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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) Not later than December 31 of each academic year in
which The University of Texas at Austin offers admission under
Subsection (a-1), the university shall deliver a written report to
the governor, the lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of
representatives regarding the university's progress in each of the
following matters:
(1) increasing geographic diversity of the entering
freshman class;
(2) counseling and outreach efforts aimed at students
qualified for automatic admission under this section;
(3) recruiting Texas residents who graduate from other
institutions of higher education to the university's graduate and
professional degree programs;
(4) recruiting students who are members of
underrepresented demographic segments of the state's population;
(5) increasing campus capacity and class size as
necessary to facilitate the enrollment of a diverse undergraduate
student population; and
(6) assessing and improving the university's regional
recruitment centers.