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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the eligibility requirements for admission of |
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undergraduate students to a general academic teaching institution. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 51.805(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) A graduating student who does not qualify for admission |
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under Section 51.803 or 51.804 may apply to any general academic |
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teaching institution if the student [satisfies the requirements
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of]: |
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(1) satisfies the requirements of [Section
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51.803(a)(2)(A) or 51.803(b), as applicable to the student, or] |
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Section 51.803(a)(2)(B); or [and] |
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(2) successfully completes a public or private high |
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school curriculum that the institution considers satisfactory in |
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content and rigor and provides to the institution a high school |
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transcript or diploma reflecting that the student has completed or |
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is on schedule to complete that curriculum [Sections 51.803(c)(2)
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and 51.803(d)]. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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51.805, Education Code, applies beginning with the 2013 fall |
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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, 2013. |