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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to providing for a student who qualifies for automatic |
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admission to an institution of higher education to maintain that |
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status for transferring between institutions in certain |
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circumstances. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter U, Chapter 51, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 51.8035 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.8035. AUTOMATIC ADMISSION OF APPLICANTS COMPLETING |
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CORE CURRICULUM AT ANOTHER INSTITUTION. (a) In this section: |
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(1) "Core curriculum" means the core curriculum |
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adopted by an institution of higher education under Section 61.822. |
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(2) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning |
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assigned by Section 61.003. |
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(b) A general academic teaching institution shall admit an |
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applicant for admission to the institution as a transfer |
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undergraduate student who: |
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(1) graduated from high school not earlier than the |
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fourth school year before the academic year for which the applicant |
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seeks admission and qualified for automatic admission to a general |
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academic teaching institution under Section 51.803 at the time of |
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graduation; |
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(2) first enrolled in an institution of higher |
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education not earlier than the second academic year before the |
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academic year for which the applicant seeks admission; |
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(3) completed the core curriculum at an institution of |
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higher education, other than the institution to which the applicant |
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seeks admission, with a cumulative grade point average of at least |
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3.25 on a four-point scale or the equivalent; and |
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(4) submits an application for admission as a transfer |
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student before the expiration of any application filing deadline |
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established by the institution. |
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(c) For purposes of this section, transfer semester credit |
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hours from a different institution of higher education and semester |
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credit hours earned by examination shall be included in determining |
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whether the person completed the core curriculum at an institution |
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of higher education. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with admissions to a |
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general academic teaching institution for the 2008 spring semester. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007 |
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