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	Amend Floor Amendment No. 1 (floor substitute) by 
Representative Branch to CSSB 175 by adding the following 
appropriately numbered SECTIONS 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)  "General academic teaching institution" 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 to the institution as a transfer student and:
			(A)  qualified for automatic admission to a 
general academic teaching institution under Section 51.803 at the 
time of graduation; or
			(B)  was previously offered admission under this 
subchapter to the institution to which the applicant seeks 
admission as a transfer student;
		(2)  first enrolled in a public junior college or other 
public or private lower-division institution of higher education 
not earlier than the third academic year before the academic year 
for which the applicant seeks admission;
		(3)  completed the core curriculum at a public junior 
college or other public or private lower-division institution of 
higher education with a cumulative grade point average of at least 
2.5 on a four-point scale or the equivalent; and
		(4)  submits a completed 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.
	(d)  It is the responsibility of the applicant for admission 
under this section to:
		(1)  expressly and clearly claim in the application 
entitlement to admission under this section; and
		(2)  timely provide to the general academic teaching 
institution the documentation required by the institution to 
determine the student's entitlement to admission under this 
section.
	SECTION ____.  Section 51.8035, Education Code, as added by 
this Act, applies beginning with admissions to a general academic 
teaching institution for the 2010 spring semester.