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By: Branch (Senate Sponsor - Seliger) |
H.B. No. 1843 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2013; |
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May 10, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Higher |
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Education; May 17, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 17, 2013, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to limitations on the automatic admission of undergraduate |
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students to general academic teaching institutions. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 51.803(a-3) and (k), Education Code, |
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are amended to read as follows: |
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(a-3) Notwithstanding Subsection (a-1), The University of |
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Texas at Austin may not offer admission under that subsection for an |
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academic year after the 2017-2018 [2015-2016] academic year. |
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(k) A general academic teaching institution may not offer |
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admission under Subsection (a-1) for an academic year after the |
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2017-2018 academic year if, on the date of the institution's |
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general deadline for applications for admission of first-time |
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undergraduate students for that academic year: |
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(1) a final court order applicable to the institution |
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prohibits the institution from considering an applicant's race or |
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ethnicity as a factor in the institution's decisions relating to |
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first-time undergraduate admissions; or |
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(2) the institution's governing board by rule, policy, |
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or other manner has provided that an applicant's race or ethnicity |
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may not be considered as a factor in the institution's decisions |
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relating to first-time undergraduate admissions for that[, except
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that this subdivision does not apply to an institution that did not
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consider, on or before June 1, 2009, an applicant's race or
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ethnicity as a factor in its admissions of first-time resident
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undergraduate students for the 2009-2010] academic year. |
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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, 2013. |
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