
adopted by an institution of higher education under Section 61.822.
(2) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning
assigned by Section 61.003.
(b) A general academic teaching institution shall admit an
applicant for admission to the institution as a transfer
undergraduate student who:
(1) graduated from high school not earlier than the
fourth school year before the academic year for which the applicant
seeks admission and qualified for automatic admission to a general
academic teaching institution under Section 51.803(a) at the time
of graduation;
(2) first enrolled in an institution of higher
education not earlier than the second academic year before the
academic year for which the applicant seeks admission;
(3) completed the core curriculum at an institution of
higher education, other than the institution to which the applicant
seeks admission, with a cumulative grade point average of at least
3.25 on a four-point scale or the equivalent; and
(4) submits an application for admission as a transfer
student before the expiration of any application filing deadline
established by the institution.
(c) For purposes of this section, transfer semester credit
hours from a different institution of higher education and semester
credit hours earned by examination shall be included in determining
whether the person completed the core curriculum at an institution
of higher education.
SECTION___. Section 51.8035, Education Code, as added by
this Act, applies beginning with admissions to a general academic
teaching institution for the 2006 spring semester.