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Amend SB 175 (Senate committee printing) as follows:                         
	(1)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, immediately following added 
Section 51.803(a-2), Education Code (page 2, between lines 16 and 
17), insert the following:
	(g)  This section expires August 31, 2015.                              
	(2)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the 
bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Effective September 1, 2015, Subchapter U, 
Chapter 51, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 51.8035 to 
read as follows:
	Sec. 51.8035.  AUTOMATIC ADMISSION: ALL INSTITUTIONS.  (a)  
Each general academic teaching institution shall admit an applicant 
for admission to the institution as an undergraduate student if the 
applicant graduated with a grade point average in the top 10 percent 
of the student's high school graduating class in one of the two 
school years preceding the academic year for which the applicant is 
applying for admission and:
		(1)  the applicant graduated from a public or private 
high school in this state accredited by a generally recognized 
accrediting organization or from a high school operated by the 
United States Department of Defense;
		(2)  the applicant:                                                    
			(A)  successfully completed:                                          
				(i)  at a public high school, the curriculum 
requirements established under Section 28.025 for the recommended 
or advanced high school program; or
				(ii)  at a high school to which Section 
28.025 does not apply, a curriculum that is equivalent in content 
and rigor to the recommended or advanced high school program; or
			(B)  satisfied ACT's College Readiness Benchmarks 
on the ACT assessment applicable to the applicant or earned on the 
SAT assessment a score of at least 1,500 out of 2,400 or the 
equivalent; and
		(3)  if the applicant graduated from a high school 
operated by the United States Department of Defense, the applicant 
is a Texas resident under Section 54.052 or is entitled to pay 
tuition fees at the rate provided for Texas residents under Section 
54.058(d) for the term or semester to which admitted.
	(b)  An applicant who does not satisfy the curriculum 
requirements prescribed by Subsection (a)(2)(A)(i) or (ii) is 
considered to have satisfied those requirements if the student 
completed the portion of the recommended or advanced curriculum or 
of the curriculum equivalent in content and rigor, as applicable, 
that was available to the student but was unable to complete the 
remainder of the curriculum solely because courses necessary to 
complete the remainder were unavailable to the student at the 
appropriate times in the student's high school career as a result of 
course scheduling, lack of enrollment capacity, or another cause 
not within the student's control.
	(c)  To qualify for admission under this section, an 
applicant must:  
		(1)  submit an application before the expiration of any 
application filing deadline established by the institution; and
		(2)  provide a high school transcript or diploma that 
satisfies the requirements of Subsection (d).
	(d)  For purposes of Subsection (c)(2), a student's official 
transcript or diploma must, not later than the end of the student's 
junior year, indicate:
		(1)  whether the student has satisfied or is on 
schedule to satisfy the requirements of Subsection (a)(2)(A)(i) or 
(ii), as applicable; or
		(2)  if Subsection (b) applies to the student, whether 
the student has completed the portion of the recommended or 
advanced curriculum or of the curriculum equivalent in content and 
rigor, as applicable, that was available to the student.
	(e)  Each institution of higher education shall admit an 
applicant for admission to the institution as an undergraduate 
student if the applicant:
		(1)  is the child of a public servant listed in Section 
615.003, Government Code, who was killed or sustained a fatal 
injury in the line of duty; and
		(2)  meets the minimum requirements, if any, 
established for purposes of this subsection by the governing board 
of the institution for high school or prior college-level grade 
point average and performance on standardized tests.
	(f)  After admitting an applicant under this section, the 
institution shall review the applicant's record and any other 
factor the institution considers appropriate to determine whether 
the applicant may require additional preparation for college-level 
work or would benefit from inclusion in a retention program.  The 
institution may require a student so identified to enroll during 
the summer immediately after the student is admitted under this 
section to participate in appropriate enrichment courses and 
orientation programs.  This section does not prohibit a student who 
is not determined to need additional preparation for college-level 
work from enrolling, if the student chooses, during the summer 
immediately after the student is admitted under this section.
	(g)  A reference in law to former Section 51.803, Education 
Code, is a reference to this section unless the context clearly 
indicates otherwise.