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AN ACT
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relating to the admission of high school graduates and |
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undergraduate transfer students to certain institutions of higher |
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education, the computation of a student's high school grade point |
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average for purposes of determining eligibility for admission, and |
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policies to promote the admission of undergraduate transfer |
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students. |
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�������BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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�������SECTION�1.��Section 28.0252(b), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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�������(b)��If the commissioner develops a standard method under |
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this section, a school district shall use the standard method to |
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compute a student's high school grade point average, except that to |
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the extent of a conflict between that method and the method adopted |
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under Section 51.807, [and] the student's grade point average |
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computed in accordance with the method established under Section |
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51.807 [that manner] shall be used in determining the student's |
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eligibility for university [automatic college] admission under |
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Subchapter U, Chapter 51 [Section 51.803]. |
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�������SECTION�2.��Section 51.807, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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�������Sec.�51.807.��RULEMAKING. �(a) �To ensure a uniform standard |
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for admissions under this subchapter, the [The] Texas Higher |
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Education Coordinating Board shall adopt rules establishing a |
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standard method for computing a student's high school grade point |
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average. The method established under this subsection: |
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�������������(1)��must: |
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�������������������(A)��be based on a four-point scale; and |
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�������������������(B)��assign additional weight for each honors |
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course, advanced placement course, international baccalaureate |
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course, or dual credit course completed by the student as the board |
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considers appropriate, taking into consideration the academic |
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rigor of each course completed by the student; and |
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�������������(2)��may result in a student having a grade point |
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average higher than 4.0 on a four-point scale as a result of the |
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assignment of additional weight for one or more courses completed |
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by a student under Subdivision (1)(B). |
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�������(b)��The board may adopt other rules relating to the |
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operation of admissions programs under this subchapter, including |
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rules relating to the identification of eligible students [and the
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reporting requirements of Section 51.806]. |
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�������(c)��The standard method established under Subsection (a) |
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for computing a student's high school grade point average applies |
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to computing the grade point average of a student applying as a |
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first-time freshman for admission to a general academic teaching |
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institution beginning with admissions for the 2009 fall semester. |
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This subsection expires January 1, 2010. |
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�������SECTION�3.��Section 51.4032, Education Code, as added by |
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Chapter 694, Acts of the 79th Legislature, Regular Session, 2005, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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�������Sec.�51.4032.��ANNUAL REPORT OF PARTICIPATION IN HIGHER |
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EDUCATION. �Not later than December 1�[July 31] of each year and in |
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the form prescribed by the coordinating board, each general |
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academic teaching institution and medical and dental unit as |
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defined in Section 61.003 shall provide to the Texas Higher |
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Education Coordinating Board and shall publish on the institution's |
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website�a report describing the composition of the institution's |
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entering class of students. The report must include a demographic |
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breakdown of the class, including a breakdown by race, ethnicity, |
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[and] economic status, and high school class standing. A report |
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submitted by a general academic teaching institution or medical and |
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dental unit as defined in Section 61.003 must include separate |
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demographic breakdowns of the students admitted under Sections |
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51.803, 51.804, and 51.805 and a description of any plans, |
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policies, or programs developed or implemented by the institution |
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to recruit and retain students from underrepresented groups such as |
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racial or ethnic minority groups. |
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�������SECTION�4.��Section 51.808, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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�������Sec.�51.808.��APPLICATION OF ADMISSION CRITERIA TO OTHER |
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PROGRAMS. �(a) �Each general academic teaching institution or |
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medical and dental unit that offers admissions to undergraduate |
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transfer students or admissions to a graduate, postgraduate, or |
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professional program shall [also] adopt a written admission policy |
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applicable to those programs. |
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�������(b)��Each general academic teaching institution shall adopt |
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a written admission policy to promote the admission of |
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undergraduate transfer students to the institution. The policy |
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must provide for outreach and recruiting efforts directed at junior |
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colleges and other lower-division institutions of higher education |
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and may include incentives to encourage transfer applications and |
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to retain and promote transfer students. |
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�������(c)��A [The] policy adopted under this section shall be |
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published in the institution's or unit's catalog and made available |
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to the public. |
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�������SECTION�5.��The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board |
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shall adopt rules as required by Section 51.807, Education Code, as |
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amended by this Act, as soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act. |
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�������SECTION�6.��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, 2007. |
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______________________________ |
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���President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House����� |
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�������I certify that H.B. No. 3851 was passed by the House on May 9, |
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2007, by the following vote:��Yeas 141, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to |
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H.B. No. 3851 on May 25, 2007, and requested the appointment of a |
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conference committee to consider the differences between the two |
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houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report |
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on H.B. No. 3851 on May 27, 2007, by the following vote:��Yeas 142, |
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Nays 2, 2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House��� |
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�������I certify that H.B. No. 3851 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 23, 2007, by the following vote:��Yeas 30, Nays |
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0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference |
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committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and |
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that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. |
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3851 on May 27, 2007, by the following vote:��Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate��� |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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��������������Governor������� |