SECTION 1. Section 51.761,
Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 51.761. DEFINITIONS. In
this subchapter, "board," "general academic teaching
institution," "governing board," "institution of higher
education," "medical and
dental unit," "public state college,"
"public technical institute," "private or independent
institution of higher education," and "university
system" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003.
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SECTION 1. Section 51.761,
Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 51.761. DEFINITIONS. In
this subchapter, "board," "general academic teaching
institution," "governing board," "institution of higher
education," "public state college," "public technical
institute," "private or independent institution of higher
education," and "university system" have the meanings
assigned by Section 61.003.
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SECTION 2. Sections
51.762(a), (f), and (h), Education Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) The board, with the
assistance of high school counselors and an advisory committee
composed of representatives of general academic teaching institutions,
junior college districts, public state colleges, [and] public
technical institutes, and private or independent institutions of higher
education [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;
(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 or a medical and
dental unit; and
(C) if the board determines
that adoption of the form would be cost-effective for nursing schools, an
electronic common admission application form for use by a person seeking
admission as a student to an undergraduate 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.
(f)
The board shall ensure that copies of the [freshman] common
admission application forms appropriate for use by a person seeking
admission to an institution of higher education as a freshman student
and information for the use of the forms are available in electronic format
[for distribution] to the appropriate personnel at each public high
school in this state.
(h)
An applicant may file, and each institution of higher education shall
accept, an application for admission [as an entering freshman or
undergraduate transfer student] that uses the appropriate form adopted
under this section. The form used to apply to a general academic teaching
institution may be filed in either electronic or printed format. An
institution of higher education is not prohibited from requiring an
applicant to submit additional information within a reasonable time after
the institution has received an application using a form adopted under this
section.
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SECTION 2. Section 51.762(a),
Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) The board, with the
assistance of high school counselors and an advisory committee
composed of representatives of general academic teaching institutions,
junior college districts, public state colleges, [and] public
technical institutes, and private or independent institutions of higher
education, 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;
(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) if the board determines
that adoption of the form would be cost-effective for nursing schools, an
electronic common admission application form for use by a person seeking
admission as a student to an undergraduate 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.
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SECTION 6. This Act takes
effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members
elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas
Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate
effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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SECTION 3. Same as engrossed
version.
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