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By: Perry, Hall |
S.B. No. 1543 |
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(In the Senate - Filed March 12, 2015; March 23, 2015, read |
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first time and referred to Committee on Higher Education; |
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April 13, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 13, 2015, |
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sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1543 |
By: Burton |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the admission of undergraduate students with |
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nontraditional secondary education to public institutions of |
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higher education. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 51.9241, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read as |
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follows: |
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(b) Because the State of Texas considers successful |
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completion of a nontraditional secondary education to be equivalent |
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to graduation from a public high school, an institution of higher |
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education must treat an applicant for admission to the institution |
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as an undergraduate student who presents evidence that the person |
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has successfully completed a nontraditional secondary education |
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according to the same general standards, including specific |
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standardized testing score requirements, as other applicants for |
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undergraduate admission who have graduated from a public high |
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school. |
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(d) If an institution of higher education in its |
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undergraduate admission review process sorts applicants by high |
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school graduating class rank, the institution shall place any |
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applicant who presents evidence that the applicant has successfully |
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completed a nontraditional secondary education that does not |
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include a high school graduating class ranking at the average high |
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school graduating class rank of undergraduate applicants to the |
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institution who have equivalent standardized testing scores as the |
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applicant. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply |
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beginning with admissions to a public institution of higher |
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education for the 2016 fall semester. Admissions to a public |
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institution of higher education for a term or semester before the |
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2016 fall semester are governed by the law in effect immediately |
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before the effective date of this Act, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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