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Amend Floor Amendment No. 1 (floor substitute) by
Representative Branch to CSSB 175, in SECTION 1 of the bill, as
follows:
(1) In the recital (page 1, lines 4 and 5), strike
"Subsections (a-1), (a-2), and (g)" and substitute "Subsections
(a-1), (a-2), (a-3), and (g)".
(2) Immediately following added Section 51.803(a-2),
Education Code (page 4, between lines 2 and 3), insert the
following:
(a-3) Notwithstanding Subsection (a-1), a general academic
teaching institution may not offer admission under that subsection
for any academic year if:
(1) the percentage of resident undergraduate students
enrolled at the institution in the preceding academic year who are
Hispanic is less than the percentage of resident undergraduate
students enrolled at the institution in the 2008-2009 academic year
who are Hispanic;
(2) the percentage of resident undergraduate students
enrolled at the institution in the preceding academic year who are
African American is less than the percentage of resident
undergraduate students enrolled at the institution in the 2008-2009
academic year who are African American; or
(3) the percentage of resident undergraduate students
enrolled at the institution in the preceding academic year who are
graduates of rural high schools, as defined by the Texas Education
Agency by rule, is less than the percentage of resident
undergraduate students enrolled at the institution in the 2008-2009
academic year who are graduates of such rural high schools.