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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the automatic admission of certain students to general |
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academic teaching institutions in The University of Texas System. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 51.803, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (a-3) and amending Subsection (c) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a-3) If The University of Texas at Austin elects to offer |
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admission to first-time resident undergraduate students under |
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Subsection (a-1) for an academic year, The University of Texas |
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System shall: |
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(1) to each applicant for admission to The University |
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of Texas at Austin for that academic year who qualifies for |
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automatic admission under Subsection (a), offer admission to each |
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other general academic teaching institution in the system, |
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regardless of whether the student: |
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(A) is also offered admission to The University |
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of Texas at Austin under Subsection (a-1); |
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(B) submitted to the other institutions an |
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application for admission or any additional information required by |
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the institutions for admission; or |
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(C) paid any application fees required by the |
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other institutions for the submission of an application for |
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admission; and |
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(2) provide to each applicant described by Subdivision |
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(1), together with the offer of admission, a written description of |
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the other general academic teaching institutions in the system and |
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the degree programs offered by those institutions. |
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(c) Except as provided by Subsection (a-3), to [To] qualify |
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for admission under this section, an applicant must: |
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(1) submit an application before the expiration of any |
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application filing deadline established by the institution; and |
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(2) provide a high school transcript or diploma that |
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satisfies the requirements of Subsection (d). |
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SECTION 2. Section 51.803, Education Code, as amended by |
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this Act, applies beginning with admissions to an institution of |
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higher education for the 2022-2023 academic year. Admissions to an |
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institution of higher education for an academic year before that |
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academic year are governed by the law in effect immediately before |
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the effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2022. |