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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to including nursing school applications in a consolidated |
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application service. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter S, Chapter 51, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 51.765 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.765. NURSING SCHOOL APPLICATION CONSOLIDATION. (a) |
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A service or organization that provides consolidated application |
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services for applications to medical schools or dental schools, |
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including the Texas Medical and Dental Schools Application Service |
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operated through The University of Texas System, must include |
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applications for nursing schools in this state. |
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(b) The governing board of The University of Texas System |
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shall establish an advisory board to develop: |
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(1) recommendations for including applications for |
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nursing schools in this state in the consolidated application |
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services for applications to medical schools or dental schools as |
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required under Subsection (a); and |
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(2) an implementation plan for the recommendations |
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developed under Subdivision (1). |
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(c) The advisory board shall consist of representatives of |
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professional nursing programs in this state and representatives |
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with expertise in professional nursing program applications |
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appointed by the governing board of The University of Texas System |
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on recommendation by the Texas Health Education Service. |
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(d) The University of Texas System shall publish the |
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implementation plan developed by the advisory board under this |
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section on the system's Internet website not later than January 1, |
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2026. |
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(e) The advisory board is abolished and this subsection and |
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Subsections (b), (c), and (d) expire September 1, 2027. |
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SECTION 2. Section 51.765(a), Education Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies beginning with applications for admission to a |
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nursing school for the 2027 fall semester. |
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SECTION 3. The governing board of The University of Texas |
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System shall appoint the members of the advisory board under |
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Section 51.765(c), Education Code, as added by this Act, not later |
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than November 1, 2025. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |