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	Amend CSSB 101 (house committee printing) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and 
renumbering the remaining SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	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 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.