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Amend CSHB 2330 as follows:
(1) On page 1, line 6, strike "(d)" and substitute "(c-1)".
(2) On page 1, line 8, strike "Subsections (c) and (d)" and
substitute "Subsection (c)".
(3) Strike page 2, line 2, through page 3, line 17, and
substitute the following:
(c) The University of Texas at Austin shall reserve for
admissions under Subsection (a) not less than 62 percent of the
university's enrollment capacity designated for first-time
undergraduate students. Subsection (a) does not apply to the
portion of the university's enrollment capacity designated for
first-time undergraduate students that is not reserved under this
subsection for admissions under Subsection (a). If the number of
applicants who qualify for automatic admission to The University of
Texas at Austin under Subsection (a) exceeds the number of spaces
reserved by the university under this subsection for admissions
under Subsection (a), the university shall:
(1) to the extent practicable, offer admission to those
applicants in the order in which the applicants apply for admission
to the university until the spaces reserved by the university for
admissions under this subsection are filled;
(2) after offering admission to applicants under
Subdivision (1), place the remaining applicants on a waiting list
according to the order in which the applicants apply to the
university for admission and offer admission to those applicants in
that order if the reserved spaces become available; and
(3) consider the remaining applicants placed on the
waiting list under Subdivision (2) in the same manner as other
applicants for admission as first-time freshmen students in
accordance with Section 51.805.
(c-1) This subsection and Subsection (c) expire September 1,
2007.
(4) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the
bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill appropriately:
SECTION ___. Subchapter U, Chapter 51, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 51.8065 to read as follows:
Sec. 51.8065. REPORT TO LEGISLATURE. Not later than January
1, 2007, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall submit
a report to the legislature regarding the impact of the uniform
admission policy under this subchapter on racial, ethnic, and
geographical diversity at general academic teaching institutions.
This section expires September 1, 2007.