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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an exemption from the curriculum requirements for |
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automatic admission to public institutions of higher education for |
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certain students affected by a natural disaster. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 51.803(b), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) An applicant who does not satisfy the curriculum |
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requirements prescribed by Subsection (a)(2)(A)(i) or (ii) is |
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considered to have satisfied those requirements if the student |
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completed the portion of the recommended or advanced curriculum or |
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of the curriculum equivalent in content and rigor, as applicable, |
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that was available to the student but was unable to complete the |
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remainder of the curriculum solely because courses necessary to |
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complete the remainder were unavailable to the student at the |
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appropriate times in the student's high school career as a result of |
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course scheduling, lack of enrollment capacity, a natural disaster, |
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or another cause not within the student's control. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |