81R1951 JRJ-D
By: Bonnen H.B. No. 152
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to providing for a student who qualifies for automatic
admission to an institution of higher education to maintain that
status for transferring between institutions in certain
circumstances.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter U, Chapter 51, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 51.8035 to read as follows:
Sec. 51.8035. AUTOMATIC ADMISSION OF APPLICANTS COMPLETING
CORE CURRICULUM AT ANOTHER INSTITUTION. (a) In this section:
(1) "Core curriculum" means the core curriculum
adopted by an institution of higher education under Section 61.822.
(2) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning
assigned by Section 61.003.
(b) A general academic teaching institution shall admit an
applicant for admission to the institution as a transfer
undergraduate student who:
(1) graduated from high school not earlier than the
fourth school year before the academic year for which the applicant
seeks admission and qualified for automatic admission to a general
academic teaching institution under Section 51.803 at the time of
graduation;
(2) first enrolled in an institution of higher
education not earlier than the second academic year before the
academic year for which the applicant seeks admission;
(3) completed the core curriculum at an institution of
higher education, other than the institution to which the applicant
seeks admission, with a cumulative grade point average of at least
3.25 on a four-point scale or the equivalent; and
(4) submits an application for admission as a transfer
student before the expiration of any application filing deadline
established by the institution.
(c) For purposes of this section, transfer semester credit
hours from a different institution of higher education and semester
credit hours earned by examination shall be included in determining
whether the person completed the core curriculum at an institution
of higher education.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with admissions to a
general academic teaching institution for the 2010 spring semester.
SECTION 3. 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, 2009.