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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requirements for the coordinated admission program at |
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The University of Texas at Austin. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 67, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 67.28 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 67.28. COORDINATED ADMISSION PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. |
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(a) In this section, "coordinated admission program" means an |
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admission program at the university under which a participating |
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student who successfully completes a designated number of semester |
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credit hours of approved transferable course work at another |
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component institution of The University of Texas System during the |
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student's freshman year is entitled to guaranteed admission to the |
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university for the student's sophomore year without applying for |
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regular transfer admission. |
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(b) The board shall provide that advanced placement |
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courses, international baccalaureate courses, and courses |
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completed through concurrent enrollment in high school and at an |
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institution of higher education are accepted as satisfying: |
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(1) any applicable subject matter component of the |
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transferable course work required under the coordinated admission |
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program; and |
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(2) any applicable lower-division course credit |
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prerequisite for enrollment in an upper-division course offered by |
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the transferring institution. |
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(c) The board is not required to apply credit for a course |
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described by Subsection (b) toward the total number of semester |
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credit hours of approved transferable course work required for a |
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student's successful completion of the freshman year course |
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requirements of the coordinated admission program. |
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SECTION 2. Section 67.28, Education Code, as added by this |
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Act, applies beginning with admissions to the coordinated admission |
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program at The University of Texas at Austin for the fall 2011 |
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semester. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2011. |