| 1 | 1 | | 81R1951 JRJ-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Bonnen H.B. No. 152 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to providing for a student who qualifies for automatic |
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| 8 | 8 | | admission to an institution of higher education to maintain that |
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| 9 | 9 | | status for transferring between institutions in certain |
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| 10 | 10 | | circumstances. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter U, Chapter 51, Education Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended by adding Section 51.8035 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 51.8035. AUTOMATIC ADMISSION OF APPLICANTS COMPLETING |
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| 15 | 15 | | CORE CURRICULUM AT ANOTHER INSTITUTION. (a) In this section: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) "Core curriculum" means the core curriculum |
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| 17 | 17 | | adopted by an institution of higher education under Section 61.822. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning |
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| 19 | 19 | | assigned by Section 61.003. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (b) A general academic teaching institution shall admit an |
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| 21 | 21 | | applicant for admission to the institution as a transfer |
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| 22 | 22 | | undergraduate student who: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (1) graduated from high school not earlier than the |
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| 24 | 24 | | fourth school year before the academic year for which the applicant |
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| 25 | 25 | | seeks admission and qualified for automatic admission to a general |
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| 26 | 26 | | academic teaching institution under Section 51.803 at the time of |
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| 27 | 27 | | graduation; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2) first enrolled in an institution of higher |
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| 29 | 29 | | education not earlier than the second academic year before the |
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| 30 | 30 | | academic year for which the applicant seeks admission; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (3) completed the core curriculum at an institution of |
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| 32 | 32 | | higher education, other than the institution to which the applicant |
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| 33 | 33 | | seeks admission, with a cumulative grade point average of at least |
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| 34 | 34 | | 3.25 on a four-point scale or the equivalent; and |
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| 35 | 35 | | (4) submits an application for admission as a transfer |
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| 36 | 36 | | student before the expiration of any application filing deadline |
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| 37 | 37 | | established by the institution. |
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| 38 | 38 | | (c) For purposes of this section, transfer semester credit |
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| 39 | 39 | | hours from a different institution of higher education and semester |
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| 40 | 40 | | credit hours earned by examination shall be included in determining |
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| 41 | 41 | | whether the person completed the core curriculum at an institution |
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| 42 | 42 | | of higher education. |
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| 43 | 43 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with admissions to a |
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| 44 | 44 | | general academic teaching institution for the 2010 spring semester. |
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| 45 | 45 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 46 | 46 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 47 | 47 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 48 | 48 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 49 | 49 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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