SECTION 1. Section 51.762,
Education Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection
(g-1) to read as follows:
(a) The board, with the
assistance of an advisory committee composed of representatives of general
academic teaching institutions, junior college districts, public state
colleges, and public technical institutes, and with the consultation of all
institutions of higher education that admit freshman-level students:
(1) shall adopt by rule:
(A) a common admission
application form for use by a person seeking admission as a freshman
student to a general academic teaching institution; [and]
(B) an electronic common
admission application form for use by a person seeking admission as a
freshman student to an institution of higher education that admits
freshman-level students, other than a general academic teaching
institution; and
(C) an electronic common
admission application form for use by a person seeking admission to a
nursing education program at an institution of higher education; and
(2) may adopt by rule a
printed format common admission application form for use by a person
seeking admission as a freshman student to an institution of higher
education that admits freshman-level students, other than a general
academic teaching institution.
(g-1) The electronic
common admission application form for use by a person seeking admission to
a nursing education program at an institution of higher education must
include a link to information regarding any available scholarship
opportunities for nursing education degree students at institutions of
higher education.
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SECTION 1. Section 51.762,
Education Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection
(g-1) to read as follows:
(a) The board, with the
assistance of an advisory committee composed of representatives of general
academic teaching institutions, junior college districts, public state
colleges, and public technical institutes, and with the consultation of all
institutions of higher education that admit freshman-level students:
(1) shall adopt by rule:
(A) a common admission
application form for use by a person seeking admission as a freshman
student to a general academic teaching institution; and
(B) an electronic common
admission application form for use by a person seeking admission as a
freshman student to an institution of higher education that admits
freshman-level students, other than a general academic teaching
institution; [and]
(2) shall:
(A) determine whether the adoption of an electronic common
admission application form for use by a person seeking admission to an undergraduate nursing education program at
an institution of higher education would be
cost-effective for nursing schools; and
(B) adopt such a form by rule if the adoption is determined under
Paragraph (A) to be cost-effective for nursing schools; and
(3) may adopt by rule
a printed format common admission application form for use by a person seeking
admission as a freshman student to an institution of higher education that
admits freshman-level students, other than a general academic teaching
institution.
(g-1) If an electronic common admission application form for use by a
person seeking admission to an undergraduate nursing education program at
an institution of higher education is adopted under Subsection (a)(2)(B):
(1) the board must seek input from representatives of undergraduate
nursing education programs at institutions of higher education in
prescribing the form; and
(2) the form must include
a link to information regarding any available scholarship opportunities for
undergraduate nursing education degree
students offered by institutions of higher education.
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SECTION 2. Section 61.026, Education
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 61.026. COMMITTEES AND
ADVISORY COMMITTEES. (a) The chairman may appoint committees from
the board's membership as the chairman [he] or the board may
find necessary from time to time. The board may appoint advisory committees
from outside its membership as it may deem necessary.
(b) If the board directs
an advisory committee to assist the board in exercising its authority under
Section 61.051(j) regarding an off-campus course in nursing education,
including clinical coursework, the board shall
require the advisory committee to include or consult with one or more
career schools or colleges that are authorized to offer degrees in this
state and are located in the area where the course is to be offered. In
this subsection, "career school or college" has the meaning
assigned by Section 132.001.
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SECTION 2. Section 61.026,
Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 61.026. COMMITTEES AND
ADVISORY COMMITTEES. (a) The chairman may appoint committees from
the board's membership as the chairman [he] or the board may
find necessary from time to time. The board may appoint advisory committees
from outside its membership as it may deem necessary.
(b) If the board directs
an advisory committee to assist the board in exercising its authority under
Section 61.051(j) regarding an off-campus course in nursing education,
including clinical coursework, the board may
require the advisory committee to include or consult with one or more
career schools or colleges that are authorized to offer degrees in this
state and are located in the area where the course is to be offered. In
this subsection, "career school or college" has the meaning
assigned by Section 132.001.
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SECTION 4. The Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board shall adopt an
electronic common admission application form for nursing education programs
as required by Section 51.762, Education Code, as amended by this Act, not
later than September 1, 2014. An institution
of higher education must accept applications for nursing education programs
using the electronic common admission application form beginning with
applicants for admission for the 2015-2016 academic year.
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SECTION 3. The Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board shall make an
initial determination regarding whether adopting an electronic common
admission application form for undergraduate nursing education programs
would be cost-effective as required by Section 51.762, Education
Code, as amended by this Act, not later than September 1, 2014
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