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.