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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the effect of changes in high school enrollment on the |
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eligibility of a graduating high school student for automatic |
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admission to a general academic teaching institution. |
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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 51.806 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.806. DETERMINATION OF GRADUATING CLASS |
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ENROLLMENT. The total enrollment of a student's high school |
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graduating class for the purpose of determining whether the student |
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graduated with a grade point average in the applicable percent of |
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the student's high school graduating class under this subchapter is |
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the greater of: |
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(1) the total number of students enrolled in the high |
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school's junior class on October 1 of the student's junior year; or |
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(2) the total number of students enrolled in the |
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student's high school class on the last school day of the most |
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recent semester in which the student was enrolled in the high school |
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and that preceded the application deadline of the general academic |
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institution to which the student is applying. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply |
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beginning with admissions to an institution of higher education for |
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the 2008-2009 academic year. Admissions to an academic year before |
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that academic year are governed by the law in effect before the |
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effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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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. |