Amend SB 333 (Senate committee printing) by striking all 
below the enacting clause and substituting the following:
	SECTION ___.  Section 33.007(b), Education Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(b)  During the first school year a student is enrolled in a 
high school or at the high school level in an open-enrollment 
charter school, and again during a student's senior year, a 
counselor shall provide information about higher education to the 
student and the student's parent or guardian.  The information must 
include information regarding:
		(1)  the importance of higher education;                                      
		(2)  the advantages of completing the recommended or 
advanced high school program adopted under Section 28.025(a);
		(3)  the disadvantages of taking courses to prepare for 
a high school equivalency examination relative to the benefits of 
taking courses leading to a high school diploma;
		(4)  financial aid eligibility;                                               
		(5)  instruction on how to apply for federal financial 
aid;                 
		(6)  the center for financial aid information 
established under Section 61.0776;
		[(7)  the automatic admission of certain students to 
general academic teaching institutions as provided by Section 
51.803;]  and
		(7) [(8)]  the eligibility and academic performance 
requirements for the TEXAS Grant as provided by Subchapter M, 
Chapter 56[, as added by Chapter 1590, Acts of the 76th Legislature, 
Regular Session, 1999].
	SECTION ___.  The heading to Section 51.805, Education Code, 
is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 51.805.  UNDERGRADUATE [OTHER] ADMISSIONS.        
	SECTION ___.  Sections 51.805(a) and (b), Education Code, are 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  [A graduating student who does not qualify for admission 
under Section 51.803 or 51.804 may apply to any general academic 
teaching institution.
	[(b)  The general academic teaching institution, after 
admitting students under Sections 51.803 and 51.804, shall admit 
other applicants for admission as undergraduate students.]  It is 
the intent of the legislature that:
		(1)  all institutions of higher education pursue 
academic excellence by considering students' academic achievements 
in decisions related to admissions;  and
		(2)  each institution of higher education exercise 
primary control over the admission of students to the institution 
and its programs.
	(b)  Because the uniqueness of individual applicants for 
admissions to institutions of higher education cannot be measured 
by a single factor and because [of] changing demographic trends, 
diversity, and population increases in the state require the use of 
a holistic approach to the evaluation of applications for admission 
to those institutions, each general academic teaching institution 
shall also consider all of, any of, or a combination of the 
following socioeconomic indicators or factors in making first-time 
freshman admissions decisions:
		(1)  the applicant's academic record;                                         
		(2)  the socioeconomic background of the applicant, 
including the percentage by which the applicant's family is above 
or below any recognized measure of poverty, the applicant's 
household income, and the applicant's parents' level of education;
		(3)  whether the applicant would be the first 
generation of the applicant's family to attend or graduate from an 
institution of higher education;
		(4)  whether the applicant has bilingual proficiency;                         
		(5)  the financial status of the applicant's school 
district;               
		(6)  the performance level of the applicant's school as 
determined by the school accountability criteria used by the Texas 
Education Agency;
		(7)  the applicant's responsibilities while attending 
school, including whether the applicant has been employed, whether 
the applicant has helped to raise children, or other similar 
factors;
		(8)  the applicant's region of residence;                                     
		(9)  whether the applicant is a resident of a rural or 
urban area or a resident of a central city or suburban area in the 
state;
		(10)  the applicant's performance on standardized 
tests;                    
		(11)  the applicant's performance on standardized tests 
in comparison with that of other students from similar 
socioeconomic backgrounds;
		(12)  whether the applicant attended any school while 
the school was under a court-ordered desegregation plan;
		(13)  the applicant's involvement in community 
activities;                  
		(14)  the applicant's extracurricular activities;                             
		(15)  the applicant's commitment to a particular field 
of study;            
		(16)  the applicant's personal interview;                                     
		(17)  the applicant's admission to a comparable 
accredited out-of-state institution;  and
		(18)  any other consideration the institution 
considers necessary to accomplish the institution's stated 
mission.
	SECTION ___.  Section 51.806, Education Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
	Sec. 51.806.  REPORT TO COORDINATING BOARD.  Each general 
academic teaching institution shall provide a report annually to 
the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board describing the 
composition of the entering class of students admitted under this 
subchapter.  The report must [shall] include a demographic 
breakdown, including a breakdown by race, ethnicity, and economic 
status, of the students admitted under this subchapter [Sections 
51.803, 51.804, and 51.805].
	SECTION ___.  Section 51.842(a), Education Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(a)  A graduate or professional program of a general academic 
teaching institution or medical or dental unit may consider the 
following factors in making an admissions or scholarship decision 
for admissions into or competitive scholarships for the graduate or 
professional program:
		(1)  an applicant's academic record as a high school 
student and undergraduate student;
		(2)  the socioeconomic background of the applicant 
while the applicant attended elementary and secondary school and 
was an undergraduate student, including any change in that 
background;
		(3)  whether the applicant would be the first 
generation of the applicant's family to attend or graduate from an 
undergraduate program or from a graduate or professional program;
		(4)  whether the applicant has multilingual 
proficiency;                    
		(5)  the applicant's responsibilities while attending 
elementary and secondary school and as an undergraduate student, 
including whether the applicant was employed, whether the applicant 
helped to raise children, and other similar factors;
		(6)  to achieve geographic diversity, the applicant's 
region of residence at the time of application and, if the applicant 
graduated from a public high school in this state within the 
preceding 20 years, the region in which the applicant's school 
district is located;
		(7)  the applicant's involvement in community 
activities;                   
		(8)  the applicant's demonstrated commitment to a 
particular field of study;
		(9)  for admission into a professional program, the 
current comparative availability of members of that profession in 
the applicant's region of residence while the applicant attended 
elementary and secondary school;
		[(10)  whether the applicant was automatically admitted 
to a general academic teaching institution as an undergraduate 
student under Section 51.803;] and
		(10) [(11)]  the applicant's personal interview.      
	SECTION ___.  Sections 28.026, 51.803, 51.804, and 51.8045, 
Education Code, are repealed.
	SECTION ___.  The change in law made by this Act applies 
beginning with admissions to a general academic teaching 
institution for the 2006-2007 academic year.  Admissions for an 
academic period preceding that academic year are covered by the law 
in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the 
prior law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION ___.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.