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Amend CSHB 2330 as follows:
(1) On page 1, line 6, strike "(c) and (d)" and substitute
"(c), (d), (e), and (f)".
(2) On page 1, line 8, strike "(c) and (d)" and substitute
"(c), (d), and (e)".
(3) On page 3, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
(e) This section does not apply to admissions by a general
academic teaching institution for an academic year if the total
percentage of students from underrepresented racial or ethnic
groups enrolled as first-time freshman students at the institution
during the preceding academic year equaled or exceeded the total
percentage of students from underrepresented racial or ethnic
groups listed for the fall semester of the preceding academic year
on the roster of the National Collegiate Athletic Association
football team fielded by the institution. For purposes of this
subsection, a student is from an underrepresented racial or ethnic
group if the student identifies himself or herself as an African
American student, a Mexican American student or a student of other
Hispanic origin, or an American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleutian
student.
(f) Each general academic teaching institution shall state
on the institution's Internet website whether the institution is
exempt from this section in making admissions for an academic year
because of the application of Subsection (e).
(4) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the
bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill appropriately:
SECTION___. Section 51.804, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 51.804. ADDITIONAL AUTOMATIC ADMISSIONS: SELECTED
INSTITUTIONS. For each academic year, the governing board of each
general academic teaching institution to which Section 51.803
applies shall determine whether to adopt an admissions policy under
which an applicant to the institution as a first-time freshman
student, other than an applicant eligible for admission under
Section 51.803, shall be admitted to the institution if the
applicant graduated from a public or private high school in this
state accredited by a generally recognized accrediting
organization with a grade point average in the top 25 percent of the
applicant's high school graduating class.