79R801 KEL-D

By:  Ellis                                                        S.B. No. 303



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to notice of factors used in admissions and scholarship 
decisions at certain public institutions of higher education.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 51.805(d), Education Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	(d)  Not later than the 180th day [one year] before the date 
that applications for admission are first considered under this 
section, each general academic teaching institution shall publish 
in the institution's catalog a description of the factors 
considered by the institution in making admission decisions and 
shall make the information available to the public.
	SECTION 2.  Section 51.842(d), Education Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	(d)  Not later than the 180th day [one year] before the date 
that applications for admissions and competitive scholarships are 
first considered for a graduate or professional program under this 
subchapter, each general academic teaching institution or medical 
and dental unit shall publish in the catalog of the institution or 
unit a description of the factors to be considered by the 
institution or unit in making those admissions and competitive 
scholarship decisions and shall make the information available to 
the public.
	SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies 
beginning with admissions and competitive scholarships for the 
2005-2006 academic year.  Admissions and competitive scholarships 
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 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.