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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to exempting certain general academic teaching |
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institutions from the requirement that certain high school |
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graduates be granted automatic admission. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 51.803, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows: |
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(c) This section does not apply to admissions by a general |
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academic teaching institution for an academic year if the total |
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percentage of students from underrepresented racial or ethnic |
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groups enrolled as first-time freshman students at the institution |
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during the preceding academic year equaled or exceeded the total |
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percentage of students from underrepresented racial or ethnic |
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groups listed for the fall semester of the preceding academic year |
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on the roster of the National Collegiate Athletic Association |
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football team fielded by the institution. For purposes of this |
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subsection, a student is from an underrepresented racial or ethnic |
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group if the student identifies himself or herself as an African |
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American student, a Mexican American student or a student of other |
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Hispanic origin, or an American Indian, Eskimo, or Aleutian |
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student. |
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(d) Each general academic teaching institution shall state |
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on the institution's Internet website whether the institution is |
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exempt from Section 51.803 in making admissions for an academic |
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year because of the application of Subsection (c). |
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SECTION 2. Section 51.804, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.804. ADDITIONAL AUTOMATIC ADMISSIONS: SELECTED |
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INSTITUTIONS. For each academic year, the governing board of each |
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general academic teaching institution to which Section 51.803 |
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applies shall determine whether to adopt an admissions policy under |
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which an applicant to the institution as a first-time freshman |
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student, other than an applicant eligible for admission under |
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Section 51.803, shall be admitted to the institution if the |
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applicant graduated from a public or private high school in this |
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state accredited by a generally recognized accrediting |
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organization with a grade point average in the top 25 percent of the |
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applicant's high school graduating class. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies |
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beginning with admissions to institutions 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 covered 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |